This analysing text worksheet ‘Teacher of the Year’ supports students to use various strategies to understand a narrative text about an awkward situation. It provides a practical example for students of how to deconstruct a text in order to gain a deeper understanding of its purpose, then put this together with what they already know …More
This quick reference bookmark ‘Narrative Writing Prompt: Tell Me a Story’ offers guidance for students as they plan and develop their writing of narrative texts.
This understanding text exemplar ‘The Bear and Two Travellers’ shows students how to identify the story’s central idea and supporting details. It is aimed at introducing students to the principles of deconstructing texts in order to gain a deeper understanding of their purpose.
This analysing text worksheet ‘The BIG Switch’ supports students to use various strategies to understand a narrative text about giant pet goldfish. It is aimed at encouraging students to deconstruct the text in order to gain a deeper understanding of its purpose and to recall specific details from the text, as well as draw conclusions …More
This story, ‘The Bike Man’ tells what happens when Daniel’s bike is stolen and a mystery is solved. It provides opportunities for students to practise vocabulary and comprehension skills. Answer sheet provided with file download.
The story, ‘The Bus Ride’ recounts the journey of a young boy and his mother into the city. It provides opportunities for students to practise vocabulary and comprehension skills. Answer sheet provided with file download.
In this story, ‘The Business’ two friends set out to raise worms to sell as fishing bait. When a problem arises at the last minute, they have to find another way to sell their goods. It provides opportunities for students to practise vocabulary and comprehension skills. Answer sheet provided with file download.
This analysing text worksheet ‘The Case of the Missing Chocolates’ supports students to use various strategies to understand a narrative text about chocolates that disappear. It is aimed at encouraging students to draw conclusions based on the information they have read, recall specific details from the text and to look critically at words in order …More
This analysing text worksheet ‘The Lakefield Times’ supports students to use various strategies to understand a newspaper editorial about a children’s benefit concert. It is aimed at encouraging students to recall specific details from the text and to look critically at words in order to ascertain their particular meaning in context, as well as make …More
This text elements exemplar ‘The Miser and His Gold’ shows students how to identify the story’s central idea and supporting details. It is aimed at introducing students to the principles of deconstructing texts in order to gain a deeper understanding of their purpose.
This analysing text worksheet ‘The Phoenix Gazette’ supports students to use various strategies to understand opposing letters to the editor regarding Gila monsters. 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
In this story, ‘The Ride’, a young girl travels with her grandmother by bus across the city to meet her mother. It provides opportunities for students to practise vocabulary and comprehension skills. Answer sheet provided with file download.
This extrapolation of information exemplar ‘The Skating Accident’ shows students how to find the implicit and explicit meaning of a narrative text. It encourages students to ask questions to find the directly stated meaning of the story, then to find the deeper, not-directly stated meaning of the story.
This text elements exemplar ‘The Stag at the Pool’ shows students how to identify the story’s central idea and supporting details. It is aimed at introducing students to the principles of deconstructing texts in order to gain a deeper understanding of their purpose.
This analysing text worksheet ‘The Thrill of the Catch’ supports students to use various strategies to understand a narrative text about fishing in the Galapagos Islands. It is aimed at encouraging students to recall specific details from the text and clarify their meaning, to look critically at words in order to ascertain their particular meaning …More
This text elements exemplar ‘The Wind and the Sun’ shows students how to identify the story’s central idea and supporting details. It is aimed at introducing students to the principles of deconstructing texts in order to gain a deeper understanding of their purpose.
The story, ‘Think Fast’ describes the meeting between a fun-loving girl who wants to be a photographer and a woman in her nineties who has many memories. Photography helps connect the two characters. It provides opportunities for students to practise vocabulary and comprehension skills. Answer sheet provided with file download.
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