Sequencing activity for Jackie French's novel Hitler's Daughter.

Sequencing activities based on John Marsden's novel, Tomorrow When the War Began.

Sequencing activity for events in the novel King of Shadows.

Sequencing activity for events in the novel Playing Beatie Bow.

Chris is an anti-hero. A pot-smoking, computer nerd who prefers his own company in the comfort of his bedroom. But when the war begins Chris has nowhere to go than to resist the new order. This activity provides quotes from the novel and asks students to assess his role in the plot.

Robyn Mathers is the leader of the teenage guerrilla fighters in the novel, Tomorrow When the War Began. This activity provides students with salient quotes from the novel and asks them to draw conclusions about her physical appearance, her personality, role within the group and beliefs. Students are then asked to predict how Robyn would react to events in the last chapter.

Unit of work on Ruth Park’s novel, Playing Beatie Bow. Bundle includes: + Analyses of book covers + Chapter questions + Genre: Historical fiction + Description task + Sequence the events + Who am I?/True or false activities + Crack the Code activity + Word search + Acrostic poem/Mix and match activities + Design a book cover + Metaphors + Describing the world of the past + Female character profiles + Male character profiles + Who said?/Write a description + Harrington Street Ragged School + Themes + Changing fashion descriptive writing task + Translate the statements activity + Examine a passage Crossword Metalanguage True or False revision activity

Activities for Tomorrow When the War Begins Chapters 6-10. Includes activities on the back-story and inter-textual connections.

Activities for Chapters 11-15 of Tomorrow When the War Began including activities relating to backstory and inter-textual connections.

This activity involves students reading the brief biography of a personality or group within the Spartan society and identifying who the person or group is from the pictures provided. Students must then place the personalities in chronological order. This activity is designed for students studying the NSW Ancient History Syllabus for the Australian Curriculum. Higher school Certificate course Historical Societies Option G: Spartan society to the Battle of Leuctra 371 BC

This activity involves students reading the brief biography of a personality or group within the Achaemenid Persian Empire and identifying who the person or group is from the pictures provided. Students must then place the personalities in chronological order. this activity is designed for students studying the NSW Ancient History Syllabus for the Australian Curriculum. Higher school Certificate course Historical Periods Option D: Persia - From Cyrus II to the death of Darius III

Activities for Tomorrow When the War Begins Chapters 6-10.

Activities for Tomorrow When the War Begins Chapters 1-5. Includes issues in intertextuality and backstory.

Word Search on John Marsden's novel, Tomorrow When the War Began.

Crossword to accompany John Marsden's novel Tomorrow When the War Began.

This is a set of activities relating to the plot of Tomorrow When the War Began. Students are introduced to the concepts of orientation, complication and resolution as well as protagonist and antagonist. This set of activities are designed for students of the NSW English K-10 Syllabus for the Australian Curriculum. Stage 5 Outcome EN5-1A: responds to and composes increasingly sophisticated and sustained texts for understanding, interpretation, critical analysis, imaginative expression and pleasure

This resource includes an excellent book review on Tomorrow When the War Began. The activities attached to it focus on characterisation, setting and themes. It is designed for students of the NSW English K-10 Syllabus for the Australian Curriculum. Stage 5 Outcome EN5-1A: responds to and composes increasingly sophisticated and sustained texts for understanding, interpretation, critical analysis, imaginative expression and pleasure

This series of information sheets on aspects of Gifted and Talented Education has been used to establish a Gifted and Talented program in two New England NSW high schools. The bundle includes: + 1. What is Gifted and Talented Education? + 2. How do you identify a GAT student? + 3. What factors can make a student gifted or talented? + 4. Why should GAT students be encouraged to study Creative & Performing Arts? + 5. What is Gifted Underachievement? + 6. What are the best GAT teaching strategies + 7. Can I still use Bloom’s Taxonomy in a GAT class? + 8. What is a Personal Learning Plan? + 9. What are the stages of identifying GAT students? + 10. How can the School Counsellor help? + 11. How can competitions help GATE students? + 12. Are all GATE students easy to teach? + 13. What does it take for a student to be GATE? + 14. What is curriculum differentiation? +15. Can GATE students have learning difficulties or disabilities? +16. Is enrichment and extension the same? +17. What are the characteristics of GATE learners? +18. Why is perfectionism a problem for GATE students? + 19. What is the difference between a gift and a talent? + 20. Do GATE Aboriginal students need special provisions? + 21. What are the characteristics of GAT students with ASD? + 22. What is needed for a Music student to perform professionally? + 23. What are good teaching practices in a HSIE GAT classes? + 24. What challenges are faced by GAT students in rural areas? + 25. What can be done for GAT students in Technology? + 26. Is bullying different for GAT students? + 27. What are the advantages of individualised learning contracts? + 28. What research-based curriculum is suitable for Mathematically gifted students? + 29. What is creative problem-solving? + 30. How can teachers ask good questions of GAT students? + 31. What is the role of the GATE Focus Group? + 32. What is acceleration? + 33. What is curriculum compacting? + 34. How does curriculum compacting work? + 35. What are the early signs of giftedness? + 36. What is GERRIC? + 37. Why do GATE students have problems with homework? + 38. How can GATE students be used as tutors for other students? + 39. How can acceleration work? + 40. What are the types of acceleration? + 41. What is the latest with Multiple Intelligences? + 42. How should GAT students be counselled? + 43. What is meant by “twice exceptional” students? + 44. How can History be adapted to GAT students? + 45. What happened to HSC Distinction courses? + 46. What’s the latest research on GAT students in CAPA? + 47. Should GAT students be taught how to think? + 48. What is the latest research on language development in GAT students? + many more

This activity provides 4 scenes from the film version of Tomorrow When the War Began. Students analyse the scene in 4 ways: how each scene delivers the plot, creates the required atmosphere, aims to be visually appealing and delivers any subtle messages that contribute to the plot. Students must then change to scene in a way that further builds, tension, sadness etc. This activity is designed for students of the NSW English K-10 Syllabus for the Australian Curriculum.

Cloze activities on the topic The Holocaust. The activities are: + Wannsee Conference + Theresienstadt Ghetto + Kristallnacht + Rescue of Danish Jews Designed for students of the NSW History K-10 Syllabus for the Australian Curriculum. Stage 5 Depth Study 6: The Holocaust