Years 7-12 English Workbooks
Ages: 11-18
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Relevant Curriculums
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Below is a list of the creative writing and English units of work available and details about each unit of work.
Senior English Workbooks/eBooks(Years 11 and 12)
Reading to Write: Analysing and Creating Modernist Texts
Exploring and Creating Modernist Literary Writing
Comparative Study of Looking for Richard and Richard III
Textual Conversations Between Looking for Richard and King Richard III
Close Study of The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time
People and Politics in WH Auden's Poetry
Exploring Literary Mindscapes in Sixty Lights
Critical Study of WH Auden's Poetry
Junior and Middle School English Workbooks/eBooks (Years 7-10)
Analysing Textual Integrity in The Post Office
Exploring Cultural Representations in Debra Oswald's Skate
Exploring Stagecrafting and Cultural Connection in Jack Davis's Honey Spot
Analysing and Creating Australian Stories
Exploring and Creating Marine Sustainability Texts
Analysing Characterisation, Voice and Transformation in Patrick Ness's A Monster Calls
Comparative Study of Romeo and Juliet and West Side Story
Exploring Gothic Horror in Neil Gaiman's Coraline
Exploring Ethical Issues in John Marsden's Tomorrow When the War Began
Analysing and Creating Protest Poetry
Analysing and Creating Humour Texts
Analysing Literary Merit of Harper Lee's To Kill a Mocking Bird
Senior English (Years 11 and 12)
Reading to Write: Analysing and Creating Modernist Texts (NSW ONLY)
Concepts: Modernism, Cultural Perspectives and Creative Writing

Workbook/eBook focus
Students focus on modernism as a movement in Australia and around the world and considers how the cultural significance of modernity is reflected in literature and art forms. Student will study examples of modern literature and artworks, such as Kenneth Slessor’s ‘Five Bells’ and Part III of 'Five Visions of Captain Cook', Gail Jones’s Dreams of Speaking, Raymond Carver’s ‘So Much Water So Close to Home', Lucia Berlin's 'Point of View' and Orientalism, and use these texts as inspiration to create experimental literary pieces through transversal, intergeneric and fictocritcal writing, reflecting modernist ideas, forms and ways of writing.
Reading to Write: Analysing and Creating Modernist Texts - Work eBook Contents/Copyright Page/Sample Lesson
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Exploring and Creating Modernist Literary Writing
For years 11-12 (suitable for all state-based curriculums for the secondary senior Australian Curriculum: English Literature - from 2017)
Concepts: Modernism, Cultural Perspectives and Creative Writing

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Exploring and Creating Modernist literary Texts - Work eBook Contents/Copyright Page/Sample Lesson
Exploring Connections between Looking for Richard and Richard III
For years 11-12 (suitable for the Senior Australian English Curriculum - from 2017)Concepts: Intertextuality, Values and Context, Comparative Study

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Click here to purchase Exploring Connections Between LFR and RIII Workbook.
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Textual Conversations Between Looking for Richard and Richard III (NSW Only)
For year 12 Advanced course(suitable for the NSW Stage 6 English Syllabus for the secondary senior Australian English Curriculum - from 2018)Available Feb 2018
Workbook/eBook Focus:
Students will explore how meanings of a pair of texts can reveal resonances and dissonances by considering the textual conversations between them. It is through this exploration that students will explore and evaluate connections through references to contexts, values, ideas, content and the use of language forms and features. They will also consider how a comparative study has enhanced their understanding and appreciation of both texts. Students will develop skills in writing a comparative essay as well as compose creative texts in a range of modes and media.
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Click here to purchase Textual Conversations Between LFR and RIII Workbook.
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Workbook/eBook Focus:
Students will explore how meanings of a pair of texts can reveal resonances and dissonances by considering the textual conversations between them. It is through this exploration that students will explore and evaluate connections through references to contexts, values, ideas, content and the use of language forms and features. They will also consider how a comparative study has enhanced their understanding and appreciation of both texts. Students will develop skills in writing a comparative essay as well as compose creative texts in a range of modes and media.
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Close Study of The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time
Concepts: Context and Narrative, Close Study of Text and Textual Integrity

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People and Politics in WH Auden’s Poetry (NSW Only)
Concepts: People and Politics, Representation and Text

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WH Auden’s Poetry Unit of Work Overview
WH Auden’s Poetry Unit of Work Link to NSW English Stage 6 Syllabus
WH Auden’s Poetry Unit of Work Sample Lesson
WH Auden’s Poetry Links to the Senior Australian English Curriculum
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Exploring Literary Mindscapes in Gail Jones's Sixty Light
Students will critically study Sixty Lights by considering how the elements of the text invite the responder to explore literary mindscapes or the internal worlds of individuals. In order to explore identity, assumptions and ways of being and thinking, students will consider Jones’s personal context, values, key concepts such as photography, memory and grief, Victorian England, modernity and ‘coming of age’ novels and how intertextuality is represented in the novel. Other elements such as structure, characters, themes and setting are also addressed. Students will analyse the ideas, values and concepts conveyed in Jones’s theoretical influences and explore how these texts relate to Sixty Lights. Students will also be guided through the process of writing a critical essay.
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Critical Study of WH Auden’s Poetry
Concepts: Critical Study of Text, Context and Representation

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Junior and Middle School English Units (Years 7-10)
Exploring Power and Privilege in Fairytales
Concepts: Cultural Perspectives and Representations and Reflection

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In this workbook students will explore how power and privilege have been represented within and through fairytale texts by analysing the fairytales genre. Students will also explore symbolism and motifs in fairytales and adapt archetypal characters. They will develop an understanding of the context of fairytales around the world by analysing the audience, purpose and history of fairytales and the context of Disney fairytales. Students will explore how fairytales continue to be told and retold and evaluate cultural perspectives in fairytales from diverse cultures. Analysis of how fairytales are reinvented in new contexts will also be explored so students can reinvent the fairytale genre in ways that reflect their own ideas about cultural perspectives. Students will develop skills in reflection through reflecting on their own processes of learning and creating as well as on texts.
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Re-Writing Fairytales
Concepts: Intertextuality, Genre and Creative Writing

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In this workbook students will analyse the fairytale genre from Europe and outside Europe and the purpose and audience of fairytales. Student will analyse narrative elements found in the fairytales, such as key ideas, motifs, ‘the hero’s journey’, archetypal characters and situations, themes and narrative voice. Students will explore intertextuality in fairytales and how binary oppositions position the audience to adopt certain values and beliefs. Students will create various elements of fairytales that challenge reader expectations and represent new ways of thinking about the world we live in.
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Analysing Textual Integrity in Rabindranath Tagore's The Post Office


Exploring Stagecrafting and Cultural Connections in Jack Davis's Honey Spot
Years 7-8 (Suitable for all state-based curriculums for the Australian English Curriculum 7-10)
Concepts: Code and Convention, Stagecraft, Cultural Perspectives & Cultural Representation

Analysing and Creating Australian Stories
Years 9-10 (Suitable for all state-based curriculums for the Australian English Curriculum 7-10)
Concepts: Voice, Perspectives and Creative Writing
Workbook/eBook focus:
In this workbook students will develop skills in exploring and creating Australian stories through analysis and interpretation of perspectives and voice in creative and nonfiction texts such as prose poetry, narratives, documentaries and YouTube clips. Students will consider Australia’s identity and explore multicultural, Aboriginal and historical Australian stories and use these as inspiration to create their own stories that represent their perception of Australian culture and life. Students will create YouTube clips that represent their contribution to a 21st century Australian voice and an Australian story documentary.
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Exploring and Creating Marine Sustainability Texts
Years 9-10 (Suitable for all state-based curriculums for the Australian English Curriculum 7-10)
Concepts: Interconnectedness, Rhetoric and Imagery
Workbook/eBook focus:
In this workbook students will look at various texts about marine conservation to develop and awareness of how they can contribute to conserving the marine environment. Students will analyse various media texts, such as posters and video advertisements in order to determine messages conveyed and how the responder is positioned to adopt certain ideas and take action. Students will learn how to create texts that borrow from other texts and use stimulus to create imaginative texts, such as Dreamtime stories and manga that convey possibilities in relation to marine conservation.
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Analysing Characterisation, Voice and Transformation in Patrick Ness's A Monster Calls
Years 7-8 (Suitable for all state-based curriculums for the Australian English Curriculum 7-10)
Concepts: Characterisation, Voice and Transformation
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Comparative Study of Romeo and Juliet and West Side Story
Years 9-10 (Suitable for all state-based curriculums for the Australian English Curriculum 7-10)
Concepts: Comparative Study and Critical Thinking
Workbook/eBook focus:
This workbook focuses on a comparison of Romeo and Juliet and West Side Story. Students will learn about the narrative elements of each text, including the plot, characters, setting, themes and language and stylistic features. Students will also learn to write about the relationships between texts from different time periods and develop an appreciation for the value in comparing texts in an academic sense. Students will write a comparative essay about the two key texts.
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Creating Picture Books
Concepts: Genre, Code and Convention and Creative Writing
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Creating Picture Books workbook provides students with the opportunity to explore the genre of picture books for both adults and children. Students learn about the definitions, features, styles, genres and types of picture books. Students develop an understanding of and skills in creating the various written and visual elements of picture books, including the front and back cover and narrative elements such as characters and settings. They read, listen to, view and speak about various picture books from different times and places. Students apply their knowledge and skills about these written and visual elements by creating their own picture book for either a child or adult audience.
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Exploring Gothic Horror in Neil Gaiman's Coraline
Workbook/eBook focus:
This workbook provides students with the opportunity to explore the genre of horror. Students learn about the features of horror stories, including the gothic mode. Students develop an understanding of and skills in creating horror short stories for a teenage audience, including narrative elements such as characters, settings, themes and structure. They develop skills in adapting and transforming existing horror text into different forms for a variety of purposes and audiences. They read, listen to, view and speak about various horror stories and gothic graphic novels from different times and places, including multimedia horror texts. Students apply their knowledge and skills about these narrative elements by creating their own horror short story for a teenage audience that adapts existing horror stories into new contexts.
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Exploring Gothic Horror in Coraline - Work eBook Contents/Copyright Page/Sample Lesson
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Exploring Ethical Issues in John Marsden's Tomorrow When the War Began

Workbook/eBook focus:
In this workbook students will explore ethical issues in Tomorrow When the War Began by John Marsden and other texts about war such as poetry, short stories, and historical speeches and images. Students will assess the representation of ethical issues in texts and compare them to their own ethical values. They will critically analyse the language features and forms of various war texts and reflect personally on war texts. Students will examine the relationships between various war texts and explore the similarities and differences between ethical issues in various war texts.
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Analysing and Creating Protest Poetry and Lyrics

Analysing and Creating Humorous Texts

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Analysing Literary Merit of Harper Lee's To Kill a Mocking Bird

Click here to purchase Analysing Literary Merit of Harper Lee's To Kill A Mockingbird workbook.