I have, in the process of writting the K to 10 Auslan curriculum teaching guides curated a number of visual stories, and written teaching notes on these stories.
This page is a temporay page that is collecting them all in one verified place. A trust worthy source of stories you know are signed by accredited and trust worthy sources.
Over time I will database these better so you can search them, but for now it is a semi sorted list based on difficulty/complexity of the story narritive and Auslan language used.
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Koalas like to" story book
A funny story about dad who claims Koalas like to do human things, and a child who clears up the truth. Lots of people descriptors and ends with a true description of a Koala, where he lives and what he eats.
Language benefits
These teaching notes explore the use of :
The Coloured Echidna
A lovely story about an echidna that changes colour to match his environment. The story starts describing the echidna group and where they live. . . but one echidna changes colour with his environment. . no one knows why so he travels to ask other animals.
Language benefits: Lots of descriptive, describing places animals live and excellent examples of role shifting. These teaching notes explore the use of :
My People
By Billie-Jean Taylorand Auslan performance by Tegan for Queensland state library.
Shayla introduces her family with interesting little bits of info about each member as you go along.
Language benefits: We use this story to look at introductions to family within the Auslan teaching guides. These teaching notes explore the use of :
The Very Crancky Bear
Based on Auslan performance by Michelle Goodison for Communication Republic
This bear just wants to sleep and gets ever more cranky with the animals until one shines out as having empathy and understanding.
Language benefits: The teaching notes focus on highlighting sign modifiers, classifiers and linguistics. With a focus on non-direct English word translation but meaning. With particular focus on:
Who is at the zoo?
From an Auslan perspective this is a complext story involving a broad range of uncommon animals and descriptors.
Teaching notes for advanced learners and focus on linguistic concepts with focus on :