English Resource Books
Book 3 - junior secondary years 7 - 8
Book 4 - middle secondary years 9 - 10
by John and Jenny Barwick, Kerry Fraser
The English
Resource Books are practical and versatile books with a
range of everyday uses in all English classrooms.
Books 3 and 4 for secondary years each contain approximately 150
copiable worksheets designed to meet current curriculum outcomes, as
well as cater for individual student’s needs. The English Resource
Book suits a wide range of teaching circumstances, such as an
unexpected lesson, a class taken by a relieving teacher, a wet
sports day and, of course, Friday afternoon.
The exercises cover:
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novel and short story
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poetry
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drama
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talking and listening
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film
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television
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electronic media
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non-literary texts
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reading and writing tools
- text types
- tools for responding and writing
- spelling and word knowledge
assessment and
teacher resources
Within each section there is a variety of worksheets allowing this
book to be used in a number of ways and for different student
needs:.
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students needing extra help with a topic or skill
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more able students needing more challenge
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focus on specific skills and concepts
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open ended tasks
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assessment tasks for specific skills and concepts
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research
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individual self-directed tasks for the classroom or at home
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group activities
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whole class work—introducing and practising skills
click here to see sample pages of secondary Books 3 and 4
There are also
English Resource Books for primary levels:
The English Resource Book Book 1 (middle primary) 1 876580 64 X $29.95
The English Resource Book Book 2 (upper primary)
1 876580 65 8 $29.95
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click here for sample pages of English Resource Book
English Resource Book 3 ContentsNOVEL / SHORT STORY Novel task sheet Features of novels Novel genre Theme Style Character profile 1 Character profile 2 Diary of a character Point of view Alternative plot plan Reading log Summary A significant event Plot spiral Plot in pictures Time line Web Looking at place and time Setting Wide reading log Reading list 1 Reading list 2 Book cover Plot stages and comment Comparing novels and short stories Short story task sheet Short story response 1 Short story response 2 Key cultural stories Rewriting a legend or fairy story Novel terms crossword POETRY Poetry activity page Poetry - who what when why for whom Features of poetry Forms of poetry summary Looking at poetry Comparing poems Rhyme and rhythm Haiku task sheet Limericks Free verse Shape poems Cinquains Acrostic poems Ballad task sheet Poetry terms crossword DRAMA Drama activity page Key speech analysis Quest for a quote Scene design Stage plan task sheet Shakespeare life worksheet Shakespeare plays task sheet Expression worksheet Pose and movement worksheet Movement worksheet Role play prompt sheet Drama terms crossword TALKING AND LISTENING Prepared speech planner Comparing good and bad speeches Impromptu speech 1 Impromptu speech 2 Impromptu speech 3 Impromptu speech 4 Debating task sheet FILM Film activity page Film Genre Storyboard Film review 1 Film review 2 Good and bad review of a film Film terms crossword TELEVISION Television task sheet Television genre Soap operas Comparing television broadcasts Comparing news broadcasts Close-up on television advertising Television terms crossword ELECTRONIC Design a web page - generic Match task to media quiz Review of a web site Terminology crossword NON-LITERARY Comparing literary and non-literary texts Responding to non-literary texts Looking at biographies and autobiographies Ways of categorising texts Indexes READING AND WRITING TOOLS Text types Text types search task sheet Text types Features 1 Text types Features 2 Narrative Exposition Procedure Discussions Review Recount Explanation Report Diary Personal letter Text type terms crossword Tools for responding and writing Audience Purpose Writing for purpose and audience Use of voice in texts Formal and informal language Changing tense Changing mood Constructing a paragraph Punctuation review - caps full stops etc Direct and Indirect speech Identifying good writing Descriptive writing Persuasive text planner Design a web page Reading visual images Signs and symbols in visual images Colour in visual images Spelling and word knowledge Genre word list 1 Genre word list 2 Spelling list resource page Adding endings 1 (‘y’ to ‘i’) Adding endings 2 (doubling final letter) Adding endings 3 (to verbs) Adding endings 4 (‘ly’ and ‘ful’) Plurals Spellcheck Nouns verbs adjectives Word building – forming nouns Better words than 1 Better words than 2 Better words than 3 One word for a few 1 One word for a few 2 Word associations 1 Word associations 2 Word activities 1 Word activities 2 Idiom Taking a look at the history of English New words and more new words Words from other languages ASSESSMENT AND TEACHER RESOURCES Task assessment sheet (peer review) Student task response Checklist of Tasks 1 Checklist of Tasks 2 Speech response (teacher) Programming proforma Text type writing record
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English Resource Book 4 ContentsNOVEL / SHORT STORY Novel study Picture book task sheet Reading log Close study of a text – Chapter analysis Plot graph Flowchart of the action in Mind map Character profile Comparing characters in Conflict and character in Relationships between characters in Diary of two characters Perspective Point of view 1 Point of view 2 Themes in The best Report on the events Author profile Comparisons within a genre Point of view 3 Parables, fables, proverbs, myths and legends Reading list 1 Reading list 2 Novel crossword POETRY Poetry activity page Forms of poetry Revising the features of poetry Assonance, alliteration Simile, metaphor and personification Imagery Themes in poetry What is being said and why Response to poetry general Impressions of a poem Poet Task Sheet Australian Poets Great poets Song-lyric Ballads Sonnet Epic Elegy Pastoral and idyll Lyric poetry Blank verse Dramatic monologue Ode Poetry crossword DRAMA Drama Activity Sheet Drama is created by conflict Looking at drama scripts The five-act tragedy Shakespeare’s genre A summary of Shakespeare’s Themes in Shakespeare’s A Shakespearean character Analysis of a key speech Comparing characters Scene analysis Compare scenes in Shakespeare’s Soliloquy Dramatic devices in Shakespeare – theatres – now and then Two perspectives of a scene Director’s notes Comparing productions Comparing a play and an adaptation Drama crossword TALKING AND LISTENING Parts of a speech Speech research Speechwriting Register What I saw and heard Listening task FILM AND VISUAL IMAGES Film genre Camera movement Camera shots Camera angles Symbolism in film Storyboard Taking a closer look at a scene in Techniques in film Listening in to audio in film Listening in to what is said in film Analysis of a visual image Responding to a visual image Text in visual images Film terms crossword NEWSPAPERS AND MAGAZINES Newspaper activity page The language of newspapers Analysing a newspaper report Analysing a feature article Design a front page Media research Magazine advertising Images in advertising Parody of a magazine advertisement Features of cartoons Cartoon terms, conventions and techniques NON-FICTION Non-fiction activity page Comparing non-fiction texts Responding to non-fiction texts READING AND WRITING TOOLS Advanced text types Narrative planner Report Feature article Editorial Interviews Journal Formal letter Script Essay Bibliography Text type table Tools for responding and writing Windows on Writing for purpose and audience Appropriation Reading response planner Looking at how we respond to texts Personal response Making predictions Investigating purpose – texts written to entertain Investigating purpose – texts that inform Investigating purpose – texts that persuade or argue Investigating purpose – texts that recount Research … themes Research … stereotypes Investigating context Contexts, texts and values Comparing formal and informal language Writing in different styles Summarising a summary Tee guide to paragraphs Sesl’s guide to paragraphs Writing and editing In the past, present and future Portrait gallery Landscapes in words Punctuation Literary terms and techniques 1 Literary terms and techniques 2 Some common faults in writing Common faults in reasoning and style Literary devices – figurative speech and sound techniques Grammar, spelling and vocabulary Grammar toolkit Grammar grids Word lists Adding endings 1 (‘y’ to ‘i’) Adding endings 2 (doubling final letter) Tracing the history of words Word hunt Words at work 1 Words at work 2 Words at work 3 Word gradient Word rating Clichés Puzzle page 1 Puzzle page 2 Tests Writing tasks My Brilliant Career- cloze passage The Jerilderie Letter- comprehension (page 1) The Jerilderie Letter- comprehension (page 2) ASSESSMENT AND TEACHER RESOURCES Task assessment sheet (self and peer) Checklist of Tasks 1 Checklist of Tasks 2 Task record Speech assessment sheet (teacher) Task Assessment (teacher) Programming proforma
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