INTRODUCTION

1 The Iliad and The Odyssey

Years 6 ~ 10

Language study; visual literacy; writing

2 Dateline: Troy

Years 8 – 10

Creating a newspaper; collage

3 Arthurian Legends                        

Merlin arid the Dragons

Sir Gawain and the Loathly Lady

Sir Gawain and the Green Knight

Years 6~9

Writing; research

4 Three Cat Tales                            

Scallywag;

Three Legged Cat

Catkin

Years 6~ 7

Prediction; visual literacy

5 Preserving the Environment                                                        

Brother Eagle

Sister Sky

Years 6~10

Ideology; 'reading' a Window; wordless text; writing

6 King Kong

Years 6~10

Visual literacy; characterisation

7 How To Live Forever

Years 8~10

Close examination of artwork; writing; illustration

8 The Princess and the Perfect Dish

Years 6~10

Structure of fairy tales, language study;stereotypes in illustration

9 Snow~ White

Snow White in New York

Years 8~ 10

Variations on a familiar story; story/discourse distinction; visual literacy

10. You Be The Judge!

Kate Greenaway Medal

Australian Picture Book Award

Years6~10

Developing critical judgment; picture book versus illustrated book

11 Conveying Information

The Penguin

All Pigs Are  Beautiful

Imagine You Are  A Tiger

The Hunt 

Years 6~10

Ways of conveying facts; critical judgment

12 Hidden Treasures

Years 8 -10

Group discussion, fact and fiction

13 The Werewolf Knight

Years 8 -10

Journal writing; structure of fairy tales

14 The Discovery of Dragons

Years 6 -10

Creation of comic characters;imaginative writing

15 The Garden

Years 6 -0

Visual literacy; recreating the past

16 Rose Meets Mr Wintergarten

Years 6 -9

Visual literacy

17 The Wretched Stone

Years 9 -10

Metaphor and symbol;visual elements

18 The Lost Diamonds of Killiecrankie

Years 8 -10

Visual literacy, ideology

19 The Christmas Miracle

of Jonathan Toomey

Years 6 -8

Creation of mood, visual literacy

20 Turandot

Years 8 -10

Binary opposition; imaginative re-creation

21 It Was a Dark and Stormy Night

Years 6 -9

Story structure, visual elements

22 Journeys

Jeremy's Tail,  Paper Chase

Cat, You Better Come Horne

Years 6 -10

Journey/quest, motif in literature

23 The Picture Books of Gary Crew

: First Light;

  Lucy's Bay

Years 8 -10

Word/picture, relationships

24 The Picture Books of Gary Crew

The Watertower;

The Figures of Julian Ashcroft

Years 8 -10

Visual literacy,  stereotypes

25 The Stinky Cheese Man  

Years 9 -10

Metafiction; parody

26 Tjarany Roughtail Dreamtime stories

Years 6 -9

Symbols in Aboriginal art