Support high-impact literacy teaching with this essential pack — practical strategies, real classroom examples and research-backed guidance for reading, writing, poetry, multimodal and inclusive texts.
About the pack
This expertly curated collection brings together five of PETAA’s most popular and award-winning books with two practical papers, designed to support high-quality, curriculum-aligned literacy teaching across the primary years. With a strong focus on diverse and Australian literature, genre pedagogy, and inclusive practices, this pack is ideal for all educators seeking to strengthen student engagement and achievement in reading and writing.
📘 A New Literature Companion for Teachers by Lorraine McDonald – Packed with over 80 mentor texts and genre-specific teaching strategies, this guide links close reading with strong writing instruction. Now in its third edition and fully aligned to Australian Curriculum v9.
📚 Transforming Practice: Transforming Lives through Diverse Children's Literature by Helen Adam – Offers evidence-based strategies and tools to embed diverse, high-quality literature in your classroom and foster identity, belonging and literacy development for all students.
📝 Teaching Poetry for Pleasure and Purpose by Sally Murphy – Take the fear out of teaching poetry! This teacher-friendly guide unpacks poetic forms and devices with accessible explanations, student-friendly poems and classroom-ready activities for every year level.
📖 Teaching with Intent 2 by Bronwyn Parkin and Helen Harper – Designed for teachers working with students who need more support to succeed, this text presents a practical, literature-based approach to teaching language and literacy through scaffolding and rich storytelling.
🎨 The Shape of Text to Come (2nd Edition) by Jon Callow – A go-to guide for teaching multimodal texts, this updated edition explores how meaning is made through image, text and other modes. Includes classroom strategies for teaching visual, digital and print texts across the curriculum.
Why purchase this pack?
Equips teachers with comprehensive, research-informed strategies to teach across all text types and curriculum areas.
Offers diverse, inclusive and high-impact approaches to reading and writing instruction.
Includes real classroom examples, model texts and practical tools for immediate use.
Supports all students, including those with literacy gaps, EAL/D backgrounds or diverse learning needs.
Intended Audience
Classroom Teachers F-6
Literacy Leaders
Teacher Librarians
Principals, Deputy Principals, Assistant Principals
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