Write of Passage is a 2010 newspaper article from the Sydney Morning Herald that involves an interview with Tomorrow When the War Began's author, John Marsden. He gives details of how he wrote the novel and his feelings at the release of the film version of the novel. Students examine the author's motives and intentions in writing the book.

2010 newspaper article from the Sydney Morning Herald involving an interview with author John Marsden at the time of the release of the film version of the novel. Good insights into how he wrote the book and the process of acceptance by a publisher.

Fiona Maxwell represents innocence, naiveity and romance. When she faces war and taking action for what she believes is right the results are interesting. This activity provides students with quotes from the novel relating to her character, selecting personality characteristics that best reflects Fi and recounting examples of her actions that reflect her innocence, naiveity and romantic inclinations.

the theme of Child-Parent Relationships is pervasive in the novel Hitler's Daughter. Marks positive relationship with his parents in Wallaby Creek today contrasts with Heidi's relationship with Duffi in Germany in the early 1940s. But in both cases, parents and children are not perfect.

Anna and Mark both embark on journeys to find out about Heidi and the world of Nazi Germany in which she lives. The issues they discover give them questions about our society today. In this activity a summary of the theme is given and students are asked to compare the issue of Nazi acquisition of Jewish homes and goods with European acquisition of Aboriginal land.

Heidi is Hitler's daughter. A lonely, anxious girl who craves love and to live her life as other children. In this activity students are provided with a profile of her character from the novel and given a list of personality characteristics to select the verbs that best describe her.

The character Mark is confronted with a number of moral dilemmas, particularly the question of whether children inherit evil from their parents and how parents deal with children who commit evil acts. This activity provides students with the opportunity to discuss and list moral dilemmas that affect them.

Who am I? is an activity where students identify the characters from the novel from the description provided. True or false provides 20 statements. Students need to write the appropriate response about each statement from the novel.

Little Tracey is an imaginative 5-year old girl who is experiencing stress at commencing school. To help her settle in the other children invent The Story Game. The activity attached to Little Tracey's character profile requires to list similarities and differences between the character of Little Tracey and very young children that the reader may know.

Revision activity for Tomorrow When the War Began. Students use the key to decode the questions. They then answer the questions.

Revision activity for the novel, Hitler's Daughter. Students must use the key to crack the encoded questions. They then answer the questions.

Students select one of the minor characters and complete the chart entries for that character. They then report back to the class on their responses and complete the details on the other characters through other student's research and reports.

This activity teaches students about the elements and language used in a dialogue and provides a scaffolded response blank for students to continue a dialogue between the character Anna and her grandmother, Hitler's daughter.

Acrostic poem and mix and match activities to accompany the novel, Hitler's Daughter.

This activity looks at the characteristics of Historical Fiction and asks students to find examples of character, setting, conflict and world building from the novel, Playing Beatie Bow.

Puffin Publishers have decided to re-publish Playing Beatie Bow and they would like you to design the new cover. They want the new edition to appeal to the new generation of teenage readers. This market is: • Familiar with social media • Looking for adventure and historical fiction • Primarily based in Australia and New Zealand • Aged 11 to 18 years • Primary and high school English Departments and school libraries Can you meet their marketing needs whilst being highly creative?

This activity teaches students the nature of a metaphor, gives them quotes from the novel, Playing Beatie Bow, from which to select the metaphors and then asks them to find 3 examples of metaphors from the novel.

Acrostic poem and mix and match activity for Ruth Park's novel, Playing Beatie Bow.

Three cloze activities to accompany the study of Playing Beatie Bow: + Ruth Park + Playing Beatie Bow + Setting: The Rocks

Beatie Bow attends the Harrington Street Ragged School. NSW Government provision of free education began in 1848 but greater efforts were required in areas of particular socio-economic disadvantage, such as The Rocks. This resource introduces students to the efforts to the Ragged Schools and the school that Beatie attends, Harrington Street Ragged School.