Teaching Units
Young Writers of the Holocaust
The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank, Elie Wiesel's memoir, Night and If this is a Man by Primo Levi all include eyewitness accounts, daily impressions and emotions that paint a picture of one of...
Teaching Units
Magical Realism
Magical realism is a genre of literature that depicts the real world as having an undercurrent of magic or fantasy. It is one of the most unique literary movements of the last century. While most commonly...
General Resources
Rhetorical Devices: logos, pathos, ethos, anaphora, hyperbole, irony
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Analysing Advertisements
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Visual Literacy Free
The presentations on the web pages in this area include topics such as analysing techniques and terminology for analysing, interpreting, understanding and evaluating different types of cartoons (eg. political,...
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Poem to Go: Those Winter Sundays by Robert Hayden
"Those Winter Sundays" by Robert Hayden is a poignant poem that explores the often underappreciated sacrifices and expressions of love made by parents, particularly the poet's father. The poem describes...
Assessment
Gothic Summative: Model Response 2
The model response on this page is an analytical essay, written as a summative assessment for the Gothic unit. The response is strong and is marked by the teacher as achieving 8 for Criterions A, B and D. As...
Assessment
Formative Assessment
Formative assessment is an integral part of the assessment process. Throughout the process of teaching and learning teachers use a variety of methods to assess students' progress and plan for their future...
Teaching Units
Text to Go: The Black Cat
The Black Cat is one of the most famous of Edgar Allen Poe's short stories. Written in 1843, the story is told in the first person by a murderer sentenced to death who, even knowing he is not believed,...
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Poem to Go: Harvest Moon by Ted Hughes
"The Harvest Moon" by Ted Hughes is a poem about the power of nature, shown in the moon’s ability to transform the world. Using potent imagery and illustrative language, Hughes portrays a detailed representation...