1. The Arts
1.1. Drama
1.1.1. When the girl arrives to the castle there are people around. Students get into groups of 5 and reenact this scene. ACADRM035
1.1.2. Students will be given a page to them. They must construct the words for a page. As a group, students will perform the page to their peers. ACADRM037
1.1.3. In groups of 4, students will imagine more of the story. They must improvise an alternative or continued ending to their peers. ACADRM036
1.2. Dance
1.2.1. As a class, students will discuss the themes of the text. Students, in groups of 4, must choose one of the themes and construct a dance to convey this theme. ACADAM009
1.2.2. Students express a movement piece through the change of scene from the beginning in her home to when she opens the door. ACADAM009
1.2.3. One half of the class construct a dance from when the young girl is at home, feeling sad. The other half constructs a dance of when she enters the door. Both groups present their dance. Later, they reflect and discuss the contrast. ACADAM009
1.3. Media
1.3.1. The perspective in the text is from the young girl. Each group will take a different character's point of view. They will use iPads to display their characters' perspective from the story. ACAMAM062
1.3.2. Students choose a page from the text. They must reconstruct that page to change the meaning of the rest of the text. ACAMAM062
1.3.3. Students use iMovie to tell the story through video. Students must consider angles and sound to produce a certain mood. ACAMAM062
1.4. Music
1.4.1. When the girl opened the door to her world, there was a clear sense of clarity. Students will create a composition of what they would hear if they walked into their world. ACAMUM089
1.4.2. One half of the class construct a composition from when the young girl is at home. The other half constructs a composition of when she enters the new world. Both groups present their compositions. Later, they reflect and discuss the contrast. ACAMUM090
1.4.3. Students will study the conflict of the text. They will discuss how the mood changed. In groups, they will use a variety of objects around the room to construct a beat, describing the mood. ACAMUM088
1.5. Visual Arts
1.5.1. Students imagine they are the young girl. She draws a door and enters a new world. Students use oil pastels that will help them construct their world based on their imagination. ACAVAM116
1.5.2. Students create a collage using textures, newspaper, magazines and paper to display the mood of a particular scene in the text. ACAVAM115
1.5.3. Students notice and discuss the use of colour within the text. Students will reconstruct this idea of contrasting colours. They will recreate an image from the text using chalk. They must use colour for all objects. Once complete, they discuss if colour has changed the mood. ACAVAM114
2. English
2.1. Literacy
2.1.1. Students choose a text structure of their choice to convey the story in a different way. Students can choose to write a narrative, create a movie or using a storyboard. The purpose is to convey the same story but using a different text structure. ACELY1704
2.1.2. In the text there are no words. However, the text still maintains a first person point of view. Students will discuss how the author has conveyed this point of view without using words. Specifically, how the author has used art to convey this. ACELY1698
2.2. Language
2.2.1. Students have been previously studying Shaun Tan's "The Arrival". They will construct a comparison of texts by creating a poster to display defining points of difference. ACELA1504
2.2.2. Students discuss how the text is constructed. Specifically, how the text follows a narrative structure without words. ACELA1797
2.3. Literature
2.3.1. There are no words on the pages. Each group will get a different set of pages. As a group, students will write the words to the page. ACELT1611
2.3.2. Students imagine they are in the young girls shoes. They must think what they would do differently. How would their story play out? Students will create a storybook of their own. ACELT1610
3. Maths
3.1. Measurement & Geometry
3.1.1. Students create a map of the world she encounters. Later, students add in the map what would be included in their world. ACMMG113
3.2. Statistics & Probability
3.2.1. Students construct a table and ask your peers a suitable question about the book. Later, create a graph from your results. ACMSP118
4. Science
4.1. Biological Science
4.1.1. In the text the young girl finds a bird. In partners, students will create an animal profile for the bird. ACSSU043
4.2. Physical Science
4.2.1. Students study the way light can be absorbed, reflected and refracted. Students will examine how light can alter colour. ACSSU080
5. HASS
5.1. Civics and Citizenship
5.1.1. Students imagine they are the ruler of the world behind the door. They must create the rules and laws of the World. Specifically, students focus on the laws and why they would create those particular laws? ACHASSK117
5.2. Geography
5.2.1. Students examine different landscapes. They will discuss and explore how landscapes change when human interaction. With reference to the book, students study the landscapes displayed. ACHASSK113