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Teach how language reflects identity, culture and context with confidence using this comprehensive teacher slide deck, designed to explicitly guide students through analysing purposeful language choices in Wilam: A Birrarung Story (this picture book is required for the teaching and learning of language choices).

These teacher slides can be used independently. Note: Where the teacher slides reference printable independent activities, these are available in the full lesson bundle here.

Built around the I Do, We Do, You Do model, this slide deck supports a gradual release of responsibility, enabling students to move from teacher modelling to collaborative analysis and independent application. Through close reading of Wilam: A Birrarung Story, students investigate how authors intentionally select language to communicate identity, culture, perspectives and connection to Country.

Students explore how Woiwurrung language, traditional place names and culturally meaningful descriptions contribute to meaning, while considering how these language choices influence the reader's understanding of people, place and culture. Throughout the lesson, students engage in discussion, annotation and evidence-based analysis to explain how language reflects identity and context.

What's included in this teacher resource?

• Comprehensive teacher slides exploring language, identity and culture through Wilam: A Birrarung Story
  
• Explicit teaching of how language choices reflect identity, culture and context
  
• Think-alouds demonstrating how authors communicate perspectives, values and relationships with place
  
• Interactive discussion prompts encouraging evidence-based responses
• Scaffolded opportunities to identify and explain the impact of specific language choices
• Collaborative analysis tasks focused on Woiwurrung language, traditional place names and culturally significant descriptions
• Check-ins for understanding embedded throughout the lesson

This resource supports students to move beyond simply identifying language features, developing the skills to analyse how language reflects identity, cultural perspective and context. Ideal for upper primary classrooms, it provides a structured, engaging and curriculum-aligned approach to helping students appreciate how authors use language to communicate meaning, belonging and connection to Country.

Format: PowerPoint Slides

Aligned to Australian Curriculum Outcome: Understand that language is selected for social contexts and that it helps to signal social roles and relationships (AC9E5LA01)

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