Imaginative Texts
This story element describes where and when a story takes place
What is setting?
This root means water.
What is aqua.
This animal became linked to Easter through European folklore and is now a staple of Australian Easter imagery.
What is the Easter Bunny?
Ms Bates is a member of this house.
What is Acacia?
This concept is the St John's theme for this year.
What is Word of God?
This part of a story introduces the characters and the setting.
What is the orientation?
This activity involves separating a word into several boxes to show the different sounds.
What is segmenting?
This symbol of new life appears in both Christian and secular Easter traditions, often in chocolate form.
What is an egg?
Ms Bates is the coordinator of this school club.
What is Debating Club?
This person is the Principal at St John's
Who is Mr Maloney?
The events that happen in a story are known by this term.
What is the plot?
This suffix is added to words to change them to past tense.
What is 'ed'
This period of 40 days leading up to Easter is traditionally associated with fasting and reflection.
What is Lent?
Ms Bates moved to the Sunshine Coast from this city in January 2025.
What is Adelaide?
This outdoor team game was played by Year 7 and 11 students on their 2026 buddy afternoon.
What is dodgeball?
These are the main events that build intensity and lead toward the most exciting part of the story.
What are the rising actions?
This term refers to the letter or combination of letters that represent a sound.
What is a grapheme?
This Australian tradition, held on Easter Monday, features a major sporting event between Sydney and Brisbane.
What is the NRL Easter Monday match?
As well as English, Ms Bates also teaches this subject.
What is Psychology?
This house won the St John's 2026 Swim Carnival.
What is Melalueca?
This is the main character in a story
What is the protagonist?
This element of language is the smallest unit of sound.
What is a phoneme?
This concept explains why Easter’s date changes each year — it is determined by the first Sunday after the first full moon following this event.
What is the March equinox?
Ms Bates' family has this breed of dog as a pet.
What is a Golden Retriever?
This significant period of time on the catholic calendar was started at St John's with an interpretative dance at a special assembly.
What is Lent?