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Human Histories: Helpful Heroes – Comprehension Worksheet
A comprehension worksheet for an article about people around the world who have dedicated their lives to helping others.
This teaching resource is a comprehension worksheet asking questions about the magazines Human Histories, Helpful Heroes.
In the text, students will learn about different people around the world who have dedicated their lives to helping others.
Australian Curriculum alignment
- ACELT1575
Recognise that texts are created by authors who tell stories and share experiences that may be similar or different to studentsâ own experiencesElaborationsrecognising that there are storytellers in all cultures (Skills: Critical and Creative Th...
- ACELT1578
Identify some features of texts including events and characters and retell events from a textElaborationsidentifying some features of culture related to characters and events in literary texts, for example dress, food and daily routines (Skills: Lite...
- ACELT1581
Discuss how authors create characters using language and imagesElaborationsidentifying similarities between texts from different cultural traditions, for example representations of dragons in traditional European and Asian texts (Skills: Literacy, Cr...
- ACELT1582
Discuss characters and events in a range of literary texts and share personal responses to these texts, making connections with students' own experiencesElaborationsdiscussing characters from books and films and whether these are life-like or imagina...
- ACELT1587
Discuss how depictions of characters in print, sound and images reflect the contexts in which they were createdElaborationsexploring iconography of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures (Skills: Literacy, Critical and Creative Thinking, Inte...
- ACELT1589
Compare opinions about characters, events and settings in and between textsElaborationsdiscussing each othersâ preferences for stories set in familiar or unfamiliar worlds, or about people whose lives are like or unlike their own (Skills: Litera...
- ACELT1783
Share feelings and thoughts about the events and characters in textsElaborationstalking about stories and authors, choosing favourites, discussing how students feel about what happens in stories (Skills: Literacy, Critical and Creative Thinking, Pers...

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