Year 6 · English · Unit Plan · NT · $3.99 AUD
the Northern Territory curriculum edition. A complete Year 6 English novel-study unit for Colin Thiele's Australian classic Storm Boy. It pairs two scaffolded, scannable lesson plans (setting and mood; character and friendship) with vocabulary work, literal–inferential–evaluative comprehension exercises, and an extended written response with a four-level marking rubric and full answer key. Built around the friendship of Storm Boy, Fingerbone Bill and the pelican Mr Percival on the Coorong, and the themes of nature, friendship and loss.
Aligned to AC9E6LE01, AC9E6LE03, AC9E6LE04, AC9E6LY05, AC9E6LE05 (Australian Curriculum).
Students will:
• Explain how Colin Thiele uses setting and language to create mood
• Analyse how a character is revealed through actions and relationships
• Write a structured response about a theme, supported by evidence from the novel
A ready-to-use unit plan, supplied as PDF, editable Word (DOCX) and PowerPoint (PPTX).
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