This novel study is based on the book: The Christmasaurus by Tom Fletcher. There is a unit plan included with the novel broken down into 19 lessons, with activities relevant to each lesson/chapter. There are 34 activities included to align with the chapters, with extension and fast finishers activities available also. Learning Intentions and Success Criteria are included for each lesson and align with curriculum. All of the Learning Intention and Success Criteria have been included in a printable table at the end of the document for teachers who prefer to print and cut these out for students to glue into their workbooks. The activities are designed for students to build skills in responding to texts - such as building vocabulary, predicting, inferring, recount, different perspectives and problem solving. The lesson plans can be tweaked to suit your own specific cohort and their ability levels. The resource is 76 pages long and in PDF format. I sincerely hope that your class enjoys this unit of work as much as mine has.

This novel study is based on the book: Code Name Bananas by David Walliams. There is a unit plan included with the novel broken down into 17 lessons, with activities relevant to each lesson/chapters. There are 31 activities included to align with the chapters, with extension and fast finishers activities available also. Learning Intentions and Success Criteria are included for each lesson and align with curriculum. The activities are designed for students to build skills in responding to texts - such as building vocabulary, predicting, recount, chronological recount, different perspectives and making connections. The lesson plans can be tweaked to suit your own specific cohort and their ability levels. The resource is 42 pages long and in PDF format. I sincerely hope that you and your students enjoys this unit of work.

This novel study is based on the book: Robodog by David Walliams. There is a unit plan included with the novel broken down into 14 lessons, with activities relevant to each lesson/chapters. There are 24 activities included to align with the chapters, with extension and fast finishers activities available also. Learning Intentions and Success Criteria are included for each lesson and align with curriculum. The activities are designed for students to build skills in responding to texts - such as building vocabulary, predicting, recount, chronological recount and different perspectives. The lesson plans can be tweaked to suit your own specific cohort and their ability levels. The resource is 34 pages long and in PDF format. I sincerely hope that you and your students enjoys this unit of work.

This novel study is based on the book: Spaceboy by David Walliams. There is a unit plan included with the novel broken down into 13 lessons, with activities relevant to each lesson/chapters. There are 27 activities included to align with the chapters, with extension and fast finishers activities available also. Learning Intentions and Success Criteria are included for each lesson and align with curriculum. The activities are designed for students to build skills in responding to texts - such as building vocabulary, predicting, recount, chronological recount and different perspectives. The lesson plans can be tweaked to suit your own specific cohort and their ability levels. The resource is 37 pages long and in PDF format. I sincerely hope that you and your students enjoys this unit of work.

This novel study is based on the book: Grandpa’s Great Escape by David Walliams. There is a unit plan included with the novel broken down into 17 lessons, with activities relevant to each lesson/chapter. There are 32 activities included to align with the chapters, with extension and fast finishers activities available also. Learning Intentions and Success Criteria are included for each lesson and align with curriculum. The activities are designed for students to build skills in responding to texts - such as building vocabulary, predicting, recount, chronological recount, different perspectives and making connections. The lesson plans can be tweaked to suit your own specific cohort and their ability levels. The resource is 40 pages long and in PDF format. I sincerely hope that you and your students enjoys this unit of work.

This novel study is based on the book: The Midnight Gang by David Walliams. There is a unit plan included with the novel broken down into 14 lessons, with activities relevant to each lesson/chapters. There are 27 activities included to align with the chapters, with extension and fast finishers activities available also. Learning Intentions and Success Criteria are included for each lesson and align with curriculum. The activities are designed for students to build skills in responding to texts - such as building vocabulary, predicting, recount, chronological recount, different perspectives and making connections. The lesson plans can be tweaked to suit your own specific cohort and their ability levels. The resource is 41 pages long and in PDF format. I sincerely hope that you and your students enjoys this unit of work.

This novel study is based on the book: Slime by David Walliams. There is a unit plan included with the novel broken down into 16 lessons, with activities relevant to each lesson/chapter. There are 26 activities included to align with the chapters, with extension and fast finishers activities available also. Learning Intentions and Success Criteria are included for each lesson and align with curriculum. The activities are designed for students to build skills in responding to texts - such as building vocabulary, predicting, recount, chronological recount, different perspectives and making connections. The lesson plans can be tweaked to suit your own specific cohort and their ability levels. The resource is 35 pages long and in PDF format. I sincerely hope that your class enjoys this unit of work.

This novel study is based on the book: Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl. There is a unit plan included with the novel broken down into 16 lessons, with activities relevant to each lesson/chapter. There are 27 activities included to align with the chapters, with extension and fast finishers activities available also. Learning Intentions and Success Criteria are included for each lesson and align with curriculum. All of the Learning Intention and Success Criteria have been included in a printable table at the end of the document for teachers who prefer to print and cut these out for students to glue into their workbooks. The activities are designed for students to build skills in responding to texts - such as building vocabulary, predicting, inferring, recount, different perspectives and chronological retells. The lesson plans can be tweaked to suit your own specific cohort and their ability levels. The resource is 61 pages long and in PDF format. I sincerely hope that your class enjoys this unit of work as much as mine has.

This novel study is based on the book: Megamonster by David Walliams. There is a unit plan included with the novel broken down into 12 lessons, with activities relevant to each lesson/chapter. There are 23 activities included to align with the chapters, with extension and fast finishers activities available also. Learning Intentions and Success Criteria are included for each lesson and align with curriculum. The activities are designed for students to build skills in responding to texts - such as building vocabulary, predicting, recount, different perspectives and making connections. The lesson plans can be tweaked to suit your own specific cohort and their ability levels. This unit study is compatible with remote / online learning. The resource is 33 pages long and in PDF format. I sincerely hope that your class enjoys this unit of work.

The Boy in the Dress – David Walliams Novel Study with Resources This novel study is based on the book: The Boy in the Dress by David Walliams. There is a unit plan included with the novel broken down into 12 lessons, with activities/resources included to print to align with the chapters. Extension and fast finisher activities are also available. Learning Intentions and Success Criteria are included for each lesson and align with curriculum. The activities are designed for students to build skills in responding to texts – such as building vocabulary, predicting, recount, chronological recount, different perspectives and comprehension. The lesson plans can be tweaked to suit your own specific cohort and their ability levels. The resource is: 30 pages long 20 activities included Unit plan that breaks the novel down into 12 lessons 12 lessons with guiding questions, learning intentions, success criteria and resources that align to each lesson PDF format. I sincerely hope that you and your students enjoy this unit of work.

This novel study is based on the book: Awful Auntie by David Walliams. There is a unit plan included with the novel broken down into 15 lessons, with activities relevant to each lesson/chapters. There are 34 activities included to align with the chapters, with extension and fast finishers activities available also. I have also included 12 bonus activities too! Learning Intentions and Success Criteria are included for each lesson and align with curriculum. The activities are designed for students to build skills in responding to texts - such as building vocabulary, predicting, recount, chronological recount, different perspectives and making connections. The lesson plans can be tweaked to suit your own specific cohort and their ability levels. The resource is 65 pages long and in PDF format. I sincerely hope that you and your students enjoys this unit of work.

This novel study is based on the book: George’s Marvellous Medicine by Roald Dahl. There is a unit plan included with the novel broken down into 8 lessons, with activities relevant to each lesson/chapter. There are 13 activities included to align with the chapters, with extension and fast finishers activities available also. Learning Intentions and Success Criteria are included for each lesson and align with curriculum. All of the Learning Intention and Success Criteria have been included in a printable table at the end of the document for teachers who prefer to print and cut these out for students to glue into their workbooks. The activities are designed for students to build skills in responding to texts. The lesson plans can be tweaked to suit your own specific cohort and their ability levels. The resource is 35 pages long and in PDF format. I sincerely hope that your class enjoys this unit of work. Thank you :)

This novel study is based on the book: The Ice Monster by David Walliams. There is a unit plan included with the novel broken down into 16 lessons, with activities relevant to each lesson/chapter. There are 28 activities included to align with the chapters, with extension and fast finishers activities available also. Learning Intentions and Success Criteria are included for each lesson and align with curriculum. All of the Learning Intention and Success Criteria have been included in a printable table at the end of the document for teachers who prefer to print and cut these out for students to glue into their workbooks. The activities are designed for students to build skills in responding to texts - such as building vocabulary, predicting, inferring, recount, different perspectives and problem solving. The lesson plans can be tweaked to suit your own specific cohort and their ability levels. The resource is 64 pages long and in PDF format. I sincerely hope that your class enjoys this unit of work as much as mine has.

This is a reading and writing task for VCAL Literacy - public debate. The reading task includes links to a public newspaper article and a persuasive text. Students read both articles and answer comprehension questions aligned to the VCAL Literacy curriculum. A writing task is also included. There are two exemplars included for analysing and annotating, as well as planning sheets and other graphic organisers. Included is: PDF documents for dissemination to students PDF document for teachers with the task, curriculum links, articles to read, exemplars and graphic organisers PowerPoint for introducing and teaching the task Rubrics for both tasks I hope you and your students find this unit engaging.

This novel study is based on the book: Fing by David Walliams. There is a unit plan included with the novel broken down into 16 lessons, with activities relevant to each lesson/chapter. There are 27 activities included to align with the chapters, with extension and fast finishers activities available also. Learning Intentions and Success Criteria are included for each lesson and align with curriculum. All of the Learning Intention and Success Criteria have been included in a printable table at the end of the document for teachers who prefer to print and cut these out for students to glue into their workbooks. The activities are designed for students to build skills in responding to texts - such as building vocabulary, predicting, inferring, recount, different perspectives and making connections. The lesson plans can be tweaked to suit your own specific cohort and their ability levels. The resource is 64 pages long and in PDF format. I sincerely hope that your class enjoys this unit of work.

VCE Vocational Major - Literacy for Personal Use This resource is a full unit of work for Unit 1, Area of study 1 - Literacy for personal use. This resource includes a teacher’s unit planner with the unit broken down into 5 lessons per week for 9 weeks. There is a PowerPoint included that has all lesson content included - it’s as easy as projecting it to your class and reading off the screen! All student worksheets, workbooks, task sheets and planning documents are also included. I have also developed a simplified version of the VCAA rubric so you can choose which rubric is appropriate for you. This is a fully inclusive unit, which includes links to all required texts so that you can print or share digitally with your students. The assessment task is a folio which comprises of 3 folio pieces: a reflective journal, a research task and a poster. Each task is scheduled in the unit plan, with appropriate content teaching and due dates. **What’s included? ** A 125-slide PPT that includes ALL teaching content required for the entire unit A 5-page teacher unit plan that has all lessons summarised and links to all required texts A 21-page student reflective journal with 16 tasks included, required texts and tables of pertinent information for each content area for students to refer back to (Folio task 1) A student assessment task information sheet (Folio task 2) A student research task planning/unpacking sheet and information report planning document (Folio task 2) A rubric for the unit All documents in both Doc and PDF formats for ease of digital use or printing Copyright You are permitted to use this resource in your classroom/s or group/s only. You are not permitted to share this resource with colleagues, on social media or upload to a school/educational setting shared drive. Please respect my work by not sharing the actual resource. Instead, please share the link for your colleagues to purchase their own licence. I have made this resource very affordable to support you. This resource is ready for you to teach! I sincerely hope that you and your students enjoy this unit of work.

This is a writing task for VCAL Literacy - public debate. The writing task includes two exemplars for analysing and annotating, as well as planning sheets and other graphic organisers. Included is: PDF document for dissemination to students PDF document for teachers with the task, curriculum links, exemplars and graphic organisers PowerPoint for introducing and teaching the task Rubric I hope you and your students find this unit engaging.

This is a reading task for VCAL Literacy - reading for public debate. The task includes links to a public newspaper article and a persuasive text. Students read both articles and answer comprehension questions aligned to the VCAL Literacy curriculum. Included is: PDF document for dissemination to students PDF document for teachers with the task, curriculum links, articles to read and graphic organisers PowerPoint for introducing and teaching the task I hope you and your students find this unit engaging.

This is a writing lesson that includes a video link to a YouTube writing prompt. There is a task sheet included to hand out to students, or to digitally disseminate if you are teaching online. There is also a comic strip template included for students who would like to write a comic strip. The document is in Word document format for you to edit expectations to meet your class’ needs as well as a PDF version. Please note that it was created using a Macbook, so if you are viewing the Word document using a PC the formating may change. The formatting will be fixed if you use the PDF version.

Pigeon Impossible film by Lucas Martel This is a newspaper writing task designed to be paired with the reading/writing prompt ‘Pigeon Impossible’ available on YouTube and the Literacy Shed. Students will write a newspaper article with the title “Rocket Rumble” and a “Wanted” article describing Secret Agent Walter Beckett. This document is fully editable, so is suitable for remote learning and/or digital submissions.