Unit of work based on Peter Temple’s novel, The Broken Shore and on the film of the same name. This unit of work includes: Activities for Section 1: Pages 1-47 Activities for Section 2: Pages 48-95 Activities for Section 3: Pages 96-147 Activities for Section 4: Pages 148-201 Activities for Section 5: Pages 202-250 Activities for Section 6: Pages 251-300 Activities for Section 7: Pages 301-345 Theme: Small Town Secrets Theme: Mental Illness Intertextuality in The Broken Shore Symbolism in The Broken Shore Character study: Detective Joe Cashin Character study: Dave Rebb Close study of a passage: Detective Joe Cashin searches Arthur Pollard’s terrace house Close study of a passage: Cashin interviews Mr Starkey Analysis of book covers Word search Analysis of film shots Video: Beneath the vest. Conversations about mental health Worksheet for video: Beneath the vest. Conversations about mental health Video: Worldwide Paedophile Ring Busted in Sting Operation Worksheet for video: Paedophile Ring Busted in Sting Operation Metalanguage mix and match Review: The Case for Peter Temple’s The Broken Shore Sequence the events Crossword True or false revision activity Who Said? revision activity Newspaper article: Peter Temple’s crime writing polished to perfection Crack the Code revision activity

Unit of work on Allan Baillie’s novel, Little Brother. The unit is designed for Stage 3 students of the NSW English K-10 Syllabus for the Australian Curriculum. Resources in this package include: Activities for Chapters 1-6 Activities for Chapters 7-12 Activities for Chapters 13-19 Magazine article: The world can be doing more for refugees Ezine article: How we can help refugee kids in Australia to thrive Word Search Metalanguage mix and match Who Said? Quotes activity Video: What does it mean to be a refugee? Worksheet for video: What does it mean to be a refugee? Video: Horror Humanem est - The Khmer Rouge Worksheet for video: Horror Humanem est - The Khmer Rouge Video: Syrian Refugee Children Worksheet for video: Syrian Refugee Children Video: Thailand/Cambodia refugees flood into Thailand Worksheet for video: Thailand/Cambodia refugees flood into Thailand Video: Death of a Nation: The Khmer Rouge’s Cambodia Worksheet for video: Death of a Nation: The Khmer Rouge’s Cambodia Video: A Place in the Sand. Life inside the world’s largest refugee camp Worksheet for video: A Place in the Sand. Life inside the world’s largest refugee camp Sequence the events Crossword True or false revision activity Analysis of book covers Intertextuality and Little Brother whole lesson 3 Cloze activities Narrative assessment task Crack the Code revision activity Analysis of visual image: Diavata Refugee Camp, Greece (2016) Who am I? Revision activity Motif: Repeating Patterns

Unit of work on Richard Flanagan’s The Narrow Road to the Deep North. Written for students of the Tasmanian Certificate of Education (TCE) and more broadly for the Australian Curriculum. The unit includes: Activities for Book 1 Chapters 1-9 Activities for Book 1 Chapters 10-18 Activities for Book 2 Chapters 1-9 Activities for Book 2 Chapters 10-19 Activities for Book 3 Chapters 1-9 Activities for Book 3 Chapters 10-19 Activities for Book 3 Chapters 20-27 Activities for Book 4 Chapters 1-7 Activities for Book 4 Chapters 8-13 Activities for Book 5 Chapters 1-9 Activities for Book 5 Chapters 10-18 Character profile: Amy Mulvaney Character profile: Keith Mulvaney Character profile: Ella Lansbury Character profile: Darky Gardiner Character profile: Jimmy Bigelow Character profile: Sheephead Morton Character profile: Gallipoli von Kessler Ezine article: Life and death on the Thai-Burma Railway Ezine article: Dad and the Burma Railway Video: Australian Prisoners of War Part 1: A Short History of Australian POWs Worksheet: Australian Prisoners of War Part 1: A Short History of Australian POWs Video: Australian Prisoners of War Part 2: Capture Worksheet: Australian Prisoners of War Part 2: Capture Video: Flanagan’s Island Worksheet: Flanagan’s Island Video: Book review by ReadingBukowski Worksheet: Book review by ReadingBukowski Video: Ramona Koval interview with Richard Flanagan Worksheet: Ramona Koval interview with Richard Flanagan Video: Hellfire. A Soldier’s Story. Worksheet: Hellfire. a Soldier’s Story. Word search 1945 newspaper report - The Story of the Thai-Burma Railway Ezine article: Scars of the Burma railway trauma that never healed Ezine article: Dinner with Richard Flanagan, a child of the death railway Newspaper article: ‘Weary’ Dunlop Close study of a passage: Dorrigo’s childhood in Cleveland, Tasmania Close study of a passage: Colonel Kota beheads a prisoner Close study of a passage: Amy tells Dorrigo that their affair is known Theme: War Crime Metalanguage mix and match activity Map of key sites Dorrigo Evans as Charon the Ferryman True or false revision activity Symbolism activity Crossword