| Book RA= Reading Australia unit readingaustralia.com.au | Year level | Possible Tasks including digital based activity | Apps needed for digital tasks | Type IOS ( Apple) or Android |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Banjo and Rub Red – Libby Gleeson and Freya Blackwood RA | Foundation – Year 1 | Image repetition using Explain Everything– demonstrate how Blackwood creates movement by cloning multiple images using Explain Everything. Voices of friendship – narrate Banjo’s thoughts and feelings in a short video | Explain Everything – interactive white board and recording app Video software – imovie, Puppet Edu or other | IOS or Android |
| Once there was a boy – Dub Leffler RA | Years 4-6 |
Soundscape using Figure app – create a sound track you could use as background for a book trailer. Digital photos – play with close and long shots to re-create pages from the story using Lego characters. |
Figure – create loops for soundscapes and stories Digital camera – any tablet or phone | IOS IOS or Android |
| My Two Blankets – Irena Kobald and Freya Blackwood RA | Years 4-6 | Pic Collage image innovation – create a new blanket using Pic Collage importing photos of significant or symbolic items that are important to you. Image waterfall using Explain Everything– Choose 2 or 3 and create a waterfall of sounds in the same way that Blackwood does in the story. | Pic Collage – add text, image and collage photos Explain Everything – interactive white board and recording app | IOS or Android IOS or Android |
| The Bad Guys – Aaron Blabey | Years 4-7 | Pic Collage image innovation – introduce another ‘bad guy’ – Mr Bear. Character Voice using Chatterpix or Talkr- Choose a frontal shot of wolf from the first chapter of the book. Create a voice for your character and use the Chatterpix to read the first few pages, | Pic Collage – add text, image and collage photos Chatterpix or Talkr– animate book characters with voice and facial changes | IOS and Android IOS |
| The Great Bear – Libby Gleeson and Armin Greder RA | Years 4-8 | Digital photos – recreate the crowd looking at the bear (viewer) using Lego people, choice of angles, close/ mid shots. Then use filters to enhance the mood. Soundscape – Using Ambient Mixer Music create a medieval style soundscape to record a story reading and which complements the images. | Pic Collage – add text, image and collage photos Ambient Mixer – website or App https://www.ambient-mixer.com | IOS or Android Laptop (website ) or app (IOS and Android) |
| The Lost Thing – Shaun Tan RA | Years 5-8 | Soundscape using Figure app – create a sound track for the new home the Lost Thing finally discovers | Figure – create loops for soundscapes and stories | IOS |
| Fox – Margaret Wild and Ron Brooks RA | Years 5-10 | Book Trailer using Shadow Puppet or Imovie – use a storyboard to plan a 6 frame book trailer, choosing a mix of close and long shots from the book. Voice Commentary using Explain Everything– select another key page Create a short Explain Everything slide, adding your own audio commentary to why the page is effective. Innovate on the story ending – create an animation to show what happens next to Magpie, Fox and Dog. | Explain Everything – interactive white board and recording app Video software – imovie, Puppet Edu or other Toontastic– animation software | IOS and Android |
| Stormbreaker – the graphic novel – Anthony Horowitz, Antony Johnston, Kanako and Yuzuru | Years 5-8 | Imovie and Action Movie FX – book trailer recreating the opening scene of the graphic novel Villain on Comic Book cover app – introduce a villain, using a variety of speech bubbles, font choices | Video making software – imovie Shadow Puppet etc. Action Movie FX – special effects for movie making Comic Touch –https://plasq.com/apps/comictouch/ comic book cover maker | IOS IOS or Android |
| The Watertower & Beneath the Surface– Gary Crew and Steve Woolman | Years 5-8 | Digital video read aloud then add sound effects using sound apps – Read a page aloud, adding sound effects in the background. | Video making software – imovie Shadow Puppet etc. Sound effects apps Igreenearth has range of sound effects | IOS or Android IOS |
| Amulet – Book 1- Kazu Kibuishi (graphic novel) | Years 6-8 | Create a character profile – choose your favourite characters from Amulet and create your own character profile using Powerpoint or Googleslides. Check out the wiki site for ideas | Sites for Amulet – https://amulet.fandom.com/wiki/Category:Main_characters Powerpoint or Google slides – | IOS and Android |
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