Yarning Strong: Super-Nature Stars
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Available below are all the teacher and student resources to teach a Yarning Strong novel. We've chosen Super-Nature Stars by proud Mirning author Tania Crampton-Larking.
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Getting Started
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Lesson Plans
Each novel comes with four lesson plans that guide you every step of the way. The lesson plans have all been prepared by First Nations teachers. Read this first to understand what resources you need, learning intentions and lesson structure. -
Background Information
Yarning Strong talks about themes and topics you and your students may not be familiar with, so the series comes with Background Information pages that help you unpack the topics and prepare for questions before they arise in the classroom. These have all been written and reviewed by First Nations people. -
Scope & Sequence
Yarning Strong lessons are intentional and include outcomes mapped to the AC, VIC, NSW & WA English curriculums. You can also find links to other subjects, such as Humanities and HPE.
Classroom Resources
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Anthology Pages
The Anthology pages referenced in the lesson plan are here, including beautiful poetry from Auntie Fay Muir and Ali Cobby Eckermann. -
Front-of-Class Presentation
The presentations help you keep your class on track, project anthology pages up on screen to read together, and ask check for understanding questions. For the full experience, these are best used in Oxford Oxford Digital. -
About Super-Nature Stars
Tania Crampton-Larking has Mirning and British heritage and is from the west coast of South
Australia. She has a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Adelaide. Tania adores writing. When not working in government administration, she is passionately writing a novel. This is her first story to be published.
Year group: Years 3 and 4
Themes: Respect for elders can be shown in different ways, Learning about family can happen by listening to the stories adults tell
Plot summary:
Denny is a ten-year-old boy who loves to tease his five-year-old nephew, Jarrah. He tells the reader the scary stories he has invented about their Aunty Yanyi’s house. While the rest of his family go to the beach on a very hot day, Denny helps Aunty with her housework. But things go wrong. Where he sweeps, spiders run amok and dust swirls around him. When he cleans up the garden, there are too many weeds—and he hears snakes rustling among them. When he washes his hands in the bathroom, he sees a huge spider, and then the power cuts out. When he talks to Aunty, a magpie flies in, breaks her ornaments and poops on him. But his birthday is tomorrow and, at the end of the day, the family give him a big surprise.
Need help?
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