First Nations Australia
This is the collective name for the first peoples of Australia.
First Nations Australians.
This value means being truthful
honesty
This type of text tells the story of a real person's life.
A biography
This tells actors what a character says.
Dialogue.
These words name people, places, things or ideas.
Nouns
This is the name given to the world's oldest continuing living cultures.
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures.
This value means treating everyone fairly
Respect (or fairness)
Most biographies are written in this point of view.
Third person.
These instructions tell actors how to move or speak.
Stage directions.
These words describe nouns.
Adjectives
This important event marks the beginning of a person's life and Country connection.
Welcome to Country or being born on Country (accept: Country is central to identity)
This value means continuing to try even when something is difficult.
Perseverance
Biographies usually include these in the order they happened.
Events in chronological order.
This is the list of characters at the beginning of a play.
Cast list.
These words show action or a state of being.
Verbs
This island group has a distinct First Nations culture separate from mainland Aboriginal peoples.
The Torres Strait Islands.
This value means understanding and caring about another person's feelings.
Empathy.
Good biographies use these to support facts about a person's life.
Evidence or reliable sources.
This term describes the division of a play into major sections.
Acts
These words tell us how, when, where or how often something happens.
Adverbs
This term describes the traditional lands, waterways and skies that First Nations Australians have a deep cultural, spiritual and ancestral connection to.
What is Country?
This value helps people work together by listening, sharing ideas and supporting each other
Cooperation (or teamwork).
A biography should avoid this by sticking to facts supported by evidence.
Bias or personal opinion.
This dramatic technique is when a single character delivers a long speech.
monologue
These words join words, phrases or clauses together.
Conjunctions