Dianne Wolfer

Border Line - Teachers' Notes

* See article in the Weekend Extra section of The West Australian (Sat 2nd July 2005) for more information regarding starlings in Western Australia.

Map Cassie's journey from Perth to Eucla. Find out about the towns along the way.
Research the Eyre Bird Observatory, find out more about its work.
Go bird watching in your area, keep a tally and graph the results.
What does Nullarbor mean? Find out more about the old telegraph stations
Do a project on the Kalgoorlie water pipeline
Imagine you work at a road house and are a truckie, write your diary or let a friend interview you
What would you have done if you found an injured star ling or other feral pest? Write about it
Put out an edition of a regional newspaper, you could call it ‘The Nullarbor Times’
Have a debate about feral animals (night curfew, belling cats, culling starlings, kangaroos) or friendship; when, and how honest should friends be?)
Do a unit on friendship - what makes a good friend?
- What are the things you look for in a friend?
- How far should you stand by a friend?
- Are you a good friend?
Give yourself a report card
Who is your favourite character? Write a scene from their point of view
Which characters don't you like. Why?
Do you like the cover? Who is the artist. Create an alternative.
Write a journal for one of the characters beginning where the novel.