This graphic organiser, ‘Attribute Chart’ supports students to evaluate characters in a story.
This graphic organiser, ‘Attributes of Miss Rumphius’ supports students to evaluate characters in the story ‘Miss Rumphius’.
This oral language activity, ‘Different Points of View’ supports language development by encouraging students to consider and express different points of view. Students will compare different points of view of different people, weighing up the merits of each point of view.
This oral language activity, ‘Expressing Opinions’ supports language development by encouraging students to explore different ways of expressing opinions, using modal verbs and adverbs that show degrees of probability. It is aimed at developing students’ awareness of how the use of modal verbs and adverbs can affect how forceful a request or response can be.
This oral language activity, ‘Expressing Opinions’ supports language development by encouraging students to explore different ways of stating opinions and perspectives. Students will turn bare assertions into statements that give different opinions and perspectives.
This oral language activity, ‘Expressing Opinions’ supports language development by encouraging students to explore different ways of stating opinions and perspectives. Students will turn bare assertions into statements that give different opinions and perspectives.
This graphic organiser, ‘Fact or Feeling’ supports students to identify the difference between facts and feelings in a text.
This graphic organiser, ‘Facts and Feelings of Famous People’ supports students to identify the difference between facts and feelings about various famous people.
This content area reading activity, ‘New Dog Diary’ is an English based reading comprehension exercise encouraging students to learn to separate facts from opinions.
In the paired letters within the text, ‘Park or Parking?’ students read two letters to the editor of a fictional newspaper. One argues for a park, the other for more car parking. They provide opportunities for students to practise vocabulary and comprehension skills. Answer sheet provided with file download.
This graphic organiser, ‘Personal Connections’ supports the teaching of reading and writing by asking students to record their reaction to events they read or write about.
This content area reading activity, ‘Peter and the Starcatchers’ is an English based reading comprehension exercise encouraging students to understand the purpose of a book review.
This oral language activity, ‘Points of View’ supports language development by encouraging students to explore different points of view and different ways to express them. Students will describe an event in a story and describe the characters’ points of view.
This graphic organiser, ‘Proof Points’ helps students clarify their opinions and form new solutions.
This graphic organiser, ‘Tell It Another Way’ supports the teaching of reading and writing by giving students a template for recording a different point of view as they read or plan for writing.
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 develop arguments, sequence ideas, and use techniques to persuade in persuasive essays.
This Writing Traits activity ‘Persuasive Voice’ encourages students to write an essay in the persuasive voice.
This Writing Traits activity ‘Tone’ encourages students to understand and utilise word choice, details, imagery, and language to convey attitude towards the subject in their writing.
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