There are 10 vocabulary building slides to be completed as ‘hang-man’ games. Ideally they will copy them into their books. The images will help students to define the word. All of the words come from the first chapter of the novel. Next are two lessons exploring Blueback. Firstly, looking at the them of stewardship vs ownership, with a scaffold for a PEEL paragraph. Then a look at the novel’s relevance and real world problems that relate, with a scaffold for a PEEL paragraph.

This is a worksheet for paragraphing about costume creating character. It can be done any time after the first 10 minutes of viewing Hunt For The Wilderpeople. There are three levels of difficulty included - you will need to select the appropriate level/s for your students. I made them for a composite 7/8/9 class. Each level demonstrates that each paragraph has a topic sentence - addressing character and costume in this case, an explanation, example. Each type of sentence is colour coded. The Year 8 and 9 level include a linking sentence linking back to the question. Each level of difficulty has examples and scaffolding for students to write their own paragraphs.

The poem Spellbound, by Emily Jane Bronte is provided, with questions to guide a close reading. The questions ask students to consider which techniques she has used to create the sense of awe, and how they work.

This worksheet is to accompany viewing the first episode of Sweet Tooth. It encourages students to consider character construction: costume, dialogue, action etc., symbolism, juxtaposition, plot, and viewer positioning. Suggested answers are included.

This is a power point with twelve easy to follow starters. Students should be able to read sentences and use the prompts to write their own. Each should take roughly ten minutes and is suitable for Year 9, Year 10 and Year 11. The first eight give specific sentence structures, and prompt students to follow the structure and write their own. For example: using ‘ing’ words: We sat together, talking, laughing, listening, loving. They played together, running, jumping, biting, barking. The road unspooled on and on, rising, falling, rising, turning, falling. Write you own sentence ending in ing words about an acrobat at a circus. The last four prompt students to write from different points of view and give the opportunity for students to experiment with sentence structure.