Sharp Thoughts

This recursive writing activity steps students through an imaginative response in the form of an internal observation from a character of their own development. It will enable students to consider characters from the beginning of 'A Midsummer Night's Dream' through another person's perspective. Students will need to decide who they support, as they imagine how the conflict plays out either on the stage of The Globe Theatre or in their version of the fictional world of 'A Midsummer Night's Dream'

A pre-reading activity for the novel 'Trash' by Andy Mulligan, focusing students on the concepts within the novel.Skill focus: - Critical thinking about a statement. - Impulse control and working in silence. - Connecting concepts in a novel to lived experiences. - justifying choices by explaining verbally. Extension task: Writing about how two concepts are true or untrue for the first chapter of the novel 'Trash'. Year levels: years 5-9, upper primary, middle school, Stage 4 Timing: 20 minutes

This activity examines the seven types of sensory imagery and how these have been used in Andy Mulligan's novel 'Trash'. The worksheets scaffold students to respond in an analytical paragraph. Skill focus:- Develop an understanding of the seven types of imagery. - Gather examples of these types of imagery - quotations and examples. - Develop specific sentence structures needed in an analytical paragraph. - Identify abstract nouns as concepts to discuss. - Write cause and effect statements linked

This four part activity pack ensures students understand how the novel 'Trash' uses a setting based on real life places for a specific purpose.Skill focus:- Begin to analyse excerpts from the novel for forms, features and effects. - Develop a visual understanding of what the setting of the novel could look like. - Connect world issues to issues in the novel. - Guided self-paced internet research task on inspirational places. - Writing an analytical response using a detailed scaffold. Year levels

These worksheets use evidence from the novel 'Trash' to explore how two characters are developed by Andy Mulligan to make the readers think and feel a certain way about their roles in the novel.Skill focus:- Close re-reading of the novel to gather evidence and quotations. - Thinking critically about textual evidence. - Responding to textual evidence in an imaginative and personal style. - Student choice for analysis of a second protagonist. - Working independently on known tasks. Year levels: 5-

This is the handout all students need at the start of your year together. It outlines exactly how to use a book, or a folder for writing in class and also how to organise their computers so work does not go into the mysterious technological realm never to be seen again. This supports executive functioning skill development.

This worksheet defines the seven types of sensory imagery found in literary texts and provides a space for students to identify each type of imagery in the prescribed text.Skill focus:- Identify imagery in a given text. - Develop or revise an understanding of the types of imagery and their specific names. Year levels: 7-12, secondary students. Timing: 10 minutes excluding text examination for examples.

Pre-reading activity for a novel study of 'Trash' written by Andy Mulligan. Skill focus: - Begins to develop analytical skills for visual literacy. - Develops verbal collaboration and detail development via conversation. - Uses guided questioning to elicit specific responses. - Students work using the 'Think, Pair, Share' routine to develop answers before recording them. Year levels: 5-9, upper primary, middle school Timing: 20-40mins