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Teacher Support

Make literacy instruction simple, impactful and achievable with these free NovaStar teacher resources.

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NovaStar Lesson Plans

Get started with 14 free in-depth lesson plans, including Learning Intentions and Success Criteria, addressing: Background Knowledge, Vocabulary Focus, Sentence-Level Focus, Text-Level Focus, Fluency Focus, Comprehension Strategies Focus and Questioning the Author sections.

These lesson plans can be used to explicitly teach the relevant texts, or as inspiration to create your own lesson.

To access the lesson plans select the title name below.

Lesson Plans for Ages 8–10

Fixing Food Waste | Monitoring/Self-Monitoring

Grime, Crime and Convicts | Inferring

Jobs That Make A Difference | Building on Background Knowledge

Max's Super-Special Ice Cream Invention | Visualising

The Secret Lives of Plants | Summarising

Wellbeing: It's Up to Us! | Making Connections

Which Pet Is Best? | Predicting

Lesson Plans for Ages 10–12

Discover Japan! | Monitoring/Self-Monitoring

The Hero's Journey | Inferring

Farming for the Future | Building on Background Knowledge

Migration Nation | Visualising

Smart Cities and Towns | Summarising

The Olympic Spirit | Making Connections

Election Week | Predicting

Plus, download the customisable lesson plan template to build your own bespoke lesson plan tailored to your classroom’s needs and learning goals.

Download the Customisable Lesson Plan

NovaStar Quick-Start Guides

Use NovaStar to teach a Novel Studies unit, as Mentor Texts to link reading and writing, or to support Building Background Knowledge. Download our Quick-Start Guides to facilitate choosing the best NovaStar text for your needs, and learn how to create a lesson plan.

Novel Studies Mentor Texts Building Background Knowledge

Plus our easy-to-use NovaStar Title Information Chart can be used to quickly find the book best suited to your needs, with information about text type, text purpose, themes, topics, comprehension strategies, book synopses, etc.

NovaStar Title Information Chart

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