This Rowan of Rin book unit was created around our Upper Primary Hero’s Journey resources, designed to help you with fantasy and Sci-fi books in your classroom. Along with these great resources, we have an original title page for the workbook, book-specific worksheets (including some fun ones for fast finishers), and a presentation with summaries, questions and activities for every chapter.
Examine the effects of imagery, including simile, metaphor and personification, and sound devices in narratives, poetry and songs
describe the effects of text structures and language features in literary texts when responding to and sharing opinions
Identify the characteristic features used in imaginative, informative and persuasive texts to meet the purpose of the text
Create and edit literary texts, experimenting with figurative language, storylines, characters and settings from texts students have experienced
Present an opinion on a literary text using specific terms about literary devices, text structures and language features, and reflect on the viewpoints of others
Select, navigate and read texts for a range of purposes, monitoring meaning and evaluating the use of structural features; for example, table of contents, glossary, chapters, headings and subheadings
Create and edit literary texts that adapt plot structure, characters, settings and/or ideas from texts students have experienced, and experiment with literary devices
Recognise similar storylines, ideas and relationships in different contexts in literary texts by First Nations Australian, and wide-ranging Australian and world authors
Explain characteristic features used in imaginative, informative and persuasive texts to meet the purpose of the text
Navigate and read texts for specific purposes, monitoring meaning using strategies such as skimming, scanning and confirming
Understand, interpret and experiment with sound devices and imagery, including simile, metaphor and personification, in narratives, shape poetry, songs, anthems and odes
Identify and explain characteristic text structures and language features used in imaginative, informative and persuasive texts to meet the purpose of the text
Navigate and read texts for specific purposes applying appropriate text processing strategies, for example predicting and confirming, monitoring meaning, skimming and scanning
Experiment with text structures and language features and their effects in creating literary texts, for example, using imagery, sentence variation, metaphor and word choice
Select, navigate and read texts for a range of purposes, applying appropriate text processing strategies and interpreting structural features, for example table of contents, glossary, chapters, headings and subheadings
Present a point of view about particular literary texts using appropriate metalanguage, and reflecting on the viewpoints of others
Identify characteristic features used in imaginative, informative and persuasive texts to meet the purpose of the text
Use metalanguage to describe the effects of ideas, text structures and language features of literary texts
Discuss literary experiences with others, sharing responses and expressing a point of view
Use metalanguage to describe the effects of ideas, text structures and language features on particular audiences
Make connections between the ways different authors may represent similar storylines, ideas and relationships
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
Identifies and compares different kinds of texts when reading and viewing and shows an understanding of purpose, audience and subject matter
Composes, edits and presents well-structured and coherent texts
Communicates effectively for a variety of audiences and purposes using increasingly challenging topics, ideas, issues and language forms and features
Discusses how language is used to achieve a widening range of purposes for a widening range of audiences and contexts
Thinks imaginatively, creatively, interpretively and critically about information and ideas and identifies connections between texts when responding to and composing texts
Uses an integrated range of skills, strategies and knowledge to read, view and comprehend a wide range of texts in different media and technologies
Analyses representations of ideas in literature through genre and theme that reflect perspective and context, argument and authority, and adapts these representations when creating texts
Analyses representations of ideas in literature through narrative, character, imagery, symbol and connotation, and adapts these representations when creating texts
Selects digital technologies to suit audience and purpose to create texts
Sustains a legible, fluent and automatic handwriting style
Automatically applies taught phonological, orthographic and morphological generalisations and strategies when spelling in a range of contexts, and justifies spelling strategies used to spell unfamiliar words
Plans, creates and revises written texts for multiple purposes and audiences through selection of text features, sentence-level grammar, punctuation and word-level language
Fluently reads and comprehends texts for wide purposes, analysing text structures and language, and by monitoring comprehension
Extends Tier 2 and Tier 3 vocabulary through interacting, wide reading and writing, morphological analysis and generating precise definitions for specific contexts
Communicates to wide audiences with social and cultural awareness, by interacting and presenting, and by analysing and evaluating for understanding
Identifies and describes how ideas are represented in literature and strategically uses similar representations when creating texts
Reads and comprehends texts for wide purposes using knowledge of text structures and language, and by monitoring comprehension
Communicates with familiar audiences for social and learning purposes, by interacting, understanding and presenting
Use metalanguage to describe the effects of ideas, text structures and language features on particular audiences
Navigate and read imaginative, informative and persuasive texts by interpreting structural features, including tables of content, glossaries, chapters, headings and subheadings and applying appropriate text processing strategies, including monitoring meaning, skimming and scanning
Create literary texts that experiment with structures, ideas and stylistic features of selected authors
Create literary texts that adapt or combine aspects of texts students have experienced in innovative ways
Analyse the text structures and language features used in imaginative, informative and persuasive texts to meet the purpose of the text
Create literary texts using realistic and fantasy settings and characters that draw on the worlds represented in texts students have experienced
Select, navigate and read increasingly complex texts for a range of purposes, applying appropriate text processing strategies to recall information and consolidate meaning
Present a point of view about particular literary texts using appropriate metalanguage, and reflecting on the viewpoints of others
Understand, interpret and experiment with sound devices and imagery, including simile, metaphor and personification, in narratives, shape poetry, songs, anthems and odes
Describe the effects of ideas, text structures and language features of literary texts
Discuss literary experiences with others, sharing responses and expressing a point of view
Make connections between the ways different authors may represent similar storylines, ideas and relationships
Experiment with text structures and language features and their effects in creating literary texts