Metalanguage mix and match activity using key words and concepts from Madeleine l’Engle’s novel, A Wrinkle in Time.

Word Search on the novel A Wrinkle in Time.

True or false activity for the non-fiction text, Stasiland.

Revision activity for John Marsden’s novel, Tomorrow, When the War Began. Students identify if the statements are true or false.

Absent father of the protagonist, Matilda, Joseph is compared to Pip’s deceased father. He also has a Mr Jaggers figure in his life who changes his future by offering him the chance to go to Australia. Hated by Dolores, his religious wife who is left behind, Mr Laimo represents support for the redskins whilst Dolores represents support for the rambos. This resource includes background notes, key passages from the novel and a student activity.

Students use the key to crack the coded questions and then they answer the questions from the text.

Analysis of a film review by Sandra Hall - A Sting in the Tale.

Quotes activity from the novel, Mister Pip.

Character profile for Mr Watts including background information and passages relating to Mr Watts from the text. The student activity involves students using this information to draw a mind map of Mister Pip and his importance in the text.

Ezine article by Kristian Lasslett, Bougainville: Australia’s Secret War, published in Arena. This is an excellent assessment of Australia’s role in supplying the Papua New Guinea Defence Force with weapons and military hardware during the civil war on Bougainville in the late 1980s/early 1990s. Includes student activities.

Students crack the coded questions using the key. They then answer the questions.

Key word and concept mix and match activity for Marjane Satrapi’s graphic novel, Persepolis.

Students use the key to crack the coded questions and then answer them from the text.

Analysis of Chapter 1 of Great Expectations, with emphasis on the language features that creates the characters of Pip and Magwitch and the landscape of Kent. Designed as background knowledge for the study of Mister Pip by Lloyd Jones.

Background notes, key passages and student activity related to the character of Dolores Laimo.

Worksheet to accompany the video, History Summarized: The Persians. This 15-minute video is available on Youtube and is an overview of the area of Iran from Cyrus to the Arab invasion.

Worksheet to accompany the Timeline documentary, The Mystery of the Cocaine Mummies. The documentary investigates why Nineteenth Dynasty Egyptian mummies tested positive to nicotine and cocaine and how this could be when it has been widely accepted that these drugs were introduced to Europe after the discovery of the Americas in the late 1400s. The documentary provides an example of how human remains can be used to make significant scientific and historical findings. The video is available on Youtube. This resource is part of a unit of work on The Treatment and Display of Human Remains. NSW Ancient History Syllabus for the Australian Curriculum.

Set of activities examining the concept of motif and its application to Allan Baillie’s novel, Little Brother.

Examination of the concept of motif and its application to Jackie French’s novel, Hitler’s Daughter.

Explanation of the concept of intertextuality and student activities based on the explicit, implied and inferred intertextual connections inJackie French’s novel, Hitler’s Daughter.