In addition, to the usual information taught about 'Letters to the Editor' the attached are a few ideas to aid students when composing their own LTE- initially created to go with 'Lockie Leonard', but can be applied to a range of LTE tasks.

Class activity for teaching "Big idea" concepts such as social justice in History, Geography and English using the "Hunger Games" movie/stories. No definite need to show these movies if students have already seen the movies or read the books (and they will almost certainly have done so), but it could be an option to read/view if needed).

Attached is a snapshot of a SmartNote gallery sort activity (because TES won't allow upload of the interactive file type). This file can be used as a content checklist for students when they are composing their own postcard. This (originally interactive) activity was created and used with a Year 7 Literacy class where they were required to write a postcard from '1000 years into the future" while "holidaying on another planet in the solar system" as part of their 'Space' unit which included fiction and non-fiction texts.

Tutorial and revision information related to some of the common camera angles used in film and their purpose/meaning they convey. Useful and relevant for all Stage 4 and 5 English classes when studying film with a range of films being useful including 'Charllie and the Chocolate Factory' and 'Rabbit Proof Fence'.

Simple language skills tutorial for Year 7 English so that they can understand how to locate the subject of a sentence. Follow with sample sentences for them to rehearse this skill.

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