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STAGE: 2 & 3

UARL FOCUS POINTS

This book highlights the difference between theme and topic using space and perseverance. It identifies core social and moral messages with the main character being discriminated against and finding a way around the rules and restrictions. There are multiple themes to examine.

DISCUSSION POINTS:

What is the main theme of this story?

Is there more than one theme? (eg, determination, courage, resilience, discrimination etc).

When the big bosses are having their meeting, what do you think '... they had a long talk about the elephant in the room' mean? Open up discussion around a metophorical idiom and thoughts around this sentence.

BLURB:

Stella the elephant is fighting interstellar discrimination one pachyderm at a time! Stella wants to be an astronaut. There is only one problem: Stella is an elephant. Every time she applies to Space Command, they come up with a new reason she can’t join. But where there’s a will, there’s a way and Stella is determined to reach for the stars.

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STAGE: 2 & 3

UARL FOCUS POINTS

This story provides an example of moral messages within texts, along with the opportunity to identify the difference between themes (consumerism) & topics (desire for a new 'thing') in literature.

DISCUSSION POINTS:

What is the main theme for this story?

Was the theme directly stated or implied? What is your evidence?

What do you think the author wants you to learn from this book?

What part of the book was most important in identifying the theme?

If we were reading it without thinking about the underlying message/theme, what would you say it's about?

Can you give an example from your world where consumerism is present?

BLURB:

This book tells the story of a young boy the name of Harvey who is well and truly persuaded and deluded by advertising giants that he NEEDS the Orange 430. With loose change scrounged from under the couch Harvey finds himself with enough money to buy the Must Have object. When Harvey discovers that the Orange 430 really does nothing, he embarks on a journey that explores our obsession with stuff in a fun and edifying way.

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EN2-UARL-02

Identify themes in literature, recognising that there may be multiple themes within and between texts.

Describe the difference between themes (consumerism & advertising) and topics (bought a useless toy) in literature.

EN3-UARL-02

Identify core social, personal and moral messages within and between texts.

Identify and describe messages common to lived experiences that recur in literature and use these representations when creating texts

Imagery. symbol & connotation: describe how words, sounds, images, logos and colour contribute meaning in literature.

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Sustainability

Science & Tech - design & make an 'entertaining' activity with a box.

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EN2-UARL-02

Identify themes in literature, recognising that there may be multiple themes within and between texts.

Describe the difference between themes and topics in literature.

EN3-UARL-02

Identify core social, personal and moral messages within and between texts.

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Science- Space

PDHPE- persistence and resilience

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STAGE: 2 & 3

UARL FOCUS POINTS

This story provides an example of moral messages within texts, along with the opportunity to identify the difference between themes (bullying & self esteem) & topics (bird with arms) in literature.

DISCUSSION POINTS:

If we were reading it without thinking about the underlying message/theme, what would you say it's about?

Was the theme directly stated or implied? What is your evidence?

What do you think the author wants you to learn from this book?

What part of the book was most important in identifying the theme?

Why do you think the author chose a bird with arms as the character for this theme?

BLURB:

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EN2-UARL-02

Identify themes in literature, recognising that there may be multiple themes within and between texts.

Describe the difference between themes and topics in literature.

EN3-UARL-02

Identify core social, personal and moral messages within and between texts.

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PDH

Cyber Safety

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STAGE 2 & 3

UARL FOCUS POINTS:

This book provides teachers with an example of recognising that there may be multiple themes within a text, while considering whether language choices are based around themes.

DISCUSSION POINTS:

Let's identify the theme in this book.

Why is it tricky to identify just one?

How many can you list? (eg nature, robotics, evolution, extinction)

Mechanica, while fictitious, reads like what type of text? (factual/scientific). Does the theme impact on why the author chose to write this way?

BLURB:
Set in the twenty-third century, the book describes how Earth could no longer support wildlife. The warnings had been ignored. Corporations continued to expose the environment to chemical and radioactive waste, and many Earth species began to disappear. By 2200, vast areas of the world had become uninhabitable and wildlife extinct. In place of the lost wildlife species, the corporations began to create Mechanica. But the Mechanica escaped their confinement, and started to develop in the wild on their own.

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EN2-UARL-02

Identify themes in literature, recognising that there may be multiple themes within and between texts.

EN3-UARL-02

Identify core social, personal and moral messages within and between texts.

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Environment