Free classroom resources for A New World Rises

Looking for a rich springboard into text types and visual literacy?

A New World Rises: Tales of a LEGO® Future is loaded with engaging and interactive text types that invite students to explore how writers shape meaning across different formats.

Author Cristy Burne, who wrote the text for A New World Rises based on the intricate builds of LEGO® Masters Jackson Harvey and Alex Towler, has developed a teaching resource all about exploring text types.

In the classroom, use these texts with students to:

• Discuss what each text type is, why authors use them, and how readers can interpret them.
• Identify and compare the features of different texts
• Analyse how different texts communicate ideas and information
• Evaluate creative choices, including vocabulary, structure and tone
• Create original texts, inspired by scenes, themes or worlds within the book.

This resource is ideal for close reading, as well as understanding visual literacy.

Download the resource here: https://cristyburne.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/A-NEW-WORLD-RISES-text-types.pdf