Nothing Beats the Real Thing! Resource Downloads. Persuasive Language For teachers wishing to assist students to prepare for the NAPLAN writing task. This resource includes a classroom-ready writing task, complete with marking criteria modelled on the NAPLAN rubric. Rabbit-proof Fence An examination of sources to assist students assess the representation of history in films, reflect on opinions about the Stolen Generations and explore copyright. Copyright & Digital Citizenship To develop students’ understanding of good digital citizenship, copyright and the impact of content piracy. Making Movies Making Movies is a free online resource for secondary school students that provides a comprehensive insight into how films are made and the people who make them. Print Units What kind of Australia do you want? Students respond to questions about the type of creative world they want to live in. Is it all my own work? Help students tell what’s legal and what’s not in creating their own work and navigating the digital world. How do laws change?
Comprehension Lessons A Sample Lesson is provided for each of the six basic comprehension strategies. While we need to teach children in the primary grades what these strategies are and how to use them, we don’t recommend that they be taught in isolation. The modules will provide guidance in developing a repertoire of instructional practices that can be incorporated into meaningful units of study. The introduction to each strategy discusses what the strategy is, why we teach children to use it, and ideas for lessons that teach various aspects of the strategy. Most of the sample lessons represent practices that we want children to use over and over, such as noticing their new learning, monitoring their thinking, or separating important information from interesting details. To build expertise in teaching strategic thinking to beginning readers, we need to notice and appreciate the small shifts in children’s behaviors that signal growth in becoming thinkers. We recommend beginning with the Monitoring module.