Sharp Thoughts

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

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 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.