Units of Work

Stage 6

Including units of work written for the 2009-2012 HSC Prescriptions.

Stage 4 and 5

The units below have been loosely grouped into categories to make it easier to locate specific units of work or materials.

Some of the links will take you to the pages of the 2003 and 2004 Project Schools - please scroll to the bottom of the page to find the materials you want.

Aboriginal perspectives

Dreaming tracks unit - Richmond River High School
Indigenous perspectives unit - Punchbowl Boys High School
Indigenous Voices - Online learning object - song and stories from Australia, New Zealand and Samoa. Students are required to respond to the texts and can compose their own raps. Find this resource on Tale.
Representations of Aboriginals Texts unit - Temora High School
Technology and Indigenous People unit
Boundaries - Teaching and Learning for Stage 5 Indigenous Learners - Quality Teaching Program 2002

Advertising and Media

Advertising unit and worksheets- Critical literacy in English using the codes of visual design - Quality Teaching Program 2002
Advertising unit - Gilgandra High School
Exposing the news unit - Richmond River High School
Exposing the news: Gifted and Talented focus - Richmond River High School
Media (Exposing the News) Gifted and Talented Unit. This sample unit demonstrates how a unit created by Richmond River High School for a mixed ability class studying the media may be further modified using the Williams model to cater for students gifted in English. Stage 4 Yr 7.
Media (Exposing the News) Gifted and Talented Unit. This sample applies the Anderson-Krathwohl model for curriculum differentiation to the media unit for a mixed ability class, created by Richmond River High School. Stage 4 Yr 7.
Media unit - Lucas Heights Community School
Representations of truth in TV news unit - Girraween High School
Truth in TV news - Richmond River High School
Writing persuasive texts - Literacy in Yr 7 series
Teens in texts - Online Learning Object - Requires students to examine how contemporary teenagers are represented in magazines, news, novels and films. The learning activities are in flexible, self-contained parts that may be studied in a variety of classroom situations. Find this resource in TaLE.

Animation/Film

Animation unit - Canowindra High School
Lion King unit and worksheets - Gilgandra High School
Shrek Film Study unit - North Sydney Girls High School
How did we find Nemo? Gifted and Talented Unit. The unit is designed to extend gifted students within the context of a mainstream English class. It explores: the use of anthropomorphism to investigate human nature; documentaries as text; and the technology and processes employed in creating and marketing the film. Stage 4 Yr 7.

Autobiography - biography

Me-Myself unit - Fairvale High School
Representing Lives - Quality teaching Program 2002 - Yr 10
Through my window unit - Richmond River High School
Writing the self unit - Penrith High School

Consumer and financial literacy

What kind of consumer are you? A Teaching program developed for Consumer and Financial Literacy, a project of the English Unit, Curriculum K-12 Directorate, NSW Department of Education and Training, supported by the Australian Government Quality Teaching Program (AGQTP)

Drama/Shakespeare

Property of the Clan and Blackrock - Teaching Representation and Appropriation - Quality Teaching Program 2002 - Yrs 10 and 11
Introduction to Shakespeare unit - North Sydney Girls High School
Macbeth unit - Tomaree High School
Shakespeare teaching idea - Swansea High School
Shakespeare's warriors - Richmond River High School
Shakespeare's Warrior Kings by Karen Yager - unit of work, Powerpoint, Warwick Castle movie, Macbeth notes, Richard III movie, John Urquhart audio DET Only
Taming Kat - Online Learning Object - a study of The Taming of the Shrew and the modern appropriation of the play in the teen film, 10 Things I Hate About You. It includes performances of an actor from the Bell Shakespeare Actors at Work Company. You must be logged through the DET Intranet to access this resource.
The smell of grease paint unit - Richmond River High School
All the world's a stage unit - Richmond River High School
Drama in society - A four-week unit for stage 4 English. It includes two scritp writing conventions for creating drama. It also includes activities for creating a storyboard of a script for an TV advertisement. There is an accompanying CD that shows a group of students...Find this resource in TaLE
Who is Hamlet? Gifted and Talented Unit. Based on a highly complex text, this unit is specifically designed for gifted and talented students of English. It challenges these students to respond to intellectual and moral issues commensurate with their affective level of development. Stage 5 Yr 10.

ESL

Chinese Cinderella unit overview Stage 4
Chinese Cinderella program Stage 4
Chinese Cinderella resources Stage 4
Cultural Experience in Australian Literature Stage 4 unit overview
Cultural Experience in Australian Literature program Stage 4
Cultural Experience in Australian Literature Stage unit resources Stage 4
Dragons unit overview Stage 4
Dragons unit program: teaching and learning activities for Stage 4 students.
Dragons unit handouts. Student handouts and teacher reference sheets for the Dragons unit
Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone unit overview, a Stage 4 teaching unit on the fiction text, Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone.
Harry Potter unit program teaching and learning activities.
Harry Potter unit overheads.
Harry Potter unit worksheets, teacher and student handouts
Harry Potter unit assessment tasks and guidelines.
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe Unit introductory advice Stage 4
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe Unit program Stage 4
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe Unit resources Stage 4
Stage 5 Romeo and Juliet unit program: teaching and learning activities
Stage 5 Romeo and Juliet unit handouts
The Merchant of Venice unit overview Stage 5
The Merchant of Venice unit program Stage 5
The Merchant of Venice unit resources and worksheets Stage 5
The Power of One unit program. This Stage 5 unit has been written for English and ESL students based on the fiction text, The Power of One.
The Power of One unit resources. These resources include student handouts and assessment task criteria and marking guidelines.

Fairytales/Fantasy

Fairytales unit - Canowindra High School
Not the muffin man unit - Richmond River High School
Quest Fanstasy - Stage 4, Yr 8

Film

Lights, camera, action unit - Richmond River High School
Psycho - Critical literacy in English Quality Teacher Program 2002
Whale Rider unit - Cambridge Park
Crime films (Learning Object)- Interactive unit of work for Stage 5 English. Includes activities based on video, text, audio and flash animations. Students explore the way crime films and TV crime shows reflect and represent the values and social experiences of their time. Find this resource in TaLE.
Short films- Online Learning Object - focuses on film-making and perspectives on Australian society and culture. It includes an example of the short film Bound produced by the AFTRS. Students anaylyse short film as a genre. Find this resource in TaLE
Taming Kat - Online Learning Object - a study of The Taming of the Shrew and the modern appropriation of the play in the teen film, 10 Things I Hate About You. It includes performances of an actor from the Bell Shakespeare Actors at Work Company. You must be logged through the DET Intranet to access this resource.
Teens in Texts - Online Learning Object - Requires students to examine how contemporary teenagers are represented in magazines, news, novels and films. The learning activities are in flexible, self-contained parts that may be studied in a variety of classroom situations. Find this resource on Tale.

Gender

Femme Fatale - Representations of Feminity - Critical literacy in English Quality Teacher Program 2002
Gender unit - Northern Beaches Secondary College: Cromer Campus
Larrikins, Yobbos and Mates: Representations of masculinity in everyday Australian Texts. Stage 5, Yr 10
Property of the Clan and Blackrock - Teaching Representation and Appropriation - Quality Teaching Program 2002 - Yrs 10 and 11

Units of work specifically designed for boys' education:
Exploring - Stage 3
Written by Vickie O'Rourke for the Priority Schools and Equity Co-ordination Unit and English Curriculum Support has been written in two parts which can be taught concurrently or as stand alone units. Part one is a unit which aims to develop research skills using the Information skills process and part two is a unit of work based on a cartoon text, The mostly true story of Matthew and Trim by Cassandra Golds. Separate teacher and student workbooks have been provided.
Exploring Teacher Notes
Exploring Student Workbook

The Vernacular - Stage 5
Written by Darcy Moore for the for the Priority Schools and Equity Co-ordination Unit and English Curriculum Support this unit is designed to engage students collaboratively with a foucs on formal and informal language - especially vernacular usage, ICT, gender and Indigenous themes.
The Vernacular Teacher Notes
The Vernacular Student Workbook

The Architypal Quest - Stage 6 Preliminary
Written by Karen Yager for the Priority Schools and Equity Co-ordination Unit and English Curriculum Support considers how and why texts are valued in and appropriated into a range of contexts. By focusing on epic texts such as Gilgamesh and employing ICT for student responses this unit is rich, engaging and challenging for boys.
The Archetypal Quest Teacher Notes
The Archetypal Quest Student Workbook

Cinderella Man Stage 6 Preliminary
Written by Lynette Marsh this unit explores the impact of different gender perspective, stereotyping an social construction of gender in texts, inlcuding media texts.
Cinderella Man Teacher Notes
Cinderella Man Student Workbook

Learning Objects available to download from TaLE.

Crime films - Interactive unit of work for Stage 5 English. Includes activities based on video, text, audio and flash animations. Students explore the way crime films and TV crime shows reflect and represent the values and social experiences of their time.
Historical fiction. Multimedia unit of work. Contains student-based, self-paced interactive activities, exercises and reference material and a glossary. 20 indicative hours. Students explore what is meant by historical fiction through the close study of a historical novel.
Indigenous Voices Songs and stories from Australia, New Zealand and Samoa. Students are required to respond to the texts and can compose their own raps.
Passionate Poetry Enables students to respond to and analyse songs, contemporary, classical and traditional poems. Students reflect on contemporary issues in the light of the themes of contemporary texts.
Short films Focuses on film-making and perspectives on Australian society and culture. It includes an example of the short film Bound produced by the AFTRS. Students anaylyse short film as a genre.
Sport and the Media Requires students to explore some of the ways sport is presented on radio, television, newspapers and on the Internet. It includes a section on sport talk shows that assists students to make their own TV talk show on sport.
Taming Kat A study of The Taming of the Shrew and the modern appropriation of the play in the teen film, 10 Things I Hate About You. It includes performances of an actor from the Bell Shakespeare Actors at Work Company. You must be logged through the DET Intranet to access this resource.
Teens in texts Requires students to examine how contemporary teenagers are represented in magazines, news, novels and films. The learning activities are in flexible, self-contained parts that may be studied in a variety of classroom situations.

Gifted and Talented (these links will take you to the Gifted and Talented unit site)

Media (Exposing the News) Gifted and Talented Unit. This sample unit demonstrates how a unit created by Richmond River High School for a mixed ability class studying the media may be further modified using the Williams model to cater for students gifted in English. Stage 4 Yr 7.
Media (Exposing the News) Gifted and Talented Unit. This sample applies the Anderson-Krathwohl model for curriculum differentiation to the media unit for a mixed ability class, created by Richmond River High School. Stage 4 Yr 7.
How did we find Nemo? Gifted and Talented Unit. The unit is designed to extend gifted students within the context of a mainstream English class. It explores: the use of anthropomorphism to investigate human nature; documentaries as text; and the technology and processes employed in creating and marketing the film. Stage 4 Yr 7.
What makes a good picture book? Gifted and Talented Unit. This unit provides an excellent introduction to visual and critical literacy techniques and could act as a good stepping stone to a more intense study of propaganda, film or visual media forms. Stage 4 Yr 7.
Who is Hamlet? Gifted and Talented Unit. Based on a highly complex text, this unit is specifically designed for gifted and talented students of English. It challenges these students to respond to intellectual and moral issues commensurate with their affective level of development. Stage 5 Yr 10.

Multicultural perspectives

Indigenous Voices - Online learning object - song and stories from Australia, New Zealand and Samoa. Students are required to respond to the texts and can compose their own raps. Find this resource on Tale.
Immigrant Experience - Westfields Sports High School
Multicultural unit - Riverside Girls High School

Narrative

Hero's Journey Unit - Stage 4, Yr 7

Novels/Fiction/Prose

Context study: Close study of a novel and its author - Richmond River High School
ESLCultural Experience in Australian Literature Stage unit overview Stage 4
ESLCultural Experience in Australian Literature program Stage 4
ESLCultural Experience in Australian Literature Stage unit resources Stage 4
Dracula - Francis Greenway High School
Fiction unit Finding Cassie Crazy by Jaclyn Moriaty - Lisarow High School
Hitler's Daughter unit - Glenn Innes High School
Victorian Literature - Jane Eyre Stage 5, Yr 10
Wolf on the fold unit - Asquith Girls High School
Writing unit 'Deadly Una' Year 10 - Ambarvale High School
Historical fiction. (Learning Object) Multimedia unit of work. Contains student-based, self-paced interactive activities, exercises and reference material and a glossary. 20 indicative hours. Students explore what is meant by historical fiction through the close study of a historical novel. Find this resource in TaLE.

Non-fiction

As it really happened - Kiama High School
Australian heroes unit - Close study of a novel unit
Cultural experiences in Australia unit - Macintyre High School
Off the Rails unit - Smiths Hills High School
Olympics unit - Rose Bay Secondary College: Dover Heights Campus
Perilous journeys unit - Richmond River High School
Wartime experiences unit - Northern Beaches Secondary College: Cromer Campus
Stepping Stones unit - Port Macquarie High School
Teens in texts Online Learning Requires students to examine how contemporary teenagers are represented in magazines, news, novels and films. The learning activities are in flexible, self-contained parts that may be studied in a variety of classroom situations. Find this resource in TaLE.

Picture Books

Picture Books: Anthony Browne - Lisarow High School
Picture Books Unit - North Sydney Girls High School
Picture Books Unit - Swansea High School
Retelling the tale - Lisarow High School
What makes a good picture book? Gifted and Talented Unit. This unit provides an excellent introduction to visual and critical literacy techniques and could act as a good stepping stone to a more intense study of propaganda, film or visual media forms. Stage 4 Yr 7.

Poetry

Fun with poetry unit - Richmond River High School
Poetry teaching idea - Gilgandra High School
Responding to Poetry - Swansea High School
Wide experience of poetry unit - Richmond River High School
Narrative poetry unit - Gilgandra High School
Passionate Poetry - Online Learning Object - enables students to respond to and analyse songs, contemporary, classical and traditional poems. Students reflect on contemporary issues in the light of the themes of contemporary texts. Find this resource in TaLE.

Popular culture

Influential people unit - Boorowa Central School
Representing Lives - Quality teaching Program 2002 - Yr 10
Teens in texts - Online Learning Object - Requires students to examine how contemporary teenagers are represented in magazines, news, novels and films. The learning activities are in flexible, self-contained parts that may be studied in a variety of classroom situations. Find this resource in TaLE.

Sport

Sport and the Media - Online Learning Object - requires students to explore some of the ways sport is presented on radio, television, newspapers and on the Internet. It includes a section on sport talk shows that assists students to make their own TV talk show on sport. Find this resource in TaLE.

Thematic/conceptual

Hero's Journey Stage 4
Femme Fatale - Representations of Feminity - Critical literacy in English Quality Teacher Program 2002

Workplace/everyday texts

In the workplace now - Online Learning Object - examines a range of perspectives on casual and part-time work for young people. Students explore the changing nature of work, write a resume and respond to a range of job advertisements and opportunity. Find this resource on TaLE.

Writing

Writing persuasive texts - Literacy in Yr 7 series
Writing unit 'Deadly Una' Year 10 - Ambarvale High School

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