Creative Writing Through Short Stories

This Learning Element offers ideas for the exploration and critical analysis of a popular packaged children's phenomenon. It suggests a pathway for the deconstruction of a children's television program, the surveying of other's attitudes, allows for assessment of associated mechanising and introduces students to a website related to the group. It gives opportunities for students to transfer knowledge gained to the creation of their own programs as well as to an analysis of other packaged children's phenomena.

Students will compare Ancient Greek government, society and the role of women with Australian Society today. Students are required to write an information report where they are offered the chance to extend themselves.

Gradual release of the predicting process is used with nonfictional texts. 

A sixth grade language arts unit on narrative writing, based on the book, Nothing Ever Happens on 90th street by Roni Schotter.

Throughout the learning element students explore what money is and realise that it is more than just notes and coins.  Students understand that income is often limited and that individuals have to plan or budget to purchase things that they want and need. Using their understanding of money, students critique and assign value to artwork according to its quality and presentation. 

This unit is designed to be used with Quest Atlantis and in conjunction with the reading the graphic novel American Born Chinese.  

This LBD is for use with both Quest Atlantis and the book American Born Chinese.  For those who do not use Quest Atlantis, the activities can be modified for use outside the 3-D gaming environment.

This unit provides a snapshot of Australia through aspects of its geography, history and contemporary society on a state by state basis.  Each week students participate in the same activities with a different state as the focus.

This learning element focuses on financial and business skills needed to run an enterprise.

Through this unit they will learn about goods and services in relation to needs and wants, rights and responsibilities, budgeting and advertising. 

This content will provide students with the skills to create their own enterprise.  To create a successful enterprise students will utilise multimodal advertising to persuade consumers to purchase their good or service.