This reading comprehension activity, ‘A Baking Soda Volcano’ helps students make a baking soda volcano and asks students to answer comprehension questions about making a baking soda volcano. It is aimed at developing students’ awareness of semantics and encourages them to look critically at the language used in an informative and instructional text in order …More
This reading comprehension activity, ‘A Sweet Treat for Summer’ asks students to answer comprehension questions about making fruit kebabs. It is aimed at developing students’ awareness of semantics and encourages them to recall specific details from an informative and instructional text, draw conclusions, as well as to think about text organisation and text convention, such …More
This writing prompt, ‘Car Wash’ helps students to write about the right way to wash a car. It encourages students to think about equipment and instructions for washing a car and is aimed at broadening students’ writing and language skills.
This reading comprehension exemplar, ‘How to Build a Pueblo’ provides a model of a completed reading comprehension worksheet. It is aimed at increasing students’ awareness of semantics and encourages them to consider the author’s purpose, to make predictions and to think about text conventions, such as bulleted lists.
This reading comprehension exemplar, ‘How to Make a Pinhole Camera’ provides a model of a completed reading comprehension worksheet. It is aimed at increasing students’ awareness of semantics and encourages students to recall information and think about word meanings.
This reading comprehension activity, ‘How to Make a Suncatcher’ helps students make a suncatcher and asks students to answer comprehension questions about making a suncatcher. It is aimed at developing students’ awareness of semantics and encourages them to look critically at the language used in informative and instructional text, as well as to draw conclusions …More
This reading comprehension activity, ‘Making Memories’ helps students make memory cards and asks students to answer comprehension questions about making memory cards. It is aimed at developing students’ awareness of semantics and encourages them to look critically at the language used in informative and instructional text, as well as recall information, draw conclusions and form …More
This reading comprehension activity, ‘Milk-Carton Bird Feeder’ helps students make a bird feeder out of a milk carton and asks students comprehension questions about making a bird feeder. It is aimed at developing students’ awareness of semantics and encourages them to think about text organisation and to look critically at the language used in an …More
This reading comprehension activity, ‘People and Pets Newsletter’ asks students to answer comprehension questions about keeping pets safe outside during the summer. It is aimed at developing students’ awareness of semantics and encourages them to form opinions, as well as consider the author’s purpose.
This reading comprehension activity, ‘Rain, Rain, Come This Way!’ asks students to do an experiment that creates water droplets, then answer comprehension questions about the text. It is aimed at developing students’ awareness of semantics and encourages them to look critically at the language used in an informative and instructional text in order to ascertain …More
This reading comprehension activity, ‘Rainforest Retreat’ helps students make their own mini rainforest and asks students to answer comprehension questions about making a mini rainforest. It is aimed at developing students’ awareness of semantics in an informative and instructional text and encourages students to form opinions and think about author’s purpose.
This reading comprehension activity, ‘Seashell Wind Chime’ helps students make a wind chime out of seashells and asks students comprehension questions about making a seashell wind chime. It is aimed at developing students’ awareness of semantics and encourages them to make predictions, draw conclusions and form opinions.
This reading comprehension activity, ‘Solar Hot Dog Cooker’ helps students build a solar hot dog cooker and asks students to answer comprehension questions about the solar cooker. It is aimed at developing students’ awareness of semantics and encourages them to look critically at the language used in an informative and instructional text, draw conclusions, form …More
This reading comprehension exemplar, ‘Vanishing Coin Magic Trick’ provides a model of a completed reading comprehension worksheet. It is aimed at developing students’ awareness of semantics and encourages them to form opinions and consider the author’s purpose.
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