NSW DET Stage 2 & 3 PERSPECTIVE AND CONTEXT –BROTHER MOON & COOEE MITTIGAR
Aligned with the NSW English syllabus and supports the teaching of Component B, providing teachers with a no-prep, high-quality learning experience that engages students while saving valuable planning time.
Why Choose This Resource?
✔ Time-Saving & Easy to Implement – Designed for busy teachers, this unit requires little to no preparation, allowing you to focus on teaching rather than planning.
✔ Multiple Flexible Formats – Available as a PDF for easy printing, an editable PowerPoint for customisation, and a Google Slides version for seamless online access.
✔ Professional & Polished Design – Includes Google fonts for consistent formatting, ensuring a professional presentation across all formats.
✔ Visually Engaging & Interactive – Colourful slides with embedded PowerPoint animations bring key concepts to life, keeping students actively engaged in learning.
✔ Aligned to NSW Curriculum – Explicitly mapped to the NSW English syllabus focus areas, covering:
- Oral language and communication
- Vocabulary development
- Reading comprehension
- Creating written texts
- Understanding and responding to literature
Unit Overview
In this 5-week unit, students will explore 'narrative' and 'imagery, symbol and connotation' through 2 texts written by Aboriginal authors. They will identify the purpose and structure of Cultural narratives, including Dreaming stories and Songlines. Students will learn about the significance of natural phenomena (such as the moon and seasons) in Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander culture and ways of living to create both imaginative and informative texts about these natural phenomena. Students will reflect on the Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander ways of ‘storytelling’ and ‘passing down information’ by presenting a hybrid multimodal text about an Indigenous season to a younger audience..
Stage 2 Learning Intentions:
- Students are learning to recognise how Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander authors use imagery and symbols in Cultural narratives.
Students can:
- identify the purpose and structure of Cultural narratives
- describe how multimodal features enhance meaning and contribute to salience in Cultural narratives
- create symbols to represent significant places and events in Cultural narratives
- identify figurative language and how it can influence meaning in Cultural narratives.
Stage 3 Learning Intentions:
- Students are learning to describe how Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander authors use symbols and imagery to share cultural perspectives and stories..
Students can:
- describe the purpose and structure of Cultural narratives
- analyse how multimodal features are used to enhance meaning in Cultural narratives
- create symbols to represent significant places and events in Cultural narratives
- analyse how figurative language is used to enhance meaning and affect the audience when reading or viewing Cultural narratives.
Everything You Need in One Resource!
Editable PowerPoint with interactive slides
Google Slides version for online learning
Printable PDF for quick reference and hard copy distribution
Teacher Notes & Instructions throughout for effortless implementation
Engaging activities and discussion prompts
Perfect for Teachers Who Want:
✔ A hassle-free, engaging resource that requires no additional prep
✔ A high-quality unit mapped directly to the NSW syllabus
✔ A visually engaging, interactive PowerPoint to keep students focused and learning
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