Bluey (Teacher Pack for Middle School [Years 7-9])

DESCRIPTION

This comprehensive Teacher Pack focuses on the multi-award-winning Australian animated film series Bluey, created by Joe Blumm and produced by Ludo Studio. The series focuses on six-year-old Bluey who is a Blue Heeler puppy and her father, Bandit, mother, Chilli, and younger sister, Bingo. Each episode runs for 7 minutes and is classified G. Please check your country's classification for this film prior to use with students. This complete teaching unit equips educators of Years 7–9 students with all that's needed to deliver high-quality learning experiences on animated film and storytelling, with outcomes focused on students creating a new Bluey episode (scriptwriting, storyboarding and spoken proposal video). Contents (4 digital/editable/printable files ready for immediate download and use):

1. Teacher Guide (24-page PDF)
   • Unit overview
   • Program access/rating
   • Inquiry Questions
   • Focus Episodes
   • Suggested Lesson Outline
   • Teacher Answer Guide to Student Booklet
   • Assessment information – Episode Proposal Portfolio
2. Student Booklet (20-page PDF/DOCX)
   • Pre-viewing activities – an introduction to Bluey, characters and behind the scenes
   • Narrative Structure
   • Animation Devices
   • Viewing activities – episode recording sheet and animation device templates
   • Post-viewing – extended writing activity
   • Assessment task: Episode Proposal Portfolio – script, storyboard and spoken proposal
     • Task sheet
     • Preparing for assessment: Episode Plan
     • Part 1: Scriptwriting – colour-coding activity with exemplar
     • Part 2: Storyboard – guidelines, sample storyboard and template
     • Part 3: Spoken Proposal Video – scaffold and recording the proposal
     • Assessment Submission Checklist
3. Teaching PowerPoint (24-slide PPTX)
   • Animated film and the animation process
   • An introduction to Bluey
   • Discussion Starters – on play and dogs
   • Blue Heeler Facts, Bluey Characters and key elements of Bluey
   • Behind the Scenes – the making of a Bluey episode
   • Narrative Structure
   • Animation Devices
   • Viewing approach – Text Times Three
   • Viewing key episodes and activities
   • Assessment – Episode Proposal Portfolio
   • Cognitive verb – create
   • Scriptwriting Conventions – with exemplar
   • Storyboarding sample – with template

Unit duration: 18+ lessons (including assessment) Curriculum Links: The Teacher Pack can be linked to the following areas within the Australian Curriculum:

• English (Years 7–9)
• Media Studies

In addition, the Teacher Pack relates to the following General Capabilities within the Australian Curriculum:

• Critical and Creative Thinking
• Personal and Social Capability
• Literacy

Features:

• Digital/editable/printable files delivered in a single zip file (2× PDFs, 1× DOCX, 1× PPTX)
• Professionally designed by an experienced educator
• Highly visual and engaging
• Suited to all learners
• Crisp, clean layouts
• A range of whole class, group work and individual learning resources

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