Interactive engagement is the hallmark of our English resources. This is especially evident in the PowerPoint presentations.
Think of the preparation time you can save by having a ready made digital resource immediately at your disposal. Combine this with a workbook of activities that can be copied when needed and one begins to appreciate how technology can make an immediate impact on teachers' lives. All items are sent out on approval.
GRAMMAR $125.00
This ingenious tool consists of a series of interrelated PowerPoint presentations that teach grammar in an active and engaging manner. Used with a datashow in a classroom setting or networked in a laboratory, the sound, colour and movement key into a range of student learning modes.
OF MICE and MEN $125.00
Movement, colour, sound and a complete workbook you can photocopy! There's never been a simpler way to teach this time honoured text. All the preparation has been done for you.
ANIMAL FARM $125.00
We've provided preparation activities, tasks to do while reading and challenges after reading in this interactive PowerPoint resource. The integration of a variety of learning strategies means you engage the range of learners in your class.
METALANGUAGE $125.00 NEW!
Now there's a tool to introduce the language of language. The workbook that comes with this resource encourages students to develop their own set of revision cards. It's an active and practical way to begin the study of language.
LANGUAGE ANALYSIS - an introduction $125.00 NEW!
This multi-modal presentation guides students through the foundations of the English Language course. Modes and Subsystems are examined through a close examination of the Australian vernacular.
LANGUAGE CHANGE - an introduction $125.00 NEW!
Language changes. No where is this more evident than when examining The Lord's Prayer. Take a journey over the centuries and explore how the lexicon, phonology and semantic weight of language has changed.
DISCOURSE ANALYSIS - an introduction $125.00 NEW!
Modes, text, audience, function, context, style, type and domain are all terms with which students need to be familiar. Now there's a way to consolidate our knowledge of these terms in this fun and engaging presentation.
DISCOURSE ANALYSIS - speech $125.00 NEW!
The formal and informal nature of spoken discourse is explored through the combined use of an interactive PowerPoint and workbook. The rituals, maxims and paralinguistic features all feature in this resource.
DISCOURSE ANALYSIS - writing $125.00 NEW!
Coherence and cohesion are but two aspects of formal and informal written works. The morphological, syntactical, phonological and semantic aspects of written discourse are featured in this presentation and workbook.
FILM as TEXT $69.00
Addressing the concepts of frame composition, mis-en-scene and film sequence, this multimedia PowerPoint presentation comes equipped with student activity sheets that provide a guided understanding to the study of film.
The teachers’ notes provide suggested answers to the activities on the student activity sheets and a range of broader suggested tasks to extend students in their appreciation of film and the construction of shots and sequences. There are internet site links for many of the directors and films mentioned on the Victorian and NSW English syllabus.
poetry really $69
this dynamic approach to poetry addresses the concepts of rhyme, rhythm, cadence and structure. It provides the traditional examples of haikus, quatrains and cinquains but in a creative and interactive PowerPoint with stimulating visuals and audio. The worksheets that accompany the presentation encourage students to extend and develop what they have learnt. Internet links give added depth and dimension.
SHAKESPEARE’S SONNETS $69
The structure, imagery and meaning of Shakespeare’s sonnets are explored in this interactive presentation. PowerPoint allows the use of sound and colour to illustrate the concepts of quatrain, iambic pentameter, couplet, cadence and form. Visual images and comparisons help clarify concepts and ideas embedded within Shakespeare’s unique evocations of love for beauty, poetry and his skill in this particular form of verse.
SHAKESPEARE ON DISC
Romeo & Juliet, Macbeth, Hamlet, Othello, Julius Caesar, King Lear. $69 per title
Just when the modernists were saying that the times have passed him by, the Bard has bitten back, again. Six plays by William Shakespeare are now available on disk with a modern, innovative and interactive learning environment. Complete annotated text / Interactive essay writing guide / Study activities / Search, copy & annotation functions / PC only, single floppy disk / Interactive graphics
EMERGENCY LESSONS $45
This is a necessary resource for any overworked department head. It consists of a series of independent lessons on creative writing, poetry, code breaking and word attack. It is perfect for that emergency class or when you have to provide something quickly to cover a class.
THE WRITING FOLIO $45 is a collection of 45 short stories representing some eighteen different genres or approaches to the development of writing for the senior secondary level.
THE LITERATURE FILE $45 This is a collection of 118 essays on the works of 37 authors from Woody Allen to Tobias Wolff. The range of essays include traditional analytical responses as well as creative perspectives of chosen texts all of which can be used to prompt discussion or provide models of approaches to writing on a text.
Our Commedia scripts have proved very popular but we also have a range of material highlighting the different eras of theatre and all are geared for student performance.
Our curriculum materials have been used for the professional development of staff. Encouraging an awareness and utilization of different approaches to learning is the best way to build a student's desire to learn. We have just recently added a new resource on