This content area reading activity, ‘Blowing in the Wind’ is a science based reading comprehension exercise encouraging students to recognise the process of cause and effect in writing.
This Reading Comprehension worksheet, ‘Friendship among Enemies’, features a narrative about two sisters who do not get along. It encourages students to use a variety of strategies to interpret the text and includes questions about genre, setting, cause and effect, reasoning, making a judgment, and predicting outcome. Answer sheet provided with file download.
This graphic organiser, ‘Sequence of Events’ supports the teaching of writing by prompting students to identify the order of events as they plan their writing.
This graphic organiser, ‘Smooth Writing’ prompts students to consider ways to make connections within sentences and paragraphs.