Aussie Teaching Resources

Perfect for use within the Year 7 Australian Curriculum, this unit steps through Howl's Moving Castle from introducing the film, to analysing scenes, breaking down a single scene, and writing an analysis essay. This unit has been used with a Year 7 Extension English class, following previous work on Up and Wall-E. .zip file includes lesson plans, basic PowerPoint presentations, and activity worksheets.

Dichotomous Key Can be used for junior science or biology. Uses modern superheros, a variety of national flags, and Australian animals. Works great for introducing these keys, or as a homework task! ADDED: Answer key.

Template sets out Lesson Goals, Activities and Homework in easy to access format. I have used this with my students during Covid (Year 7-12). I fill in the template in the Teacher Only space of OneNote and then distribute the worksheet to each student for them to fill in. TPT doesn't allow OneNote pages to be uploaded, so a Word export is attached. Feel free to email me for the OneNote file.

This package includes 4 weeks worth of English lessons (12 lessons), which analyse the plot, characters and film techniques used within the film The Secret Life of Walter Mitty. These were developed for teaching-at-home (Covid-19) and are ready to be copied and pasted into a OneNote, but can also be taught in the classroom. This was used with Year 7 students.

Used with Year 7s, this project teaches students how to investigate, and allows them to delve into a topic of interest from the world around them.

Helps students to understand David Bowie's Space Oddity. This is a 20 minute (or so) activity which was used with Year 7s in a unit related to The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (film)

This can be used over 2 to 3 lessons, with homework tasks included. This gives an in depth look at sex linkage and pedigrees

This lesson was used with a Year 7 group to practice annotating poetry. The poems are funny, and enjoyable for middle schoolers. The activity would take high level students approximately 30-40 minutes, up to 70 minutes for lower groups who need further structure. This lesson works under the assumption that students do have a basic understanding of figurative language (similes, metaphors, alliteration etc.)

Use this to get students reading and commenting constructively on the work of others! Adapt the 'criteria' to match your assessment piece, or use the existing rubric for a basic evaluative essay.

This was used in Year 7 English to help students understand how to inference through interpreting images.

This PowerPoint gets students engaged in understanding and finding figurative devices metaphor, simile and idiom in poetry. Is a fun lessons, and has been used with Year 7s.

Adapted from Templates used at Queensland University of Technology, useful for teachers and tertiary students.

This worksheet has been used in conjunction with "Story of a Catchment" resources from https://www.ipswich.qld.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0006/8844/activity_sheet_7_a_catchment_story.pdf and http://lwa.gov.au/products/pn30294 . This allows students to solidify understandings of healthy and unhealthy catchments, and human effects on these. This has been used in Year 7 Geography classes.

Used as a pre-test at the beginning of high school (Year 7). This checks a student's comprehension on literal and inferential questions.

Used as a pre-test for Year 7 English.

Two Language Conventions Spelling Practice activities, to be used with Year 7s.

We used this as part of a unit for Walter Mitty, though it could be used with a number of different texts. Used with a Year 7 group.

Poem: Indigenous All Stars by Zelda Quakawoot (all rights of poem to Zelda) Poem can be found on Creative Spirits, and is good for engaging male students, due to it's content. Useful for Year 8 ACARA Poetry unit.