English+Links

The partnerships between the federal government and other bodies continue to deliver quality, free, online units of work that our classroom-based teaching colleagues should know about.

[] which has "12 units of work integrating the teaching and learning of English and global citizenship education" for junior primary, upper primary and junior secondary. As an example, the junior secondary units are


 * Indigenous peoples: Ways of being..." A unit of work for Year 8 to explore ideas of cultural identity and belonging, specifically Aboriginal identity through Aboriginal English, with The Binna Binna Man by Meme McDonald & Boori Monty Pryor, and Indigenous poetry and rap"


 * Refugees and Migration: Seeking refuge - the journey "A unit of work for Year 8 to explore the journey using The Happiest Refugee: A Memoir by Anh Do, Mahtab's Story, by Libby Gleeson, Children of War: Voices of Iraqi Refugees by Deborah Ellis, and The Arrival, by Shaun Tan"


 * Neighbours, Asia Pacific: Helping hands "A unit of work for Year 7 featuring the young adult novel The Killing Sea by Richard Lewis that explores a range of fiction, non-fiction and multi-modal texts related to the 2004 Asian tsunami and its tragic aftermath"

[|www.e4ac.edu.au] which are English units for F-10
 * Sustainability: Changing minds, changing behaviour "A unit of work for Year 7 with an emphasis on media studies in English, using narrative TV advertisements and an animated documentary to explore, by critical and visual literacy, the persuasive power of advertising"