ACELT1604
Use metalanguage to describe the effects of ideas, text structures and language features of literary texts
Elaborations
- examining the author's description of a character's appearance, behaviour and speech and noting how the character's development is evident through his or her dialogue and changing relationships and the reactions of other characters to him or her (Skills: Literacy, Critical and Creative Thinking)
- sharing views using appropriate metalanguage (for example 'The use of the adjectives in describing the character really helps to create images for the reader') (Skills: Literacy, Critical and Creative Thinking, Personal and Social Capability)
- Plus Plan
Novel Study – Character Map Worksheet
Explore and analyse the characters in your class novel with this set of three worksheets.
- Free Plan
Literature Study Task Cards (Upper Primary)
Explore the wonders of children's literature with this set of 14 literature study task cards for upper primary students.
- Plus Plan
Direct and Indirect Characterisation
A set of two posters explaining direct and indirect characterisation.
- Plus Plan
Novel Study - Alternate Story Ending Worksheet
A worksheet which encourages students to write an alternate ending to a shared class story.
- Plus Plan
Character Profile Flip Book - Upper Primary
Explore how authors use language to describe characters with this versatile flipbook template.
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Year 4 Magazine – "What's Buzzing?" (Issue 3) Task Cards
A set of five literacy rotation task cards to be used in conjunction with Issue 3 of Teach Starter’s Year 4 magazine.
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Recommended Books: Middle Years
A list of recommended books for middle years created by award-winning teacher librarian Megan Daley.
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Plan Your Own Adventure - Writing Template
Students use a template to help them plan stories with alternative pathways for their friends to read.
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Choose Your Own Destiny - Writing Template
Students use a template to help them write stories with alternative pathways for their friends to read.
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Novel Study Activity Resource Pack
A comprehensive resource pack to use with your class when studying a class novel.