This short nonfiction text ‘A: Apartheid’ features important factual background information relating to the system of racial segregation that was in place in South Africa between 1948 and 1991. It is aimed at broadening students’ awareness of this significant and turbulent period in South African history and also features an activity for students to practise …More
Possum Poles’ is an engaging learning activity that shows how four possums climbed slippery poles at the Animal Olympics. Students need to use their knowledge of patterns and graphs to compare the progress of the possums. An answer sheet is provided and includes accompanying teaching notes with suggestions for supporting learning and further exploration.
This reading comprehension activity, ‘The Iditarod’s Top Dogs’, asks students to answer comprehension questions on a text about a dogsled race in Alaska.