• There are 10 slides in this lesson.
• The lesson has a practice exercise to understand how rhetorical devices are used to persuade and how different layers of meaning are developed through the use of ethos, logo and pathos.

There is a workbook available for this lesson, this can be found in workbooks under Year 8 English.

There are 18  slides in this lesson.

Students examine the SWOT analysis using the SWOT organiser for notetaking. Using this to determine STRENGTHS, WEAKNESSES, OBSERVATIONS and THOUGHTS about the use of PERSUASIVE TECHNIQUES in a text.

There is a workbook available for this lesson and can be found under workbooks Year 8 English

There are 21 slides in this lesson.

• Identify and understand 3 more persuasive techniques or strategies that are effective in changing readers’ beliefs, attitudes and values: appeal to plain folks, : appeals to the bandwagon and appeal by repetition.

There are 20 slides in this lesson.

Students learn to:

• Demonstrate their understanding of persuasive texts.
• Write a paragraph response
• Prepare a draft for the assessment

There are 15 slides in this lesson.

In this lesson students will have read an extract from a story called ‘Catching Teller Crow’ by Amelin and Ezekiel Kwaymullina.

They will then examine the main character and his feelings, description, behaviour, and personality traits. They will draw an illustration of the character and then design your own character with distinctive Australian traits and features.

There is a workbook available for this lesson. It can be found in the workbook section.

There are 13 slides in this lesson.

∙By the end of this lesson, students will look at the cultural context and an example of a refugee new to Australia is used to demonstrate this. 

∙Students will watch the interview ‘The Happiest Refugee’. Ahn Do.

∙Student then answer questions about Point of View and complete activities.

There are 11 slides in this lesson.

By the end of this lesson, students will read an extract from Tomorrow When the War Began. They then complete a number of setting activities to prepare the to write their own narrative

There are 9 slides in this lesson.

• By the end of this lesson, students will have studied Imagery, Simile and Metaphor and completed a Y chart identifying the three figurative language techniques from the text extract called ’The Dressmaker’.

There are 21 slides in this lesson:

The lesson teaches the following: 

• plot graph
• Plot Graph of a story (practice)
• Video of the story 'Licked'
• How to annotate a text
• Annotating a plot diagram
• Identifying parts of a plot line

There are 8 slides in this lesson

Students will begin the outine of their draft for their short story and introduce the character and the setting.

There are booklets available for the lessons on Writing a Short Story covering Lessson 1- 6.

This is a series of Lessons suitable for year 7/8. (12-14 years)

The lessons lead up to two assessments - One to created a TV news report and the other to make 3 diary entries of the life of the main character. You may of course choose any assessment you wish as it would still be applicable to the lessons.

There are some minor worksheets with this lesson and there will be no charge for those and they can be sent to you electronically. They however are not essential to the delivery of this course.

All lessons can be edited - they are not locked. Therefore you can add and delete at your will.

This lesson is focussed on:

– setting and adjectives in preparation of analysing the novel ’Blueback’ by Tim Winton.

The cost of this lesson is $20.00 and it is in explicit instruction format.

The lesson will be emailed to you.

This lesson is again featuring the Novel Blueback by Tim Winton.

The lesson includes: 

• vocabulary
• background information on the Author
• a news report on the Author
• Activity on setting
• Script on powerpoint of chapter 1
• Questions on powerpoint about the novel

Novel Blueback

–In this lesson, students will have read the beginning of the novel and will examine background information on the story.

The lesson includes:

• Students are introduced to the term CONTEXT
• Questions on Blueback
• Activity brainstorm using the headings and questions to guide.

This lesson is $21.00 and has 21 slides - it will be sent to your email.

Language features and audience response

–By the end of this lesson, students will have listened to and read chapter 5 of the Blueback. They review figurative language and complete some activities.

Included: 

• script of chapter 5
• What is a metaphor and a simile?
  
  
• Activity on metaphor and simile
• Activity Explaining how figurative language makes us feel
• Activity -Try writing your own metaphor or simile.
• Activity -Complete the table to brainstorm your ideas.

Reflecting on Tense

–By the end of this lesson, students will have read and listened to chapter 6 of  novel. They will complete activities on tense, and synonyms.

Included: 

• script of chapter 6
• activity - Students revise narrative terminology and tense. They explore why authors to write in past tense.
• Background information with example on using past tense - TENSE affects the TONE of the story
• Activity - 1. Read paragraph 1 and the PRESENT TENSE version written below it. 
• Write down 3 pairs of verbs that have from past to present tense.For example: dived and dive
• Read the  TENSE AND TONE DISCUSSION and identify the synonyms for words listed.
• ACTIVITY - Write 3 words for how you think Abel and his mum might feel when you read PARAGRAPH Convert paragraph 2 into PRESENT tense.Hint: look for the VERBS (doing/action words)
• Then, write 3 words for how  YOU feel when you read about how losing a family member has affected Abel and his Mum.
• Complete the DISCUSSING TENSE AND TONE SENTENCE STARTERS

Sentence Structure, Tone and Pace

This lesson will focus on - examining how effective authors control and use a variety of clause structures, including clauses embedded within the structure of a noun group/phrase or clause 

• Activities: Commas, conjunctions
• Simple, compound and complex sentences
• Practice of sentences 

Key scenes in the novel Blueback

The main purpose of the lesson is for students to familiarise themselves with scenes that they could use in their TV news report.

Content 

• Key scenes of Novel Blueback
• List key events from the novel and put in order.
• Worksheet – 4 Ws and H
• Overview and discussion of the events.

Included:

• List key events from the novel and put in order.
• Write one sentence on each event describing what is happening.
• discussion - 
• Let’s discuss the following:
• Which event did you consider to be the most interesting that you selected?
• Summary time after listening

Creating a TV news report

Overview of lesson

•  Revising What We Need to Know
• Copy the diagram into your file to help you later with your news reportwspaper
• Activity – writing important information

Activities:

• background information - notes
• diagram on how to write a news report
• Hints on a successful news report
• Writing important facts about the scene you are going to report on

Practice reporting on a scene

In this lesson students practice their news report.

• By the end of this lesson, students will have worked alone on one scene from Blueback. They will use 4 W and H to outline your scene that they choose.
• Practice time in pairs.

±In pairs students practice news report (oral presentation) one being at the news desk and the other at the scene

Students do a crossover to the scene.

Students practice and rate their news report from 1 - 10.

Rehearsing scene - last practice

Students practice their news report whilst their peers give feedback using feedback sheet.

• A typical news report contains four (4) parts:
• Presenter name: _________________________
• Markers name:   _________________________

 1.Headline: This is a short, attention-getting statement about the event.

Yes/No – how to improve? Lead paragraph: This has ALL of the who, what, when, where, why and how in it. A writer must find the answers to these questions and write them into the opening sentence(s) of the news.

Yes/No – How could they improve? 3. Explanation: After the lead paragraph has been written, the writer must decide what other facts or details the reader might want to know.  This section can also include direct quotes from the novel.

Yes No How could they improve? 4. Additional Information: This information is the least important.

Could be a comment on the news report. Yes/no How could they improve?