Exploring the 2014 CBCA Short List
Every year, PETAA creates quality units of work on all primary-age books that are shortlisted for the prestigious Children’s Book Council of Australia Awards. These units are created by literacy experts, using evidence-based pedagogies and are designed with a busy classroom teacher in mind. They incorporate highlighted examples for close reading activities, as well as word recognition, phonic knowledge and spelling, plus a plethora of ways to use the book with your students for speaking, writing and creating. All activities are linked to the Australian Curriculum: English.
*Note that PETAA felt that only one title in Older Readers was suitable for Primary use, resulting in just one classroom unit, which also comes with a note on strong language and the need for teacher discretion. More units for older readers can be found in Literature Singles.