Tomorrow, When the War Began

Unit of work on John Marsden’s Tomorrow When the War Began. Written for students of the NSW English K-10 Syllabus for the Australian Curriculum.

It includes:
+ Analysis of book covers
+ Analysis of film scenes
+ Character profile: Ellie Linton
+ Character profile: Corrie McKenzie
+ Character profile: Robyn Mathers
+ Character profile: Fiona Maxwell
+ Character profile: Chris Lang
+ Character profile: Homer Yannos
+ Character profile: Lee
+ Kevin - quotes activity
+ Wirrawee (setting)
+ Hell (settling)
+ Colloquialisms
+ Sequence the events
+ Sequencing activity
+ Book review and activities
+ Plot
+ Chapters 1-5 activities
+ Chapters 6-10 activities
+ Chapters 11-15 activities
+ Chapters 16-22 activities
+ Crossword
+ Word Search
+ Write of passage newspaper article
+ Crack the Code revision activity
+ The Back Story

• Metalanguage
• Ezine article: Unsettling Echoes of Yesterday
• True or False revision activity
• Ezine article - John Marsden, bestselling Australian author and educator
• Newspaper article: John Marsden’s journey from psych ward to author to school founder