An engaging and meaningful teaching unit for Deadly, Unna?, designed for Year 9–10 English classrooms. This resource explores a powerful Australian coming-of-age story, supporting students in analysing themes of identity, racism, belonging, and social division.

Through structured lessons and interactive activities, students examine how the novel represents friendship, prejudice, and personal growth within a distinctly Australian context. The unit encourages critical thinking and discussion while building students’ confidence in analytical reading and writing.

This is a classroom-ready, low-prep unit that balances engagement with clear analytical development.

What’s included:
Structured lesson sequence 10 weeks
Contextual study (Australian identity, race relations, social divisions)
Character analysis activities (Blacky, Dumby, Gary, community dynamics)
Theme exploration (racism, belonging, masculinity, friendship, change)
Language features and narrative voice analysis
Creative and reflective tasks
Group discussion and debate activities
Analytical paragraph scaffolds (PEEL/TEEL)

How to Use
Convert to PowerPoint: Upload the PDF to PowerPoint (File → Open) to automatically convert into editable slides
Use in Google Slides: Upload to Google Drive, right-click, and open with Google Slides
Use digitally or print: Upload to your LMS (Google Classroom, Canvas, etc.) or print for handouts
Canva option: Upload the PDF to Canva to edit, customise, and export as PowerPoint