I work as a high school teacher and teach across four subject areas: English, English as an Additional Language, Humanities and Creative Writing. I have been teaching for nine years and each year is getting easier, mostly because I have now taught across all year levels 7-10 and subject areas and have created resources to support my teaching.
In the first five years of teaching more than 50% of teachers leave the teaching profession. I came dangerously close to becoming a part of this statistic after numerous burn outs throughout my first four years. I want to do something to change this and so I am sharing my teaching resources and classroom tips.
Creating resources is where I get to put to use my creativity and my writing background and I want them to have a larger audience. Feel free to share, use and adapt my resources.
In the first five years of teaching more than 50% of teachers leave the teaching profession. I came dangerously close to becoming a part of this statistic after numerous burn outs throughout my first four years. I want to do something to change this and so I am sharing my teaching resources and classroom tips.
Creating resources is where I get to put to use my creativity and my writing background and I want them to have a larger audience. Feel free to share, use and adapt my resources.
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Remote Learning
I wanted to create a website that has learning activities for my daughter to undertake while we are doing remote learning and have decided to share it.
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English/English as an Additional Language
Text Response Resources
CLICK HERE for Text Response resources for the short story Night Feet written by Ellen Van Neerven from the anthology Meet me at the Intersection, edited by Rebecca Lim and Ambelin Kwaymullina including:
Reading activities Text response activities TEEL structure graphic organisers |
CLICK HERE for Text Response resources for the text The Interrogation of Ashala Wolf written by Ambelin Kwaymullina including:
Reading activities Text response activities TEEL structure graphic organisers |
CLICK HERE for Text Response resources for the text Two Wolves written by Tristan Bancks including:
- Pre-reading activity on ethics, morals and morality
- Booklet of Cornell Summary samples for all chapters
- Booklet of Modified activities
- Booklet of text response scaffolds
Writing scary stories
CLICK HERE for post on Writing Scary Stories Unit.
Learning Intentions:
To decide on a point of view for my scary story
To decide which tense to use when writing my scary story
To use the STEAL method to develop characterisation
To incorporate symbolism in my scary story
To create a setting for my scary story
To write an orientation to my scary story
Orientation scaffold-use this to plan and write your orientation
to identify the types of sentences used in the climax of a story
To incorporate the features of Horror Writing in my scary story
To write the climax of my story using the features of horror
Climax scaffold-use this to plan and write your climax
Learning Intention: To write the resolution to my story
Resolution scaffold-use this to plan and write your resolution
Scary Stories Critique Sheet
To write a scary story orientation paragraph as a Common Formative Task
To write a scary short story for Summative Assessment Task
Learning Intentions:
To decide on a point of view for my scary story
To decide which tense to use when writing my scary story
To use the STEAL method to develop characterisation
To incorporate symbolism in my scary story
To create a setting for my scary story
To write an orientation to my scary story
Orientation scaffold-use this to plan and write your orientation
to identify the types of sentences used in the climax of a story
To incorporate the features of Horror Writing in my scary story
To write the climax of my story using the features of horror
Climax scaffold-use this to plan and write your climax
Learning Intention: To write the resolution to my story
Resolution scaffold-use this to plan and write your resolution
Scary Stories Critique Sheet
To write a scary story orientation paragraph as a Common Formative Task
To write a scary short story for Summative Assessment Task
Poetry Analysis
CLICK HERE for post including booklet and PowerPoint for three poems:
Out of the Blue by Simon Armitage
No More Boomerang by Oodgerie Noonuccal’
Charge of the Light Brigade by Alfred Lord Tennyson
Poetry Booklet Learning Intentions:
To establish our understanding of poetry
To learn poetic techniques
To understand what is poetry analysis
To analyse and interpret an extract from Simon Armitage’s poem ‘Out of the ‘Blue’
To write out an analysis of poem Out of the Blue Poetry using scaffold
To write a poetry analysis of Out of the Blue poem using a modified scaffold
To analyse and interpret Oodgerie Noonuccal’s poem ‘NO MORE BOOMERANG’
To write out an analysis of the poem ‘No More Boomerang’ using scaffold
To write out poetry analysis of poem No More Boomerang using a modified scaffold
To analyse and interpret ALFRED LORD TENNYSON’S poem ‘CHARGE OF THE LIGHT BRIGADE’
To write out a poetry analysis of poem Charge of the Light Brigade using scaffold
To write out a poetry analysis of poem Charge of the Light Brigade using a modified scaffold
Out of the Blue by Simon Armitage
No More Boomerang by Oodgerie Noonuccal’
Charge of the Light Brigade by Alfred Lord Tennyson
Poetry Booklet Learning Intentions:
To establish our understanding of poetry
To learn poetic techniques
To understand what is poetry analysis
To analyse and interpret an extract from Simon Armitage’s poem ‘Out of the ‘Blue’
To write out an analysis of poem Out of the Blue Poetry using scaffold
To write a poetry analysis of Out of the Blue poem using a modified scaffold
To analyse and interpret Oodgerie Noonuccal’s poem ‘NO MORE BOOMERANG’
To write out an analysis of the poem ‘No More Boomerang’ using scaffold
To write out poetry analysis of poem No More Boomerang using a modified scaffold
To analyse and interpret ALFRED LORD TENNYSON’S poem ‘CHARGE OF THE LIGHT BRIGADE’
To write out a poetry analysis of poem Charge of the Light Brigade using scaffold
To write out a poetry analysis of poem Charge of the Light Brigade using a modified scaffold
Persuasive Essay
CLICK HERE for post with resources.
Learning Intentions:
To review our understanding and engagement on the issue of bullying
To understand the purpose and elements of a persuasive essay
To read persuasive articles and identify the contention, main arguments and persuasive techniques used
To read persuasive articles and identify the contention, main arguments and persuasive techniques used
To read persuasive articles and identify the contention, main arguments and persuasive techniques used
To undertake planning of my persuasive essay by developing my arguments, evidence and persuasive devices
To complete a CFT by writing a persuasive essay plan using a scaffold
To write a persuasive essay for assessment
Learning Intentions:
To review our understanding and engagement on the issue of bullying
To understand the purpose and elements of a persuasive essay
To read persuasive articles and identify the contention, main arguments and persuasive techniques used
To read persuasive articles and identify the contention, main arguments and persuasive techniques used
To read persuasive articles and identify the contention, main arguments and persuasive techniques used
To undertake planning of my persuasive essay by developing my arguments, evidence and persuasive devices
To complete a CFT by writing a persuasive essay plan using a scaffold
To write a persuasive essay for assessment
Analysing Argument
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Learning Intentions
Learning Intentions
- Understand exactly how pervasive advertising is in my own life
- Understand the terms Contention and Intention and apply them to advertising examples
- Develop knowledge about Anti-Bullying Advertising, and apply understanding of contention and intention
- To become familiar with persuasive language techniques
- To become familiar with persuasive visual techniques
- Know the persuasive elements and use these to analyse print ads and write an analytical paragraph
- To identify and annotate written and visual persuasive techniques used
- To complete a common formative assessment analysing two anti bullying advertisements and write a analysis essay
- To complete assessment task analysing anti-bullying advertisements and writing an analysis essay
Humanities
Ancient China and Egypt
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Resources:
Ancient Egypt and China unit summaries
Venn Diagram graphic organiser comparing Ancient China and Egypt
Graphic organiser to collate research
Comparative essay planning sheet with sentence starters
Resources:
Ancient Egypt and China unit summaries
Venn Diagram graphic organiser comparing Ancient China and Egypt
Graphic organiser to collate research
Comparative essay planning sheet with sentence starters