In these paired texts, ‘Cowboys on the Trail’ and ‘A Letter from a Horse Wrangler’ a report describes the way cattle were rounded up and moved from southern ranches to northern markets in the days before rail transport. A letter gives insight into the life of one member of the trail drive. They provide opportunities …More
This analysing text worksheet ‘Forgotten Inventors from History’ supports students to use various strategies to understand a narrative text about three American inventors. It is aimed at encouraging students to deconstruct the text in order to gain a deeper understanding of its purpose, to recall specific details from the text, to look critically at words …More
This Readers Theatre activity, ‘Pumpkins’ encourages students to use prior knowledge and experience to understand and respond to new information. It also builds reading fluency. This activity includes a script for 5 readers.
This editing and revising learning activity, ‘Soybeans’ encourages students to recognise capitalisation and spelling errors, correct tense, punctuation and sentence structure. Answer sheet provided with file download.
This editing and revising learning activity, ‘The Industrial Age’ encourages students to recognise capitalisation and spelling errors, correct tense, punctuation and sentence structure. Answer sheet provided with file download.
This fun and engaging worksheet ‘Connemara Pony or Irish Hare’, uses the popular Would You Rather game as a writing prompt for students to consider which of these two iconic Irish animals they would rather be and why. It is aimed at broadening students’ awareness of the symbols and icons associated with Irish culture and …More
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