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Earth Watch: Protecting Native Plants and Animals – Comprehension Worksheet

PDF | 3 pages|Grades: 1 - 4

A comprehension worksheet for an article about ways to keep our native animals and plants safe.

This teaching resource is a comprehension worksheet asking questions about the magazine article Earth Watch: Protecting Native Plants and Animals.

In the text, students will learn about ways in which people can be mindful of keeping animals and plants within native ecosystems safe and the consequences that we have learned from when people have not been so mindful.

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Australian Curriculum alignment

ACELT1596
Draw connections between personal experiences and the worlds of texts, and share responses with othersElaborationsdiscussing relevant prior knowledge and past experiences to make meaningful connections to the people, places, events, issues and ideas ...
In English Year 3 Literature Responding to literature
ACELY1675
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In English Year 3 Literacy Texts in context
ACELY1678
Identify the audience and purpose of imaginative, informative and persuasive textsElaborationsidentifying the authorâs point of view on a topic and key words and images that seem intended to persuade listeners, viewers or readers to agree with t...
In English Year 3 Literacy Interpreting, analysing, evaluating
ACELY1679
Read an increasing range of different types of texts by combining contextual, semantic, grammatical and phonic knowledge, using text processing strategies, for example monitoring, predicting, confirming, rereading, reading on and self-correctingElabo...
In English Year 3 Literacy Interpreting, analysing, evaluating
ACELY1680
Use comprehension strategies to build literal and inferred meaning and begin to evaluate texts by drawing on a growing knowledge of context, text structures and language featuresElaborationsmaking connections between the text and students own experie...
In English Year 3 Literacy Interpreting, analysing, evaluating
ACELY1690
Identify characteristic features used in imaginative, informative and persuasive texts to meet the purpose of the textElaborationsdescribing the language which authors use to create imaginary worlds; how textual features such as headings, subheadings...
In English Year 4 Literacy Interpreting, analysing, evaluating
ACELY1691
Read different types of texts by combining contextual , semantic, grammatical and phonic knowledge using text processing strategies for example monitoring meaning, cross checking and reviewingElaborationsreading new and different kinds of texts with...
In English Year 4 Literacy Interpreting, analysing, evaluating
ACELY1692
Use comprehension strategies to build literal and inferred meaning to expand content knowledge, integrating and linking ideas and analysing and evaluating textsElaborationsmaking connections between the text and studentsâ own experience and oth...
In English Year 4 Literacy Interpreting, analysing, evaluating
ACELY1701
Identify and explain characteristic text structures and language features used in imaginative, informative and persuasive texts to meet the purpose of the textElaborationsexplaining how the features of a text advocating community action, for example ...
In English Year 5 Literacy Interpreting, analysing, evaluating
ACELY1702
Navigate and read texts for specific purposes applying appropriate text processing strategies, for example predicting and confirming, monitoring meaning, skimming and scanningElaborationsbringing subject and technical vocabulary and concept knowledge...
In English Year 5 Literacy Interpreting, analysing, evaluating
ACELY1703
Use comprehension strategies to analyse information, integrating and linking ideas from a variety of print and digital sourcesElaborationsusing research skills including identifying research purpose, locating texts, gathering and organising informati...
In English Year 5 Literacy Interpreting, analysing, evaluating

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