English starter activities to get their minds active.

These tricky puzzles make for a great English word games competition, keeps the minds busy on a Friday afternoon or can be used for early finishers. Solutions document included also (and most likely needed!)

A unit plan with a selection of relevant resources, as well as an Assessment Task. This unit is a senior English program which focuses on media representations of refugees in Australia, builds on students critical literacy skills and culminates in a Hypertext Short Story.

Christmas literacy and numeracy activities. A great resource to get learners excited about the Christmas 2015! The resource includes 3 Christmas theme activities: - 1x Beginning sounds – writing the letter - 1x Christmas word-search - 1x Counting - addition practice This resource has been thoroughly designed so no extra prep or specialised ability is needed! It can provide worksheets to help form a standalone English or Maths lesson or can be left as activities in a cover lesson. Can be easily adapted to suit other lessons you may have already planned. This lesson should be accessible to early years and KS1 students. Check out my other Christmas resources!! Please rate if you enjoyed! Click on my display name to see my other excellent resources.

Find out the meaning of Greek and Latin roots used in English words and a worksheet to find the meaning of certain prefixes used in English words. Then students write a sentence to demonstrate their understanding of the meaning of the root or prefix.

Context PowerPoint and related documents. Powerpoint includes a range of images and links to videos to assist student learning and understanding. Whole lesson or two part lesson. VCE English The Golden Age Joan London

Designed to complement the Year 7 English study of Carole Wilkinson's hybrid text 'Black Snake - The Daring of Ned Kelly', this resource is a detailed summary of the book from the Introduction to the final chapter, 'Silenced'. As a quick reference guide, it is useful to identify and revise main events and people involved in Ned Kelly's story as told by Wilkinson.

These chapter notes offer students a chronological analysis of the novel. I use these notes in my Year 10 English class. They would also be suitable for use in Year 11 and 12 English and Literature classes.

The curriculum provides teachers with notes to teach a unit in English or Literature about the poetry of Emily Dickinson.

Year 10 English Unit and lesson overview with resources built around teaching students to be critical readers of media, including summative assessment task. Focus on Muslims as depicted in the media, using documentary Reel Bad Arabs as a parent text.

This unit of work was designed for VCAL Literacy students. The focus of the unit was the concept of identity and how we are capable of being many different characters. The tasks are also suitable for Year 10 and Year 11 English.

A collection of dot-to-dots of familiar cartoon characters and others ... not sure of English KS levels - apologies if not suitable.

Set of five A3 Japanese Language Posters featuring greetings, introductions, manners, school and simple phrases. Written in English, Romaji and Hiragana / Katakana

Set of five simple Japanese language posters.Topics include greetings, introductions, manners, simple phrases and school.English phrases with Romaji, hiragana / katakana translations.

A fun activity/English language activity suitable as an end of lesson activity in English 7-10- worksheet & information.

Joan London in conversation at the Adelaide Writer's Festival. Video of interview and comprehension questions. This would be useful as part of summer holiday homework. Can be done as a whole class or at home. Answers are attached. Video can be accessed at : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9S2p8EkSxJ8 VCE English The Golden Age by Joan London.

This is a worksheet/activity I ask my students to complete to gain an understanding of the context of the novel Deadly Unna? by Phillip Gwynne. It is aimed at a Year 9 all Indigenous class studying English EAL, however, it can be tailored or used as an introductory activity for other groups. Thank you I value your comments greatly.

Character and theme resources based on the novel Pharaoh by Jackie French. Designed for Year 7 and 8 English. (Could also be modified and used at Year 5 or 6).

VCE English The Golden Age Joan London Comprehension Questions.

This is a whole range of resources and activities to encourage children to like vegetables! It has a guessing game, songs, matching and counting activities, worksheets and a recipe to make healthy veggie chips. I have included an australian and english version as certain vegetables are called by different names in the two countries. It was designed for special needs students but could be very useful for younger mainstream students.

A range of information and learning activities for Year 12 HSC English around the play and film of "Educating Rita"