Search results

Refine by resource type

    Refine by year level


      Refine by learning area


        Refine by topic

        Main topic Specific topic Related topic

        Your search returned 243 results

        Listed under:  Language  >  Language modes  >  Creating texts  >  Literary devices
        Video

        BTN: Andy Griffiths' writing tips

        • TLF-IDM019965

        Watch this clip as Andy Griffiths offers his tips on how to write a story. See if you can come up with your own story that begins with you opening a box marked, "DO NOT OPEN". What's in the box? What happens next? Keep in mind Andy's three tips!

        View detailsView resource
        Video

        Wuthering Heights: Violence and cruelty

        • TLF-IDM020002

        Why might Emily Bronte have included numerous instances of cruelty in Wuthering Heights? Listen as John Bowen, Professor of Nineteeth-century Literature, considers the reasons behind the brutality in the novel. This clip is one in a series of four from the British Library.

        View detailsView resource
        Interactive

        Snapseed - Google Play app

        • TLF-IDM019729

        Retouch, adjust perspective and re-edit your photos with this photoediting tool. Free when reviewed 26/5/2015

        View detailsView resource
        Interactive

        Telestory - iTunes app

        • TLF-IDM019689

        Create your own news broadcast, fun movie or your own themed TV shows using this video-creation tool. Videos can be saved in app or published via Telestory's moderated video channel 'ToonTube'. Free when reviewed 5/6/15.

        View detailsView resource
        Online

        The ad campaign

        • TLF-IDM025077

        This learning sequence invites students to analyse the 'Dumb Ways to Die' advertising campaign and how the key messages are communicated to the audience. Students then design a new iteration of the Dumb Ways to Die campaign, that could engage a young audience and provide messages about travel safety not covered by the original ...

        View detailsView resource
        Text

        The Hunger Games

        • TLF-IDM021337

        This web page includes a range of resources to support classroom studies of the novel and film 'The Hunger Ganes'. Resources include a study guide, explorations of characters, themes and issues and tips on writing essays. The resources discuss the use of film techniques to create setting, the genre of dystopia and the concept ...

        View detailsView resource
        Text

        Wide Reading

        • TLF-IDM021326

        Good advice for students encouraging them to read widely beyond the classroom, with useful links to ways to finding a good book

        View detailsView resource
        Text

        Show, Don't Tell

        • TLF-IDM021332

        This resource for students explains the importance, when writing narratives, of showing your reader rather than telling, with an example, ways of achieving this, and some follow-up activities

        View detailsView resource
        Text

        Introduction to Shakespeare: Ten Things I Hate about You

        • TLF-IDM021360

        This resource for students is the third in a series of three entitled 'Introduction to Shakespeare', which is mainly based on a study of 'The Taming of the Shrew'. This resource asks students to: write a plot summary of the film; contrast plot flow charts of the play and the film; discuss gender roles in Shakespeare's ...

        View detailsView resource
        Text

        Journey to the west - part 1

        • TLF-IDM013855

        This is the first part of a Chinese folk story called Journey to the west: the adventures of Monkey, which dates back 1,300 years. The story is about a monkey that gets magical powers. In the second part of the story the monkey becomes a companion of a monk on a dangerous journey. The resource is 15 web pages in length ...

        View detailsView resource
        Text

        Lady Wenji and the lament of the nomad flute

        • TLF-IDM013854

        This is a Chinese folk story called Lady Wenji and the lament of the nomad flute; it dates back almost 2,000 years. The story is about longing for something that cannot be: lamenting. The resource is 16 web pages in length and includes text, illustrations, arrows at the top of the resource to turn the pages forward and ...

        View detailsView resource
        Text

        Analysing Persuasive Language

        • TLF-IDM021334

        This resource for students is a comprehensive explanation of how to analyse a persuasive article, from how to identify the contention and tone, to how persuasive techniques are used to position the reader. Techniques discussed, with examples, include the use of adjectives, adverbs, alliteration, appeals, anecdotes, everyday ...

        View detailsView resource
        Text

        Descriptive Writing

        • TLF-IDM021331

        Here are some techniques for students to use to make their writing more vivid and interesting, including metaphors, similes, personification, adjectives and sensory imagery. This resource also includes a descriptive writing activity, as well as a short test on the techniques.

        View detailsView resource
        Text

        'Animal Farm' Writing Tasks: Write a Fable

        • TLF-IDM021373

        This resource for students is twelfth in a series of thirteen based on a study of the novel 'Animal Farm'. The resource presents a list of 'moral messages' from the novel and asks students to choose one, and then write a fable illustrating the message. Information on fables is also provided, as well as links relating to ...

        View detailsView resource
        Text

        The Mahabharata

        • TLF-IDM013853

        This is the story of The Mahabharata, one of the world’s longest poems that was composed over 2,500 years ago in India. It is a story of family and friends and embodies Hindu mythology and philosophy. The message of the story is that rivalry leads to destruction. The story is 21 web pages long and includes text, illustrations, ...

        View detailsView resource
        Text

        Panchatantra: the lion and the rabbit

        • TLF-IDM013852

        This is a folk story titled The lion and the rabbit from the Panchatantra, a book that contains a collection of South Asian folk stories dating back at least 2,000 years. The message of the story is that intelligence is power. The story is eight web pages in length and includes text, illustrations, arrows at the top of ...

        View detailsView resource
        Video

        Making a Mini-documentary, Ep 2: Scripting and storyboarding a video interview

        • TLF-IDM019153

        How do you decide on the questions for a video interview? What about how it's going to be filmed? Catherine Marciniak and Benj Binks from ABC Open provide some great tips on scripting and storyboarding a video interview. This is one of eight clips on making a mini-documentary.

        View detailsView resource
        Video

        Come to a poetry slam!

        • TLF-IDM020629

        Do you love words and the way they sound out loud? Have you ever been to a poetry slam? The Bankstown poetry slam is a monthly spoken word competition that celebrates the cultural diversity of south west Sydney. Slam poets perform original poems on any subject in front of a live audience. Recently the first Poetry Slam ...

        View detailsView resource
        Online

        Henry Lawson the Poet

        • TLF-IDM025735

        Students study one poem by Henry Lawson in depth, investigating a range of language forms and features, before illustrating their poem to reflect the imagery portrayed in the words, and reciting their poem to the class. This activity is supported by resources (photographs, video and textual records) from the State Library ...

        View detailsView resource
        Interactive

        Find your voice

        • TLF-IDM025970

        Students learn about, compose and perform slam poetry.

        View detailsView resource