Primary School Workshops

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One-Off Workshop, Poetry, Primary School, Years 2-3, Stage 2, Characterisation, Fiction Story Factory Digital Programs One-Off Workshop, Poetry, Primary School, Years 2-3, Stage 2, Characterisation, Fiction Story Factory Digital Programs

#Face Game

In this workshop students will write snappy short stories, creating their own unique characters during this one- off narrative workshop. Students will attain expert facial recognition skills and a new appreciation for their everyday life as they transform inanimate objects into imaginative characters bursting with personality. 

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Primary School, One-Off Workshop, Poetry, Years 3-4, Stage 2, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Content, Picture Books, Symbol, Characterisation, Australian Literature Elizabeth Arrigo Primary School, One-Off Workshop, Poetry, Years 3-4, Stage 2, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Content, Picture Books, Symbol, Characterisation, Australian Literature Elizabeth Arrigo

Freedom Machines

In this workshop, students are introduced to the fantastical picture book called the Incredible Freedom Machines by Kirli Saunders, a proud Gunai woman with ties to the Yuin, Gundungurra, Gadigal and Biripi peoples, Indigenous to Australia. Students examine their ideas of freedom, and write a one stanza poem about their very own freedom machine. The students explore what their machines look like, how it moves and where it would take them. This workshop produces heart-warming and surprising poetry full of delight and wonder. 


This workshop is ideal for a mixed ability classroom.

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Primary School, Poetry, Narrative, One-Off Workshop, Years 3-4, Characterisation, Fiction Elizabeth Arrigo Primary School, Poetry, Narrative, One-Off Workshop, Years 3-4, Characterisation, Fiction Elizabeth Arrigo

Monster Under the Couch

Students imagine a hungry monster living under their couch and write about their first epic encounter with it as a narrative poem. Students will be guided through key aspects of the form and the use of various poetic devices including repetition and simile.

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Three Week Series, Narrative, Primary School, Years 5-6, Stage 3, Genre, Characterisation, Argument, informational text, Everyday literary materials, Real Works Texts, Personal Interest Text Elizabeth Arrigo Three Week Series, Narrative, Primary School, Years 5-6, Stage 3, Genre, Characterisation, Argument, informational text, Everyday literary materials, Real Works Texts, Personal Interest Text Elizabeth Arrigo

What in the World?

In this program students will write news reports of invented traditions celebrated at their own creatively imagined towns. They will be inspired by traditions from far-flung places around the world to create stories, monologues, celebrating town festivities and interviewing imagined residents after a small town incident. Students will develop descriptive writing skills, characterisation and setting creation. Students have the opportunity to write in a news modality, while exercising their creativity and imagination.

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Primary School, Poetry, Three Week Series, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Content, Years 5-6, Stage 3, Australian Literature, Digital text, Characterisation, Symbol, Argument, Theme, hybrid texts, Personal Interest Text Elizabeth Arrigo Primary School, Poetry, Three Week Series, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Content, Years 5-6, Stage 3, Australian Literature, Digital text, Characterisation, Symbol, Argument, Theme, hybrid texts, Personal Interest Text Elizabeth Arrigo

Deadly Lyrics

Looking to share contemporary Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander voices with your students? Each week students will explore a music video by contemporary Indigenous artists, including Baker Boy and King Stingray, and use their songs as inspiration for their own lyric writing. 

They will learn about Indigenous cultures and languages from diverse communities around Australia. 

Students will explore rhyme, similes and metaphor as they write lyrics on their own experiences and values in forms such as rap and lullabies.  

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