About this Teaching Resource

This compiled PDF contains 40 teaching activities linked to the Round the Twist television series.

Students explore:

• film as text, developing visual literacy, and exploring a range of social issues
• the concept of sub-plots, compare the book version of a story with the TV version, learn about point of view shots as a camera technique
• how film narratives may be derived from familiar fairy tales. They learn about constraints on narrative structure in TV series, and film language including acting and camera techniques
• elements of narrative and the use of theme music to reinforce the narrative.