This extensive resource for Module A: Language, Identity and Culture: The Poetry of Ali Cobby Eckermann provides you, the teacher, with a ready to implement, classroom teaching program. The resource presents our curricula, workshops and worksheets ready to print, photocopy and use. The teaching program contains workshops to cover the text in detail aligning the ideas of the syllabus with the poetry. Each worksheet provides opportunities for students to engage with the cultural and philosophical identity concepts embedded in the text. Themes, issues and ideas are explored through annotated worksheets specific to the poetry allowing for a supported yet increasingly independent approach following the gradual release of responsibility model. Context studies are incorporated, assisting students to extend their understanding of how texts reflect an awareness of the concept. Detailed workshops on the syllabus components present opportunities to examine how meaning is constructed and presents suggested interpretations and insights. Each poem is deconstructed through techniques and an explanation of ideas. A set of study questions is provided for each poem to engage students in the critical thinking required to access the top bands. These worksheets will allow students to work individually or in groups to develop responses on the ways in which the text uses language and to explore identity and culture. The program allows for explicit teaching of vocabulary, analysis of poetry and essay writing. Sample essay questions are provided to get students thinking about the core concepts and significant insights offered in this text. Links and contextual reference points to Module C for those teachers planning on a concurrent model are provided within the resource and can be used for class activities or assessment.
