People in Australia's Past

The People in Australia's Past resources are for English students and English teachers, author Susan Boyer. Again Susan has created quality books and an audio CD which not only have interesting information on Australia's past people but she has, included many language activities to assist English learners. This resource gives insight into the people who pioneered and helped the creation of the Australia of today.
These resources include:

    A5 size reader                                                   YouTube Video
    Audio CD narration of each of the stories
    A4 size language workbook (for students and teachers)

Contents list for 'People in Australia's Past - language workbook' - click here

The People in Australia's Past language workbook contains stories of courage, achievement and fame about people in Australia's past.
Accompanying each story are language activities such as:
    vocabulary building activities
    comprehension activities
    self testing and spelling and grammar worksheets
    discussion questions and speaking activities

People in Australia's Past reader

• 'People in Australia's Past' has 18 stories about significant people in Australia's past
• The reader price is $12.95,   ISBN 9781877074349,   the size is A5
• Student level is intermeadiate and has been created for Primary aged children to adult
• 'People in Australia's Past' A5 reader can be used for self study as a glossary of key words has been included.

People in Australia's Past language workbook

• 'People in Australia's Past - language workbook' has been designed to be used by both English students and English teachers.
• 'People in Australia's Past - language workbook' has stories about 18 significant people in Australia's past and language activities
• The language workbook price is $44.95,   ISBN 9781877074363,   the size is A4 and spiral bound
• Student level is intermediate and has been created for primary aged children to adult
• 'People in Australia's Past - language workbook' can be used for self study as answers have been included.

'People in Australia's Past' Audio CD

• 'People in Australia's Past' audio CD has the narration of the 18 stories
• The audio CD price is $19.95,   ISBN 9781877074356

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Contents - 'People in Australia's Past - language workbook'

Unit 1	Aboriginal Australians Language Focus:      English verbs review - past tense crossword      Put the verbs in the correct place in the story      Understanding syllables; Words ending with ‘ed’      Discussion: Learning from art
Unit 2	Governor Author Phillip Language Focus:      Paragraphs: Grouping ideas in writing      Noun categories: equipment - crossword      Conjunctions – joining pieces of information      Map activity – First Fleet route      Discussion: Convicts of the First Fleet
Unit 3	Bennelong Language Focus:      Nouns: proper, common - concrete and abstract nouns      Pronunciation practice with a dictionary      Pronunciation practice (sounds in will and while)      Poster presentation: Other cultures
Unit 4	James Ruse Language Focus:      Nouns: revision      Nouns and adjectives      Noun groups
Unit 5	Mary Reiby Language Focus:      More practice with nouns:      Verbs and nouns with the same spelling      Put the nouns in the correct place in the story      Map activity      Nouns and adjectives with a suffix (‘ful’)
Unit 6	John and Elizabeth Macarthur Language Focus:      Prepositions      Map reading/Directions - using prepositions      Prepositions – crossword      Pronunciation practice (sounds in far and four)
Unit 7	Governor and Mrs Macquarie Language Focus:      Adjectives: nationalities      Adjectives - practice and crossword
Unit 8	Caroline Chisholm Language Focus:      Personal pronouns      Verbs, and nouns with a suffix (‘ment’) – crossword      Research & presentation: Social services
Unit 9	Edmund Barton Language Focus:      Punctuation: capital letters      Nouns with a suffix ‘ion’ - practice and crossword
Unit 10	Edith Cowan Language Focus:      Australian banknotes      Opposites, adding prefixes to make opposites
Unit 11	Banjo Paterson Language Focus:      Plural nouns: spelling and pronunciation rules; ‘es’ endings      Spelling and pronunciation of plural nouns - crossword      Waltzing Matilda - Paraphrasing practice
Unit 12	Dame Nellie Melba Language Focus:      Phrases that show time or place      Adjectives with suffix ‘al’ – practice crossword      Discussion: Fame
Unit 13	David Unaipon Language Focus:      Prepositions      Adverbs of frequency and practice crossword      Discussion: Inventions; Racism
Unit 14	Charles Kingsford Smith Language Focus:      Paragraphs      Past tense verbs review      Active and passive verbs – practice
Unit 15	John Flynn Language Focus:      Adjectives with special suffixes: ‘ed’, ‘ing’, ‘est’      Abbreviations - acronyms      Synonyms      Expressing information with words or numbers      Discussion: Advances in health and communication services
Unit 16	Douglas Mawson Language Focus:      Articles: a, an, the      Phrasal verbs
Unit 17	Eddie Mabo Language Focus:      Words and phrases to show ‘ownership’:      apostrophes and personal pronouns - practice      Punctuation symbols - practice and crossword
Unit 18	Charlie Perkins Language Focus:      More about verbs – infinitives      Revision: prepositions      Pronunciation practice: letter ‘c’
Answers to language activities Reference pages:                  Verbs list                  List of equipment brought on the First Fleet People in Australia’s past – quiz Maps – Australia Speaking and listening activities Writing a simple biography Acknowledgements and further reading Phonemic chart of English sounds

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