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Paired Passage Worksheets - Thunderstorms

  • Updated

    Updated:  06 Jul 2024

Use paired passages to help your student practise applying reading comprehension strategies.

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    Editable:  Google Slides

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    Pages:  4 Pages

  • Curriculum
  • Years

    Years:  4 - 6

Curriculum

  • VC2E3LY10

    Use comprehension strategies, such as visualising, predicting, connecting, summarising, monitoring and questioning, to analyse texts by drawing on a growing knowledge of context, text structures and language features to build literal and inferred meanings <ul> <li>making predictions about a text, drawing on knowledge of the topic, subject-specific vocabulary and experience of texts on the same topic</li> <li>identifying important ideas, events or details in texts</li> <li>learning new content from reading and listening, and asking questions to expand understanding</li> <li>comparing and contrasting how different texts present similar ideas or information</li> <li>drawing inferences, using evidence from the text and prior knowledge and experience; for example, making predictions about a character's likely actions or about the content of tabbed pages on a website</li> <li>determining the relevance of a text for a particular task</li> </ul>

  • VC2E4LY09

    Use comprehension strategies, such as visualising, predicting, connecting, summarising, monitoring and questioning, to expand topic knowledge and ideas, and begin to evaluate texts to build literal and inferred meanings <ul> <li>making connections between information in print, images and sound</li> <li>reading or listening for key topic-specific vocabulary words to build understanding</li> <li>reading or listening to interpret the main idea and supporting ideas</li> <li>identifying evidence and reasoning used by authors to support points or arguments</li> <li>applying self-monitoring strategies such as re-reading, pausing and questioning, and self-correction strategies such as confirming and cross-checking</li> <li>connecting the use of colours, images, symbols and patterns in texts by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander authors and illustrators</li> <li>evaluating an author’s use of evidence to support arguments</li> </ul>

  • VC2E5LY09

    Use comprehension strategies, such as visualising, predicting, connecting, summarising, monitoring and questioning, to evaluate information and ideas to build literal and inferred meanings <ul> <li>summarising ideas and information to determine the main idea of a text</li> <li>using research skills, including identifying research purpose; locating texts; gathering and organising information; evaluating relative value; evaluating the accuracy and currency of print and digital sources; and summarising information from several sources</li> <li>comparing texts on the same topic to identify similarities and differences in the ideas or information included</li> </ul>

  • VC2E6LY08

    Use comprehension strategies, such as visualising, predicting, connecting, summarising, monitoring and questioning, and connect and compare ideas from a variety of sources to build literal and inferred meanings <ul> <li>making connections between the text and their own experiences or other texts</li> <li>making connections between information in print and images</li> <li>using prior knowledge and textual information to make inferences</li> <li>asking and answering questions</li> <li>using graphic organisers to visualise connections, categories and hierarchies of information</li> <li>summarising a text or part of a text</li> </ul>

teaching resource

Paired Passage Worksheets - Thunderstorms

  • Updated

    Updated:  06 Jul 2024

Use paired passages to help your student practise applying reading comprehension strategies.

  • Editable

    Editable:  Google Slides

  • Non-Editable

    Non-Editable:  PDF

  • Pages

    Pages:  4 Pages

  • Curriculum
  • Years

    Years:  4 - 6

Use paired passages to help your student practise applying reading comprehension strategies.

Build Reading Comprehension Skills With Paired Passages!

Using paired passages in reading class is a great way to improve your students’ critical thinking. These types of activities encourage them to compare, contrast, and combine information from different texts. This method will improve the close reading skills needed for academic research and upper-level writing tasks. It will also boost engagement through varied perspectives and content, maintaining their interest. Paired passages also help students develop contextual understanding and practise citing text evidence to support their statements and it is an all-too-important skill for standardised tests. This year, we encourage you to incorporate paired passages in your reading instruction to improve your students’ response to literature and close reading skills.

This collection of worksheets contains:

  • a literary text, The Midnight Thunderstorm
  • a factual text, All About Thunderstorms
  • a reading comprehension worksheet requiring students to answer questions about each text, and use information from both texts to compare and contrast the two passages.

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This resource was created by Samantha Rose, a teacher and Teach Starter Collaborator.


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