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Support for Students

The following information and links to archived book raps can be easily accessed on the  School libraries and Information Literacy web site.   

Raps and Book raps

A rap or book rap is an exciting teaching and learning adventure. Email is used to circulate discussion points about a topic or book, stimulate classroom activities, and provide opportunities for teachers and students to share responses and ideas with other schools.

Each rap features support material you can integrate into a teaching unit. This support material addresses relevant syllabus outcomes and includes collaboratively planned lesson ideas including teaching strategies, proformas for use by students, and other resources, such as special guests available online and WebQuests.

Forthcoming raps and book raps are live for subscribing (no cost) and viewing the support material at least one week before start date.

Archived raps

Stage 4

• Flytrap by Boori Pryor and Meme McDonald. Stage 3 and Stage 4 English 2006.
• Subverting fairytales: Who’s afraid of the big bad book? and other titles (including films such as Shrek and Shrek 2), Stage 4 English, 2005.
• The Binna Binna man - Meme McDonald and Boori Monty Pryor, new Stage 4 English, 2004.
• Papunya School book of country and history, new Stage 4 English, 2004
• Harry Potter and the chamber of secrets, Stage 3 and new Stage 4 English, 2003. WebQuest also available.
• Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, Stage 3 English and Stage 4 English 2002 (accompanied by a WebQuest).
• Luke's way of looking - Nadia Wheatley and Matt Ottley, Stage 3 and Stage 4 English, 2001.
• My girragundji - Meme McDonald and Boori Pryor, Stage 3 and Stage 4 English, 2000.
• Maddie - Brian Caswell, Stage 4, 1999.

Stage 5

• Whale rider (film) written and directed by Niki Caro from the book, Whale rider by WitiIhimaera, new Stage 5 English, 2005.
• The rabbits, by John Marsden and Shaun Tan, new Stage 5 English syllabus with a component to support Visual Arts, 2004. Shaun Tan joined this rap.
• To kill a mockingbird - new Stage 5 English syllabus, 2003.

Stage 6

• Journeys: stimulus booklet for the Area of Study and related materials.  Stage 6 English, 2006
• Journeys: stimulus booklet for the Area of Study and related materials.  Stage 6 English, 2006 Standard, Advanced and ESL, 2005
• Immigrant Chronicle by Peter Skrzynecki. Stage 6 English Standard and Advanced (Focus: Changing perspective); Stage 6 English ESL (Area of study: Perspective), 2003
• Hentry Lawson - Stage 6, 2002
• Only the heart - New HSC English (ESL) course text. Stage 6, 2001
• Only the heart - New HSC English (ESL) course text. Stage 6, 2003

• More human than human - Brave new world and Blade runner: Stage 6 English Advanced (Comparative study of texts and context), 2003

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