Teach the richly layered short story collection The Turning by Tim Winton with this engaging Senior General English creative writing unit. Designed to align with senior curriculum outcomes, this resource supports students in exploring interconnected narratives while developing their own creative and analytical writing skills.
Using the coastal setting and character-driven stories of Angelus as inspiration, students examine how Winton crafts voice, atmosphere, and characterisation across multiple perspectives. The unit encourages students to experiment with structure, narrative voice, and interconnected storytelling while responding to themes such as belonging, isolation, identity, and change.
Through structured lessons and creative workshops, students build confidence in crafting original pieces while also analysing how authors construct meaning through style and form.
What’s Included:
A structured teaching sequence for Senior General English
Creative writing workshops and skill-building activities
Modelled examples and stimulus tasks inspired by the text
Activities exploring interconnected narratives and character arcs
Discussion prompts
Language and stylistic feature analysis (imagery, voice, symbolism, setting)
Guided planning and drafting support for creative responses
Assessment prompts aligned to senior English criteria
Reflection and editing activities to refine student writing
You can:
Convert to PowerPoint: Upload the PDF to PowerPoint (File → Open) and it will automatically convert to slides.
Use in Google Slides: Upload the PDF to Google Drive, right-click, and open with Google Slides.
Use digitally or print: Upload the PDF to your LMS (Google Classroom, Canvas, etc.) or print it for handouts.
You could also use Canva to upload the PDF and convert and save as a PowerPoint.