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Download Creative Writing Prompts for middle and senior secondary English:

CWPrompt1.pptx

Follow these links for detailed teaching units:

All are matched to the Australian Curriculum and include diverse media and print resources, detailed activities, and rich assessment tasks and rubrics.

	Seven billion people, seven billion stories: What makes a compelling life story? Australian Curriculum English Year 9 (or NSW Stage 5) with a focus on narrative, digital stories, ethics and life stories.	English for the Australian Curriculum
	The Arrival by Shaun Tan Teacher resource designed with Josie McKinnon Australian Curriculum English: Year 10 (or NSW Stage 5) with foci on visual literacy and connections with SBS TV's Go back to where you came from.	Copyright Agency's Reading Australia Project
	Looking for Alibrandi by Melina Marchetta Teacher resource designed with Josie McKinnon Australian Curriculum English Year 9 (NSW Stage 5) with a foci on using ebooks in the classroom and connections with ABC TV's Redfern Now.	Copyright Agency's Reading Australia Project
	Playing Beatie Bow by Ruth Park Teacher resource designed with Josie McKinnon: Australian Curriculum English Year 7 (NSW Stage 4) with foci on time travel and twitterature.	Copyright Agency's Reading Australia Project
	The Red Shoe by Ursula Dubosarsky Teacher resource designed with Josie McKinnon Australian Curriculum English: Year 10 (NSW Stage 5) with foci on narrative voice, hashtag reporting and creative historical fiction.	Copyright Agency's Reading Australia Project
	True History of the Kelly Gang by Peter Carey Teacher resource designed with Josie McKinnon: Australian Curriculum Senior Secondary English (Unit 2/Year 11) with foci on perspective, voice and intertextuality. Please note that this unit also meets state-based curriculum requirements.	Copyright Agency's Reading Australia Project
	Bush Studies by Barbara Baynton Teacher resource designed with Josie McKinnon Australian Curriculum Senior Secondary English (Unit 1/Year 11) with a foci on creative writing and critical literary analysis of the protagonist as victim, agent and/or witness. Please note that this unit also meets state-based curriculum requirements.	Copyright Agency's Reading Australia Project
	This unit for One Night The Moon was produced way back in 2003 when I first started dabbling with Green's 3D Model. The curriculum has changed but the activities and theoretical orientation may be useful. Download HERE