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Talking About Books Prompts
A prompt for students to use when orally discussing books.
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Oral Presentation Assessment Rubric
A rubric designed to help teachers to assess students' oral presentations.
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Foldable Inferencing Template
A template for students to use when making inferences.
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Reading Response Journal Task Cards
9 reading comprehension task cards focusing on a different skill.
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Reading Response Journal – Comprehension Templates
A journal with comprehension sheets designed for students to study texts.
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Reading Response Double Entry – Template
A comprehension template for students to practise writing double entries.
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Reading Response Inferring and Predicting – Template
A comprehension template for students to practise inferring and predicting.
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Reading Response Making Connections – Template
A comprehension template for students to learn how to make connections.
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Reading Response Personal Review – Template
A comprehension template for students to write a text review about what they have been reading.
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Reading Response Visualising – Template
A comprehension template for students to practise visualising.
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Reading Response Retelling Important Events– Template
A comprehension template for students to revise important parts of a text.
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Reading Response Character Report – Template
A comprehension template for students to write a character report about the text they have been reading.
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Reading Response Summarising – Template
A comprehension template for students to practise summarising.
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Reading Response Questioning – Template
A comprehension template for students to practise questioning.
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Letter to the Editor: Social Media – Comprehension Worksheet
A comprehension worksheet for a persuasive article about social media.
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Olympic Host City Inquiry Task – Worksheet
A 3 page inquiry research task in which students identify the advantages and disadvantages of having the Olympics in their own city.
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Bloom's Taxonomy Fast Finisher Task Cards - Upper Years
44 Bloom's Taxonomy fast finisher activity cards.
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Rio Carnival - Inquiry Research Task
An inquiry task where students research the history of Rio Carnival.
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Persuasive Speech Writing Task
A persuasive speech writing task, based around real-world issues affecting children.
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Groups teamwork acrostic poster
A groups acrostic poster outlining the expectations of group teamwork.
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Thinking Hats for Effective Group Work
Thinking Hats based on Dr. Edward de Bono's teachings.
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Public Speaking Poster
A poster giving tips on how to deliver an effective speech.
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Experimenting with Poetry Unit Plan - Year 5 and Year 6
This English unit addresses the common elements of poetry and explores how these may be applied to shape poems, limericks, odes and simple ballads.
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The Poet's Lament
A 60 minute lesson in which students will explore their preconceived ideas and attitudes towards poetry.
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Poetry Defined
A 60 minute lesson in which students will develop an understanding of what constitutes poetry.
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Persuasive Speeches - Presenting
A 60 minute lesson in which students will present a persuasive speech to the class using appropriate oral presentation skills.
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Writing Persuasive Texts Unit Plan - Year 5 and Year 6
This English unit addresses the genre of persuasion; specifically, how to write an effective persuasive text.
