Riding the Black Cockatoo by John Danalis
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Two Australias? | ||
A pack of information with accompanying fact sheets to fill in about Australia. Ideal for getting students to think about the context of the text. | |||
| KS4 | Prose Published: 25/06/2010 | |||
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Journeys | ||
This resource encourages students to explore the different journeys taken in the text and focuses on John's journey with an emotion graph. | |||
| KS4 | Prose Published: 25/06/2010 | |||
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Extended learnabout | ||
Like a walkabout, but rather than a stint in the wilderness, it's more of an extended visit to the library! Provides a list of books, art and music as a starting point for exploring the context of the text. | |||
| KS4 | Prose Published: 25/06/2010 | |||
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Totems and titles | ||
A resource to explore the significance of the totems motif in the text. | |||
| KS4 | Prose Published: 25/06/2010 | |||
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Looking at language in Chapter 8 | ||
Encourage students to identify features of language in Chapter 8 with this whizzy matching activity. | |||
| KS4 | Prose Published: 25/06/2010 | |||
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Themes in the novel | ||
A step-by-step approach to preparing for theme-based essays for English Literature. Includes tasks for individuals, pairs and small groups. (Written with Higher tier students in mind.) | |||
| KS4 | Prose Published: 25/06/2010 | |||
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Piece together the PEE structures | ||
A resource to encourage students to write PEE paragraphs, whilst looking at the effects of language in Chapter 8. | |||
| KS4 | Prose Published: 25/06/2010 | |||
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