Eve Pownall Information Books

• Ipswich District Teacher Librarian Network - Book Week Book

Websites:

• National Gallery of Australia - Australian Art (online resources)

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Websites:

• Conserving our Tuarts

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Activities:

• The “Why don’t you” sections have lots of activity suggestions

ROSS, John and BOOTH, Anna Every Picture Tells a Story Craftsman House, Thames & Hudson

ROSS, John and BOOTH, Anna Every Picture Tells a Story: Adventures in Australian Art Craftsman House, Thames & Hudson

RAMAGE, Jan Illus: HICKMAN, Ellen Tuart Dwellers Department of Environment and Conservation, WA

ROSS, John and BOOTH, Anna Every Picture Tells a Story: Adventures in Australian Art Craftsman House, Thames & Hudson, Australia

NICHOLLS, Catriona and PATERSON, Janet Illus: WALLER, Rod The Story of Chicken in Australia (Kondinin Group)

Book matches:

• Leaf Litter by Rachel Tonkin
• Where’s Wally

Websites:

• Rentachook http://www.rentachook.com.au/
• The Poultry Hub http://www.poultryhub.org/index.php/Kondinin_Group

Book matches:

• The Work Book series

RAMAGE, Jan Illus: HICKMAN, Ellen Tuart Dwellers Department of Environment and Conservation, WA

Activity and display ideas:

• Maps of mountain climbing areas on Mt Everest
• Screen “Miracle on Everest” documentary
• The ABC radio transcript from 26 May reporting Lincoln’s death is still online

Websites:

• Lincoln Hall’s website

Book matches:

• Between a Rock and a Hard Place / Aron Ralston

NB: The Word Spy won at the NSW Premier's Literary Awards 2009!

NB: The Word Spy won the NSW Premier's Literary Awards 2009!

Activity ideas:

• Look at some old documents and compare the language to today
• Use the activities at the end of each chapter as games

Websites:

• Teachers notes
• Ursula Dubosarsky’s website
• Word Spy / Word Snoop blog

The Word Spy has won the NSW Premier's Literary Awards 2009!

Activity ideas:

• Punctuation game
• Write names in Egyptian hieroglyphics
• Omniglot: writing systems and languages of the world

Look at some old documents and compare the language to today Use the activities at the end of each chapter as games

Websites: Teachers notes http://www.penguingroup.com.au/puffin/notes/pdf/9780670072279.pdf Ursula Dubosarsky’s website http://www.ursuladubosarsky.com/ Word Spy / Word Snoop blog http://wordsnoop.blogspot.com/

• Teaching and learning about Anzac Day
• Gallipoli and the Anzacs
• ANZAC Day Tradition (Australian War Memorial)
• A is for animals (Australia War Memorial)

• Anzac Day Web Quest, Gilston State Primary School

Activity ideas:

• Stage an Eggs-cellent cooking demonstration (Omlettes, pikelets, the many different ways you can cook eggs)
• Chicken dance-off (A dance marathon to test the students stamina – “The Chicken dance” - or “Bird Dance”)

• Why did the chicken cross the road? The ultimate chicken joke competition

RAMAGE, Jan Illus: HICKMAN, Ellen Tuart Dwellers Department of Environment and Conservation, WA

ROSS, John and BOOTH, Anna Every Picture Tells a Story: Adventures in Australian Art Craftsman House, Thames & Hudson, Australia

HALL, Lincoln Alive in the Death Zone (Random House Australia)

NICHOLLS, Catriona and PATERSON, Janet Illus: WALLER, Rod The Workboot Series - The Story of Chicken in Australia (Kondinin Group)

• Why did the chicken cross the road? Joke competition

HALL, Lincoln Alive in the Death Zone (Random House Australia)

NICHOLLS, Catriona and PATERSON, Janet Illus: WALLER, Rod The Workboot Series - The Story of Chicken in Australia (Kondinin Group)

DUBOSARSKY, Ursula Illus: RIDDLE, Tohby The Word Spy (Viking, Penguin Group Australia)

DUBOSARSKY, Ursula Illus: RIDDLE, Tohby The Word Spy (Viking, Penguin Group Australia)

GREENWOOD, Mark Illus: LESSAC, Frané Simpson and his Donkey (Walker Books)

GREENWOOD, Mark Illus: LESSAC, Frané Simpson and his Donkey Walker Books

DUBOSARSKY, Ursula Illus: RIDDLE, Tohby The Word Spy Viking, Penguin Group Australia

GREENWOOD, Mark Illus: LESSAC, Frané Simpson and his Donkey Walker Books

Web quests:

Anzac Day Web Quest, Gilston State Primary School

Books vs the machines challenge:

Teams are divided into those using books (preselected resources) and those using the Internet
The teams must race to find the answers to the Powerpoint quiz (either as time trials or live like “bingo”)

Book matches:

• A is for Anzacs / [written by Matt Anderson for the Australian Army, the Commonwealth Department of Veteran's Affairs and the Australian War Memorial]
• Gallipoli : reckless valour / Nicolas Brasch
• The Gallipoli story / Patrick Carlyon
• The donkey who carried the wounded / Jackie French
• The making of the Anzac legend : Gallipoli / Robert Gott
• Gallipoli / Robert Hillman
• Gallipoli / John Laffin ; illustrations by Errol Nathaniel
• Anzacs at Gallipoli : creating a legend / Jane Pearson
• The Anzacs at Gallipoli : a story for Anzac day / Chris Pugsley

Websites:

• Teaching and learning about Anzac Day
• Gallipoli and the Anzacs
• ANZAC Day Tradition (Australian War Memorial)
• A is for animals (Australia War Memorial)

HALL, Lincoln Alive in the Death Zone Random House Australia

NICHOLLS, Catriona and PATERSON, Janet Illus: WALLER, Rod The Workboot Series - The Story of Chicken in Australia Kondinin Group Why did the chicken cross the road? Joke competition

Chicken jokes Eggs-cellent cooking demonstration

Omlettes, pikelets, poached eggs. Chicken dance off

A dance marathon to test the students stamina – “The Chicken dance” - or “Bird Dance” Websites:

Rentachook http://www.rentachook.com.au/ The Poultry Hub http://www.poultryhub.org/index.php/Kondinin_Group Book matches:

The Work Book series

RAMAGE, Jan Illus: HICKMAN, Ellen Tuart Dwellers Department of Environment and Conservation, WA

ROSS, John and BOOTH, Anna Every Picture Tells a Story: Adventures in Australian Art Craftsman House, Thames & Hudson, Australia Back to Main Page