Change the Plot

Change the Plot

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English Language for Expressing & Developing Ideas Examining Literature Creating Literature Literature & Contexts Engaging With & Responding to Literature Language for Interacting With Others Language Variation and Change

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This resource guides upper primary students in exploring Blueback by Tim Winton through imaginative ‘what if’ scenarios. By brainstorming changes to key events, students analyse their impact on the plot, deepening their understanding of narrative structure and the significance of events in storytelling.

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Curriculum Codes

AC9E4LE02 9

describe the effects of text structures and language features in literary texts when responding to and sharing opinions

AC9E3LE01 9

Discuss characters, events and settings in different contexts in literature by First Nations Australian, and wide-ranging Australian and world authors and illustrators

ACELT1594 8.4

Discuss texts in which characters, events and settings are portrayed in different ways, and speculate on the authors’ reasons

ACELT1603 8.4

Discuss literary experiences with others, sharing responses and expressing a point of view

ACELT1604 8.4

Use metalanguage to describe the effects of ideas, text structures and language features of literary texts

EN2-10C old

Thinks imaginatively, creatively and interpretively about information, ideas and texts when responding to and composing texts

Uses an increasing range of skills, strategies and knowledge to fluently read, view and comprehend a range of texts on increasingly challenging topics in different media and technologies

EN2-OLC-01 new

Communicates with familiar audiences for social and learning purposes, by interacting, understanding and presenting

EN2-UARL-01 new

Identifies and describes how ideas are represented in literature and strategically uses similar representations when creating texts

EN2-RECOM-01 new

Reads and comprehends texts for wide purposes using knowledge of text structures and language, and by monitoring comprehension

Discuss texts in which characters, events and settings are portrayed in different ways, and speculate on the authors’ reasons

Discuss literary experiences with others, sharing responses and expressing a point of view

Describe the effects of ideas, text structures and language features of literary texts

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Two Stars and a Wish Feedback Form

Curriculum Code: AC9E2LY06, EN1-VOCAB-01, EN1-SPELL-01, EN1-PHOKW-01, EN1-CWT-01, EN1-HANDW-01, EN1-UARL-01, EN1-2A, EN1-3A, VCELY230, VCELY231, VCELY233, ACELY1672, AC9E3LY06, EN2-2A, EN2-3A, ...

Year Level: Year 2, Year 3, Year 4, Year 5, Year 6

Subject: English, Creating Texts

Category: Resources, Worksheets

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Glow, Grow, Know Prompts

Curriculum Code: AC9E2LY06, EN1-VOCAB-01, EN1-SPELL-01, EN1-PHOKW-01, EN1-CWT-01, EN1-HANDW-01, EN1-UARL-01, EN1-2A, EN1-3A, VCELY230, VCELY231, VCELY233, ACELY1672, AC9E3LY06, EN2-2A, EN2-3A, ...

Year Level: Year 2, Year 3, Year 4, Year 5, Year 6

Subject: English, Text Structure & Organisation, Creating Literature, Creating Texts

Category: Resources, Classroom Displays

Pre & Primary Essentials Membership

Glow, Grow, Know Prompts

The Writing Process

Curriculum Code: ...

Year Level: Preschool, Foundation, Year 1, Year 2, Year 3, Year 4, Year 5, Year 6

Subject: English

Category: Resources, Classroom Displays

Pre & Primary Essentials Membership

The Writing Process

Blueback - Title Page and Teaching Notes

Curriculum Code: AC9E3LE03, AC9E4LE02, AC9E6LA01, AC9E5LE05, AC9E6LY06, AC9E3LE01, AC9E3LE05, AC9E4LE05, AC9E4LY06, AC9E6LY03, EN2-10C, ACELT1594, VCELT274, EN2-OLC-01, EN2-UARL-01, EN2-RECOM-01, ...

Year Level: Year 3, Year 4, Year 5, Year 6

Subject: Language for Expressing & Developing Ideas, Examining Literature, Creating Literature, Literature & Contexts, Language for Interacting With Others, Language Variation and Change

Category: Worksheets

Blueback - Title Page and Teaching Notes

Exploring Settings

Curriculum Code: AC9E3LE03, AC9E4LE02, EN2-8B, ACELT1599, VCELT253, EN2-OLC-01, EN2-UARL-01, EN2-RECOM-01, EN2-10C, ACELT1603, VCELT306, EN2-4A, ACELT1604, VCELT283, ...

Year Level: Year 3, Year 4

Subject: English, Language for Expressing & Developing Ideas, Examining Literature, Creating Literature, Literature & Contexts, Language for Interacting With Others, Language Variation and Change

Category: Worksheets

Exploring Settings

Characters of the Bay

Curriculum Code: AC9E4LE02, AC9E3LE01, EN2-10C, ACELT1594, VCELT274, EN2-OLC-01, EN2-UARL-01, EN2-RECOM-01, ACELT1603, VCELT306, EN2-4A, ACELT1604, VCELT283, ...

Year Level: Year 3, Year 4

Subject: English, Language for Expressing & Developing Ideas, Examining Literature, Creating Literature, Literature & Contexts, Language for Interacting With Others, Language Variation and Change

Category: Worksheets

Characters of the Bay

Character Question Cards

Curriculum Code: AC9E4LE02, AC9E3LE01, EN2-10C, ACELT1594, VCELT274, EN2-OLC-01, EN2-UARL-01, EN2-RECOM-01, ACELT1603, VCELT306, EN2-4A, ACELT1604, VCELT283, ...

Year Level: Year 3, Year 4

Subject: English, Language for Expressing & Developing Ideas, Examining Literature, Creating Literature, Literature & Contexts, Language for Interacting With Others, Language Variation and Change

Category: Worksheets

Character Question Cards

Character Study

Curriculum Code: AC9E4LE02, AC9E3LE01, EN2-10C, ACELT1594, VCELT274, EN2-OLC-01, EN2-UARL-01, EN2-RECOM-01, ACELT1603, VCELT306, EN2-4A, ACELT1604, VCELT283, ...

Year Level: Year 3, Year 4

Subject: English, Language for Expressing & Developing Ideas, Examining Literature, Creating Literature, Literature & Contexts, Language for Interacting With Others, Language Variation and Change

Category: Worksheets

Character Study

Curriculum Code: AC9E3LE03, AC9E4LE02, AC9E6LA01, AC9E5LE05, AC9E6LY06, AC9E3LE01, AC9E3LE05, AC9E4LE05, AC9E4LY06, EN2-10C, ACELT1594, VCELT274, EN2-OLC-01, EN2-UARL-01, EN2-RECOM-01, EN2-8B, ...

Year Level: Year 3, Year 4, Year 5, Year 6

Subject: English, Language for Expressing & Developing Ideas, Examining Literature, Creating Literature, Literature & Contexts, Language for Interacting With Others, Language Variation and Change

Category: Worksheets

Story Map

Main Event Reel

Curriculum Code: AC9E3LA01, AC9E3LE05, AC9E4LE05, AC9E4LY06, AC9E6LY03, AC9E3LE03, AC9E4LE02, AC9E6LA01, AC9E5LE05, AC9E6LY06, EN2-1A, ACELA1476, VCELA271, EN2-OLC-01, EN2-8B, ACELT1599, ...

Year Level: Year 3, Year 4, Year 5, Year 6

Subject: English, Language for Expressing & Developing Ideas, Examining Literature, Creating Literature, Literature & Contexts, Language for Interacting With Others, Language Variation and Change

Category: Worksheets

Main Event Reel

Diving Deep into Language

Curriculum Code: AC9E6LA01, AC9E5LE05, AC9E6LY06, EN3-VOCAB-01, EN3-CWT-01, EN3-SPELL-01, EN3-HANDW-01, EN3-HANDW-02, EN3-UARL-01, EN3-UARL-02, EN3-OLC-01, EN3-7C, ACELT1612, VCELT328, EN3-2A, ACELT1798, ...

Year Level: Year 5, Year 6

Subject: English, Language for Expressing & Developing Ideas, Examining Literature, Creating Literature, Literature & Contexts, Language for Interacting With Others, Language Variation and Change

Category: Worksheets

Diving Deep into Language

Lessons from the Sea

Curriculum Code: AC9E4LE02, AC9E3LE02, EN2-OLC-01, EN2-RECOM-01, EN2-UARL-01, EN2-11D, ACELT1596, VCELT251, EN2-12E, ACELT1598, VCELT252, EN2-10C, ACELT1603, VCELT306, EN2-4A, ACELT1604, ...

Year Level: Year 3, Year 4

Subject: English, Language for Expressing & Developing Ideas, Examining Literature, Creating Literature, Literature & Contexts, Language for Interacting With Others, Language Variation and Change

Category: Worksheets

Lessons from the Sea

Diving into Different Viewpoints

Curriculum Code: AC9E5LE05, AC9E5LA02, EN3-8D, ACELA1502, VCELA335, EN3-OLC-01, EN3-RECOM-01, EN3-VOCAB-01, EN3-CWT-01, EN3-SPELL-01, EN3-HANDW-01, EN3-HANDW-02, EN3-UARL-01, EN3-UARL-02, EN3-7C, ACELT1612, ...

Year Level: Year 5, Year 6

Subject: English, Language for Expressing & Developing Ideas, Examining Literature, Creating Literature, Literature & Contexts, Language for Interacting With Others, Language Variation and Change

Category: Worksheets

Diving into Different Viewpoints

Curriculum Code: AC9E3LE03, AC9E4LE02, AC9E6LA01, AC9E5LE05, AC9E6LY06, AC9E3LE01, AC9E3LE05, AC9E4LE05, AC9E4LY06, AC9E6LY03, EN2-10C, ACELT1594, VCELT274, EN2-OLC-01, EN2-UARL-01, EN2-RECOM-01, ...

Year Level: Year 3, Year 4, Year 5, Year 6

Subject: English, Language for Expressing & Developing Ideas, Examining Literature, Creating Literature, Literature & Contexts, Language for Interacting With Others, Language Variation and Change

Category: Worksheets

Chart the Plot

Continuing the Story

Curriculum Code: AC9E5LE05, AC9E6LA01, EN3-VOCAB-01, EN3-CWT-01, EN3-SPELL-01, EN3-HANDW-01, EN3-HANDW-02, EN3-UARL-01, EN3-UARL-02, EN3-OLC-01, EN3-7C, ACELT1612, VCELT328, EN3-2A, ACELT1798, VCELT327, ...

Year Level: Year 3, Year 4, Year 5, Year 6

Subject: English, Language for Expressing & Developing Ideas, Examining Literature, Creating Literature, Literature & Contexts, Language for Interacting With Others, Language Variation and Change

Category: Worksheets

Continuing the Story

Storytelling Through Drama

Curriculum Code: AC9E3LY06, AC9E4LY06, EN2-OLC-01, EN2-VOCAB-01, EN2-CWT-01, EN2-CWT-02, EN2-CWT-03, EN2-SPELL-01, EN2-HANDW-02, EN2-UARL-01, EN2-2A, ACELY1682, VCELY266, ACELY1683, VCELY267, EN2-3A, ...

Year Level: Year 3, Year 4

Subject: English, Language for Expressing & Developing Ideas, Examining Literature, Creating Literature, Literature & Contexts, Language for Interacting With Others, Language Variation and Change

Category: Worksheets

Storytelling Through Drama

Blueback- Task Cards

Curriculum Code: AC9E3LE03, AC9E4LE02, AC9E6LA01, AC9E5LE05, AC9E6LY06, AC9E3LE01, AC9E3LE05, AC9E4LE05, AC9E4LY06, AC9E6LY03, EN2-10C, ACELT1594, VCELT274, EN2-OLC-01, EN2-UARL-01, EN2-RECOM-01, ...

Year Level: Year 3, Year 4, Year 5, Year 6

Subject: English, Language for Expressing & Developing Ideas, Examining Literature, Creating Literature, Literature & Contexts, Language for Interacting With Others, Language Variation and Change

Category: Games & Activities

Pre & Primary Essentials Membership

Blueback- Task Cards

Blueback - Writing a Short Story

Curriculum Code: AC9E3LE03, AC9E4LE02, AC9E3LE01, AC9E3LE05, AC9E3LY06, AC9E4LE05, AC9E4LY06, EN2-10C, ACELT1594, VCELT274, EN2-OLC-01, EN2-UARL-01, EN2-RECOM-01, EN2-8B, ACELT1599, VCELT253, ...

Year Level: Year 3, Year 4

Subject: English, Language for Expressing & Developing Ideas, Examining Literature, Creating Literature, Literature & Contexts, Language for Interacting With Others, Language Variation and Change

Category: Worksheets

Blueback - Writing a Short Story

Blueback - Storyboard

Curriculum Code: AC9E3LE03, AC9E4LE02, AC9E3LE01, AC9E3LE05, AC9E3LY06, AC9E4LE05, EN2-10C, ACELT1594, VCELT274, EN2-OLC-01, EN2-UARL-01, EN2-RECOM-01, EN2-8B, ACELT1599, VCELT253, EN2-CWT-01, ...

Year Level: Year 3, Year 4

Subject: English, Language for Expressing & Developing Ideas, Examining Literature, Creating Literature, Literature & Contexts, Language for Interacting With Others, Language Variation and Change

Category: Worksheets

Blueback - Storyboard

Grading Rubrics - Year 3-4

Curriculum Code: AC9E3LE03, AC9E4LE02, AC9E3LE01, AC9E3LE05, AC9E3LY06, AC9E4LE05, AC9E4LY06, EN2-10C, ACELT1594, VCELT274, EN2-OLC-01, EN2-UARL-01, EN2-RECOM-01, EN2-8B, ACELT1599, VCELT253, ...

Year Level: Year 3, Year 4

Subject: English, Language for Expressing & Developing Ideas, Examining Literature, Creating Literature, Literature & Contexts, Engaging With & Responding to Literature, Creating Texts, Language for Interacting With Others, Language Variation and Change

Category: Worksheets

Grading Rubrics - Year 3-4

Blueback - Analytical Essay

Curriculum Code: AC9E6LA01, AC9E5LE05, AC9E6LY06, AC9E5LA02, AC9E6LY03, AC9E6LE02, EN3-8D, ACELA1502, VCELA335, EN3-OLC-01, EN3-RECOM-01, EN3-VOCAB-01, EN3-CWT-01, EN3-SPELL-01, EN3-HANDW-01, EN3-HANDW-02, ...

Year Level: Year 5, Year 6

Subject: English, Language for Expressing & Developing Ideas, Examining Literature, Creating Literature, Literature & Contexts, Language for Interacting With Others, Language Variation and Change

Category: Worksheets

Blueback - Analytical Essay

Blueback - Representing Themes

Curriculum Code: AC9E6LA01, AC9E6LY06, AC9E5LE05, AC9E5LA02, AC9E6LY03, EN3-8D, ACELA1502, VCELA335, EN3-OLC-01, EN3-RECOM-01, EN3-VOCAB-01, EN3-CWT-01, EN3-SPELL-01, EN3-HANDW-01, EN3-HANDW-02, EN3-UARL-01, ...

Year Level: Year 5, Year 6

Subject: English, Language for Expressing & Developing Ideas, Examining Literature, Creating Literature, Literature & Contexts, Language for Interacting With Others, Language Variation and Change

Category: Worksheets

Blueback - Representing Themes

Grading Rubrics - Year 5-6

Curriculum Code: AC9E6LA01, AC9E5LE05, AC9E6LY06, EN3-VOCAB-01, EN3-CWT-01, EN3-SPELL-01, EN3-HANDW-01, EN3-HANDW-02, EN3-UARL-01, EN3-UARL-02, EN3-OLC-01, EN3-7C, ACELT1612, VCELT328, EN3-2A, ACELT1798, ...

Year Level: Year 5, Year 6

Subject: English, Language for Expressing & Developing Ideas, Examining Literature, Creating Literature, Literature & Contexts, Language for Interacting With Others, Language Variation and Change

Category: Worksheets

Grading Rubrics - Year 5-6

New 9.0 Curriculum

English Unit: ‘Blueback’ Tim Winton- Novel Study

Curriculum Code: AC9E3LE03, AC9E4LE02, AC9E6LA01, AC9E5LE05, AC9E6LY06, AC9E3LE01, AC9E3LE05, AC9E4LE05, AC9E4LY06, AC9E6LY03, EN2-10C, ACELT1594, VCELT274, EN2-OLC-01, EN2-UARL-01, EN2-RECOM-01, ...

Year Level: Year 3, Year 4, Year 5, Year 6

Subject: English, Language for Expressing & Developing Ideas, Examining Literature, Creating Literature, Literature & Contexts, Engaging With & Responding to Literature, Analysing, Interpreting & Evaluating, Creating Texts, Language for Interacting With Others, Language Variation and Change

Category: Unit Plans

Primary + Unit Plans Membership

English Unit: ‘Blueback’ Tim Winton- Novel Study