About TV Tie Ins Teaching Kit
Unlike films or television series that are based on books, TV tie ins are written after the film/television series are produced. TV tie ins are a useful resource for English, Literacy and Media Studies for exploring production processes and to encourage reluctant readers. The strategies that are explored in this kit include:

Improving Understanding of the Story
Students view a TV program and read the tie-in book then compare and differentiate between the techniques used to tell the story in each medium.

Encouraging Analysis of Text
Students compare how a comedy scene is portrayed in a television program with how it is written in the tie-in book. Students then write their own book versions of a TV comedy scene.

Exploring the Translation from Film to Text
Students explore texts through comparing and analysing the original television version and its interpretation by an author.