Reading Passages and questions- AUSTRALASIA.Paired texts: Tourism & Captain Cook
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Description
This guided reading resource includes a pair of texts about Australasia with four comprehension skills sheets to complete, providing reading passages and questions that are challenging and engaging.
Using the ‘LIMS’ approach, students work through Literal, Inference, Meaning and Summary questions to ensure that in the course of a week, they have practised skills in reading right across the Common Core.
The first text is a persuasive article encouraging tourists to visit. It mentions the Great Barrier Reef; Sydney Opera House and Harbour Bridge and Ayer's Rock.
The second text focuses on the voyages of Captain James Cook. It tells the story of Captain Cook's discovery of modern Australia; his ship's collision with the Great Barrier Reef, and his unfotunate, gruesome death in Hawaii.
The persuasive text and biographical text are in contrast to one another, and students use the LIMS paired text approach to compare and analyse them.
Suggested itinerary:
Day 1 (30 mins) – Read both texts as a class. Highlight key parts. Discuss together. What have we learned? What do we want know more about? It is worth asking the students to write down any questions they have about the texts and putting them on display.
Day 2 (30 mins) – Literal sheet
Day 3 (30 mins) – Inference sheet (or meaning sheet if you prefer)
Day 4 (30 mins) – Meaning sheet (or inference sheet if you prefer)
Day 5 (45 mins) – Summary sheet and looking back at questions from the start of the week.
This is the second in a series of Paired text resources looking at the seven continents of the world. Keep an eye on my store.
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Before teaching, I was a journalist. I still work as a freelance writer, and like nothing more than writing engaging texts to challenge and inspire children and young people. I choose subjects that may not be on the curriculum but are of great importance for students to know about.
Everything I write has been comprehensively researched from a number of sources and been written by myself. No plagiarism here! This is all original material. My questions are pitched at a high level, but with a bit of patience and persistence (and some adult help if necessary) most students will have great fun as they learn, especially as the penny drops.
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