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Vocabulary
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Drawuponknowledgeofvocabularyinordertounderstandthetext.
Examplequestions
• Whatdoestheword……….meaninthissentence?• Findandcopyawordwhichmeans……….• Whatdoesthiswordorphrasetellyouabout………?• Whichwordinthissectiondoyouthinkisthemost
important?Why?• Whichofthewordsbestdescribesthe
character/setting/moodetc?• Canyouthinkofanyotherwordstheauthorcouldhave
usedtodescribethis?• Whydoyouthink……….isrepeatedinthissection?
Vocabulary
Infer
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Makeinferencesfromthetext.
Examplequestions
• Whywas…….feeling……..?• Whydid………… happen?• Whydid……….say……….?• Canyouexplainwhy……….?• Whatdoyouthinktheauthorintendedwhenthey
said……….?• Howdoes……….makeyoufeel?
Predict
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Predictwhatyouthinkwillhappenbasedontheinformationthatyouhavebeengiven.
Examplequestions
• Lookatthebookcover/blurb– whatdoyouthinkthisbookwillbeabout?
• Whatdoyouthinkwillhappennext?Whatmakesyouthinkthis?
• Howdoesthechoiceofcharacterorsettingaffectwhatwillhappennext?
• Whatishappening?Whatdoyouthinkhappenedbefore?Whatdoyouthinkwillhappenafter?
• Whatdoyouthinkthelastparagraphsuggestswillhappennext?
Explain
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Explainyourpreferences,thoughtsandopinionsaboutthetext.
Examplequestions
• Whoisyourfavouritecharacter?Why?• Whydoyouthinkallthemaincharactersaregirlsinthis
book?• Wouldyouliketoliveinthissetting?Why/whynot?• Isthereanythingyouwouldchangeaboutthisstory?• Doyoulikethistext?Whatdoyoulikeaboutit?
Retrieve
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Identifyandexplainthekeyfeaturesoffictionandnon-fictiontextssuchas:characters,events,titlesand
information.
Examplequestions
• Whatkindoftextisthis?• Whodid…..?• Wheredid…..?• Whendid…..?• Whathappenedwhen…..?• Whydid……..happen?• Howdid…….?• Howmany…..?• Whathappenedto……?
Sequence
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Sequencethekeyeventsinthestory.
Examplequestions
• Canyounumbertheseevents1-5intheorderthattheyhappened?
• Whathappenedafter…….?• Whatwasthefirstthingthathappenedinthestory?• Canyousummariseinasentencethe
opening/middle/endofthestory?• Inwhatorderdothesechapterheadingscomeinthe
story?