Have students work in small groups to compare and contrast this environment to the students’ local community using a Venn Diagram or if they have access to iPads, the iBrainstorm App.ĭrawing on the knowledge that has developed from the previous activities, ask students to write a few paragraphs predicting what the story will be about in their reading portfolio/journal. What do they imagine the environment of the Coorong to be like? Use the internet to research facts about the Coorong such as who are the traditional owners and their connection to the site, and, the environmental value of the area. Have students discuss why Goolwa is referred to as the ‘mouth of the Murray’ and the Coorong as the ‘lungs of the Murray’. You can use the flight simulator mode to ‘fly’ along the Murray River to Goolwa. Use Google Earth on an IWB to view the Coorong and its position in relation to Goolwa. Write the names of the setting on the board or IWB and have students locate The Murray River, Goolwa and the Coorong on a map. If possible connect to previous class history studies, or explore as a class the section from My Place, about abolishing the White Australia Policy and rights of Indigenous Australians in the 1960s and discuss what life was like for Indigenous Australians at that time.Įxploring the text in context of our community, school and ‘me’.Talk about how to pronounce Indigenous names and why sometimes the same name can be spelt in different ways. Talk about the importance of using a capital letter for the word Indigenous. Talk about the fauna and flora features of the Indigenous nation of the school community, students’ places of birth or arrival in Australia. Discuss the content words in an ‘Acknowledgement of Country’, especially the notion of being a custodian. Talk about the purpose of ‘Acknowledgement of Country’. Identify that this narrative includes information about Aboriginal people.Choose a town or city of interest to your students and have them add to the research notes. As a class view a short film from the NFSA Film Archives Life in Australia series. Allocate students into small groups to research and list facts in their reading journal/portfolio or online Padlet about family life science and technology and politics and history at the time. What was life like in the 1960s? Access resources such as My Place for Teachers Skwirk ABC Archives. Inform students that the novel celebrated its 50th anniversary recently and was published in 1966, the same year the Coorong National Park was established.Have students predict what the story might be about in note form in their reading portfolio/journal or on a class online Padlet. Use an IWB to project the blurb and highlight and discuss key words and phrases such as sanctuary and never really die. Remove and unfold the dust cover of Storm Boy and have students examine the images that have been used. If possible look at the covers of other editions of this book to compare and discuss the different images used over time. Share the cover of the limited edition version of Storm Boy and other stories by Colin Thiele.
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |
AuthorWrite something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview. ArchivesCategories |