An engaging and accessible teaching unit for The Goldfish Boy by Lisa Thompson, designed for Year 7 English classrooms. This resource uses a compelling mystery narrative to build key skills in comprehension, inference, and analytical thinking while supporting students in exploring character, theme, and perspective.

The unit helps students develop confidence in discussing and analysing texts, making predictions, and constructing clear written responses.

What’s included
A full teaching unit with clearly sequenced lessons
Theme analysis (isolation, friendship, mental health, trust, courage)
Character analysis (Matthew, Melody, Mr Charles and others)
Language features and techniques (first-person narration, imagery, tension, suspense)
Context exploration (representation of OCD, contemporary setting)
Mystery and inference-based activities
Kinaesthetic learning tasks
Discussion questions and comprehension checks
Creative response tasks
Writing scaffolds for analytical paragraphs and short responses

How to Use
Convert to PowerPoint: Upload the PDF to PowerPoint (File → Open) to automatically convert into editable slides
Use in Google Slides: Upload to Google Drive, right-click, and open with Google Slides
Use digitally or print: Upload to your LMS (Google Classroom, Canvas, etc.) or print for handouts
Canva option: Upload the PDF to Canva to edit, customise, and export as PowerPoint