This activity is a pre-reading activity on analysis of book covers. The analysis focuses on colour, people, content and critical response. The skills being taught are elements of visual literacy including deconstruction of visual images to draw conclusions in support of the text.

Activity asking students to find the chapter in which the given events occur.

Crossword using key terms and concepts from the non-fiction text, Stasiland.

Worksheet to accompany the 6-minute mini-documentary, Former Khmer Rouge soldier faces up to the past. The video is an interview with Chin Meth, a former-Khmer Rouge soldier who explains why she joined the Khmer Rouge, her experiences as a soldier then as a prisoner, her testifying against Khmer Rouge officials placed on trial for war crimes and her coming to terms with her life in the Khmer Rouge. This video is suitable for late primary/early secondary students. This video is available on Youtube.

Activities for Tomorrow When the War Begins Chapters 6-10.

Activities for Tomorrow When the War Begins Chapters 1-5. Includes issues in intertextuality and backstory.

Metalanguage mix and match activity using key words and concepts from Craig Silvey’s novel, Jasper Jones.

Activities for Chapters 7-12 of Madeleine L’Engle’s novel, A Wrinkle in Time.

Powerpoint presentation on the book/film, A Wrinkle in Time.

Activities for Chapters 1-6 of Madeleine L’Engle’s A Wrinkle in Time.

Worksheet to accompany the 6 minute TEDEd animated documentary, Why should you read Macbeth? The documentary covers an overview of the play, the political situation in England and Scotland in the early 1600s, performance in the Globe theatre, themes, language and modern adaptations.

Set of activities on the character, Wesley Bucktin from Craig Silvey’s novel, Jasper Jones.

Activities for chapters 1-3 of Craig Silvey’s novel, Jasper Jones.

Activities for Chapters 4-6 of Craig Silvey’s novel, Jasper Jones.

Activities for Chapters 7-9 of Craig Silvey’s novel, Jasper Jones.

Analysis of newspaper article written by Ross McRae and published in The West Australian - Secrets and shame of a small town: Jasper Jones first review.

Teaching visual literacy is everyone's responsibility! This poster was designed as part of a cross-curriculum promotional campaign to teach staff in all faculties in a New England NSW high school about visual literacy being a component of literacy in every area of the curriculum and also provide students with an example of how a visual image can be deconstructed to find the hidden messages. This poster is an example of how the techniques of visual literacy can be used in a Mathematics class. It applies an excellent template developed by the English Teacher's Association of NSW to a newspaper graphic.

This poster is part of a series demonstrating how the techniques of visual literacy can be applied in every subject so that students can deconstruct a visual image in order to find the hidden meanings behind the image. In this poster a screen shot of computer screen demonstrates the use of pose, lighting and tone, mood and atmosphere and audience. Visual literacy is a great way to help students build extended responses. There is a template on the second page that can be used as a scaffold.

Teaching visual literacy is everyone's responsibility. This poster was designed as part of a cross-curriculum promotional campaign to teach staff in all faculties in a New England NSW high school about visual literacy being a component of literacy in every area of the curriculum and also to provide students with an example of how a visual image can be deconstructed to find the hidden messages. This poster is an example of how the techniques of visual literacy can be used in English language classes. It applies an excellent template developed by the English Teacher's Association of NSW to a movie poster.

Teaching visual literacy is everyone's responsibility! This poster was designed as part of a cross-curriculum promotional campaign to teach staff in all faculties in a New England NSW high school about visual literacy being a component of literacy in every area of the curriculum and also to provide students with an example of how a visual image can be deconstructed to find the hidden messages. This poster is an example of how the techniques of visual literacy can be used in Japanese language classes. It applies an excellent template developed by the English Teacher's Association of NSW to a tourist magazine cover.