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The Poetics of Hip Hop

What is the relationship between Shakespearean sonnets and hip hop music? In this lesson, students will analyse the rhythm, form, diction, and sound of hip hop and Shakespearean sonnets. They will then compare characteristics between Shakespeare’s work and the work of hip hop artists to create an original poem or set of lyrics.

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Landscape Painting

This teaching activity explores the ways that artists render foreground, middle ground, and background in a landscape painting. Students will then create a landscape painting using various techniques to portray illusions of depth and reflection.

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Grey Whales Newscast

In this 3-5 lesson, students will research information about grey whales and work in groups to write, produce, and perform a newscast about grey whales using the essential qualities of a news anchor.

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Fairy Tale

How does culture influence fairy tales from storyteller to storyteller? Students will compare and contrast culturally distinct variations of the fairy tale, Cinderella. Students will also research the cultures represented in the fairy tales and create a visual art piece.

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5 Easy Drama Games for the Early Elementary Classroom

Drama games tap into students’ imagination and can be used in any classroom for a variety of purposes—in warm-ups or closures, team-building activities, or to accompany and enhance a lesson plan.

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Staging Shakespeare: How do you stage a comedy scene?

In this lesson, students will explore the nature of comedy by informally staging the opening scenes from William Shakespeare’s play, As You Like It. Students will apply a variety of stylistic approaches to stage scenes from the play, then perform for an audience.

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Shadow Puppet Plays

How did shadow puppetry share Chinese culture along the Silk Road? In this unit, students will gain an understanding of the dynamics of trade in China along the Silk Road and the role of trade in urbanisation throughout the Han, Tang, and Song dynasties. They will create puppets and produce shadow puppet performances about ...

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Setting the Story

In this lesson, students will examine setting as a significant element of fiction. They will learn to use elements of mood and spatial order as methods of creating realistic settings. Students will write a short story describing a scene then create sketches interpreting their peers' writing pieces.

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Work sample Year 7 and 8 Health and Physical Education: Personal safety

This work sample demonstrates evidence of student learning in relation to aspects of the achievement standards for Year 7 and 8 Health and Physical Education. The primary purpose for the work sample is to demonstrate the standard, so the focus is on what is evident in the sample not how it was created. The sample is an ...

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Recycle: How do visual and theatre arts convey issues about the environment?

In this lesson students will explore the concepts behind the “Reduce, Reuse, Recycle” slogan. They will examine the process of recycling and perform a commercial with a backdrop made of recycled materials.

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Work sample Year 7 - 8 Italian: Class speaking and writing assessment

This work sample demonstrates evidence of student learning in relation to aspects of the achievement standards for Year 7 - 8 Italian: Class speaking and writing assessment. The primary purpose for the work sample is to demonstrate the standard, so the focus is on what is evident in the sample not how it was created. The ...

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Work sample Year 9 - 10 Italian: Letter to Daniela

This work sample demonstrates evidence of student learning in relation to aspects of the achievement standards for Year 9 - 10 Italian: Letter to Daniela. The primary purpose for the work sample is to demonstrate the standard, so the focus is on what is evident in the sample not how it was created. The sample is an authentic ...

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Work sample Year 7 - 8 Italian: Presenting stationery

This work sample demonstrates evidence of student learning in relation to aspects of the achievement standards for Year 7 - 8 Italian: Presenting stationery. The primary purpose for the work sample is to demonstrate the standard, so the focus is on what is evident in the sample not how it was created. The sample is an ...

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Work sample Foundation Year Japanese: Introducing a toy with a friend

This work sample demonstrates evidence of student learning in relation to aspects of the achievement standards for Foundation Year: Introducing a toy with a friend. The primary purpose for the work sample is to demonstrate the standard, so the focus is on what is evident in the sample not how it was created. The sample ...

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Work sample Year 1 – 2 Japanese: Cultural expressions and gestures pair work

This work sample demonstrates evidence of student learning in relation to aspects of the achievement standards for Year 1 - 2: Cultural expressions and gestures pair work. The primary purpose for the work sample is to demonstrate the standard, so the focus is on what is evident in the sample not how it was created. The ...

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Work sample Year 7 – 8 Japanese: Reading comprehension

This work sample demonstrates evidence of student learning in relation to aspects of the achievement standards for Year 7 - 8: Reading comprehension. The primary purpose for the work sample is to demonstrate the standard, so the focus is on what is evident in the sample not how it was created. The sample is an authentic ...

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Respectful Civil Discourse: Post-Referendum (Years 7 and 8)

This set of resources about civil discourse education uses the Uluru Statement from the Heart and other resources as the basis for students in Years 7 and 8 to discuss the types of debates that occurred during the 2023 referendum for constitutional recognition of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. The focus is ...

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Work sample Year 5 - 6 French: Frap! Frap! Frap! poem

This work sample demonstrates evidence of student learning in relation to aspects of the achievement standards for Year 5 and 6 Frap! Frap! Frap! poem. The primary purpose for the work sample is to demonstrate the standard, so the focus is on what is evident in the sample not how it was created. The sample is an authentic ...

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Work sample Year 7 - 8 French: Role play – On se présente

This work sample demonstrates evidence of student learning in relation to aspects of the achievement standards for Year 7 and 8 Role play – On se présente. The primary purpose for the work sample is to demonstrate the standard, so the focus is on what is evident in the sample not how it was created. The sample is an authentic ...

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Art and Poetry

How are surrealist techniques applied in art and poetry? In this lesson, students will analyse poetic devices in the poems and images of the surrealist movement. They will learn about artists including André Breton, Robert Desnos, Salvador Dalí, and Joan Miró. Students will write original poems using surrealist techniques.