This graphic organiser, ‘To Whom It May Concern’ provides the opportunity for students to practise structuring and writing business letters.
This reading comprehension activity, ‘Top Tasters’, asks students to answer comprehension questions on a text about taste buds.
This writing task worksheet ‘Tough Game’ helps students to practise creative writing. It is aimed at encouraging students to plan their writing and ask themselves questions about the story’s characters, setting, beginning, middle and end in order to write the best possible composition. It includes space for students to plan their writing and a checklist …More
This writing task worksheet ‘Town Time Capsule’ helps students to practise persuasive writing. It is aimed at encouraging students to plan their writing by choosing their position on a topic, then asking themselves questions to best explain their ideas to the reader using details, examples and their own personal experience to support their position. It …More
This reading comprehension activity ‘Tragedy in the Jungle’, asks students to answer comprehension questions on a text about the Bengal tigers living in India.
This Writing Traits activity, ‘Transitional Words’ encourages students to identify and use transitional words in sentences.
This writing task worksheet ‘Trapped Under a Log’ helps students to practise creative writing. It is aimed at encouraging students to plan their writing and ask themselves questions about the story’s characters, setting, beginning, middle and end in order to write the best possible composition. It includes space for students to plan their writing and …More
This reading comprehension activity, ‘Treasures in the Sand’, asks students to read a story and answer comprehension questions about mummies found in Egypt.
This reading comprehension activity, ‘Treasures in the Sand’, asks students to answer comprehension questions on a text about mummies discovered in Egypt.
This graphic organiser, ‘Triple Venn Diagram’ helps students separate ideas that are similar and different in two stories. It then provides space for students to add their own stories.
This graphic organiser, ‘Triple Venn Diagram for Three Pigs’ asks students to compare and contrast three versions of The Three Little Pigs and identify the similarities and differences.
This graphic organiser, ‘Triple Venn Diagram’ consists of three overlapping circles and is a great resource to help students visualise the relationship between three concepts. It can be used to compare and contrast differences and similarities in characteristics between ideas (for example, characters, countries, stories or shapes etc.). It can be used to compare and …More
This reading comprehension activity ‘Troubled Tongues’, asks students to answer comprehension questions on the Choctaw Native American language.
This writing task worksheet ‘Trying Something New’ helps students to practise expository writing. It is aimed at encouraging students plan their writing and ask themselves questions to best explain their ideas to the reader using details, examples and their own personal experience. It includes space for students to plan their writing and a checklist to …More
This graphic organiser, ‘Tuning In’ supports students in planning autobiographical writing, focusing on sequencing and structuring topical information.
This writing task worksheet ‘TV Advertising’ helps students to practise persuasive writing. It is aimed at encouraging students to plan their writing by choosing their position on a topic, then asking themselves questions to best explain their ideas to the reader using details, examples and their own personal experience to support their position. It includes …More
This writing task worksheet ‘TV or Computer?’ helps students to practise persuasive writing. It is aimed at encouraging students to plan their writing by choosing their position on a topic, then asking themselves questions to best explain their ideas to the reader using details, examples and their own personal experience to support their position. It …More
This writing task worksheet ‘TV Shows vs Real Life’ helps students to practise expository writing. It is aimed at encouraging students plan their writing and ask themselves questions to best explain their ideas to the reader using details, examples and their own personal experience. It includes space for students to plan their writing and a …More
This quick reference chart ‘Types of Writing Prompts’ guides students on how to respond to explanatory, persuasive and creative writing prompts. It is aimed at introducing students to the principles of responding to various prompts, such as topic, audience, purpose, structure and style.
This quick reference chart ‘Types of Writing Prompts’ guides students on how to respond to explanatory, persuasive and creative writing prompts. It is aimed at introducing students to the principles of responding to various prompts, such as topic, audience, purpose, structure and style.
This kids news activity, ‘Underwater Dolphin Rescue Caught On Video’ is about an unusual interaction between a diver and a dolphin captured on video.
This Writing Traits activity, ‘Using Alliteration’ encourages students to write a sentence using alliteration.
This Writing Traits activity, ‘Using Assonance’ encourages students to read and identify words in a sentence that have the same vowel sounds.
This Writing Traits activity, ‘Using Capital Letters’ encourages students to read, identify, and explain why certain words need to be capitalised.
This Writing Traits activity, ‘Using Full Stops, Question Marks and Exclamation Marks’ encourages students to use the appropriate punctuation mark at the end of a sentence.
This Writing Traits activity, ‘Using Singular and Plural Verbs’ encourages students to read and write sentences with subject-verb agreement.
This graphic organiser, ‘Venn Diagram’ consists of two overlapping circles and is a great resource to help students visualise the relationship between concepts. It can be used to compare and contrast differences and similarities in characteristics between ideas (for example, characters, countries, stories or shapes etc.). It can also be used across all learning areas …More
This graphic organiser, ‘Visualisation Wheel’ provides a structure with which students can recall and record the images and descriptions that come to mind as they read.
This Writing Traits activity, ‘Vocabulary: Interesting Words’ encourages students to identify and choose words in their writing that evoke visual imagery.
This Writing Traits activity ‘Persuasive Voice’ encourages students to read texts and determine whether the writer is sharing information or trying to persuade the reader.
This Writing Traits activity ‘Persuasive Voice’ encourages students to write an essay in the persuasive voice.
This kids news activity, ‘Want To Be An Astronaut? A New Post Just Opened Up’ reports on the retirement of well-known Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield.
This reading comprehension activity ‘War on Land Mines’, asks students to answer comprehension questions on a text about removing the land mines in the world.
This graphic organiser, ‘Wash Day’ supports students in editing and revising their writing, looking at different sentence types to ensure variety in their writing.
This Readers Theatre activity, ‘ We Are Family’ encourages students to learn about setting, main characters, events and sequence in stories. It also builds reading fluency. This activity includes a script for 5 readers.
This reading comprehension activity, ‘Welcome, Baby Panda!’, asks students to answer comprehension questions on a text about a baby panda.
This writing task worksheet ‘Welcoming New Students’ helps students to practise persuasive writing. It is aimed at encouraging students to plan their writing by choosing their position on a topic, then asking themselves questions to best explain their ideas to the reader using details, examples and their own personal experience to support their position. It …More
This postcard ‘Western Cape: Cape Town Stadium’ features important factual background information on this futuristic-looking landmark and the reason it was built. The postcard template encourages students to research the location in order to write creatively about it as though recounting a visit. It is aimed at broadening students’ awareness of the environmental, cultural and …More
This postcard ‘Western Cape: Table Mountain’ features important factual background information on the iconic mountain that overlooks Cape Town. The postcard template encourages students to research the location in order to write creatively about it as though recounting a visit. It is aimed at broadening students’ awareness of the environmental, cultural and historical landmarks of …More
This reading comprehension activity, ‘What a Winter!’, is available at two different reading levels to allow for differentiated instruction. It asks students to answer comprehension questions on a text about El Nino, a storm that hit America.
This quick reference chart ‘What Are Creative and Expository Writing Prompts?’ shows students how best to respond to such prompts. It introduces students to the principles of creative and expository writing and how to consider topic, audience and purpose before they begin to write.
This writing task worksheet ‘What Did Einstein Mean?’ helps students to practise expository writing. It is aimed at encouraging students plan their writing and ask themselves questions to best explain their ideas to the reader using details, examples and their own personal experience. It includes space for students to plan their writing and a checklist …More
This Readers Theatre activity, ‘What’s The Weather?’ encourages students to use mental images, stimulated by words to aid in the comprehension of text. It also builds reading fluency. This activity includes a script for 5 readers.
This Readers Theatre activity, ‘Where Did the Dinosaurs Go?’ encourages students to summarise and paraphrase information in texts. It also builds reading fluency. This activity includes a script for 5 readers.
This graphic organiser, ‘Why That Ending?’ provides a structure with which students can summarise the plot of the story, record the ending of the story and then create their own endings.
This graphic organiser, ‘Why That Ending? for Wild Things’ asks students to evaluate the plot and the ending of Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak and create new endings.
This reading comprehension activity, ‘Winds of Destruction’, is available at two different reading levels to allow for differentiated instruction. It asks students to answer comprehension questions on Hurricane Georges, which hit the Caribbean.
This reading comprehension activity, ‘Winds of Destruction’, is available at two different reading levels to allow for differentiated instruction. It asks students to answer comprehension questions on Hurricane Georges, which hit the Caribbean.
This worksheet, ‘Winter Olympics Would You Rather’ is a great resource to prompt interesting discussion topics. The would you rather prompts can be used as a whole class, individually or in pairs, and encourage students to logically argue their opinion and express ideas.
This graphic organiser, ‘Wise Science Words’ supports students in recalling and organising information and gives them the opportunity to draft a piece of writing on a science topic.
This graphic organiser, ‘Words from the Wise’ supports students in recalling and organising information and gives them the opportunity to draft their writing.
This Readers Theatre activity, ‘Working It Out’ encourages students to relate story events, characters, conflicts and themes to personal experiences. It also builds reading fluency. This activity includes a script for 5 readers.
This reading comprehension activity, ‘Working with Mum’, asks students to answer comprehension questions on a short text about working in an accountant’s office.
This kids news activity, ‘World Honours Young Activist With Malala Day’ is about Malala Yousafzai and her campaign for the right to an education for girls.
This Readers Theatre activity, ‘World War 1’ encourages students to make, confirm and revise predictions about a text. It also builds reading fluency. This activity includes a script for 4 readers.
This kids news activity, ‘World’s First Private Spacecraft Makes Successful Trip To International Space Station’ is about an American company that sent its unmanned Dragon spacecraft into space.
This kids news activity, ‘World’s Smallest Chameleon Discovered’ is about a tiny reptile found on an island near Madagascar.
This fun and engaging worksheet ‘Candice Swanepoel or Vusi Mahlasela’, uses the popular Would You Rather game as a writing prompt for students to consider whether they would rather be the “cover girl” or “the voice” of South Africa, and why. It is aimed at broadening students’ awareness of the symbols and icons associated with …More
This fun and engaging worksheet ‘Christiaan Bernard or Max Theiler’, uses the popular Would You Rather game as a writing prompt for students to consider whether they would rather be a pioneering surgeon or scientist, and why. It is aimed at broadening students’ awareness of the symbols and icons associated with South African culture and …More
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