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Resources for Reality Reads

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Resource 3.1 Entry form for Reality Reads competition

• Team members • Title of selected text • Genre of selected text • Reason for choosing selected text• Signatures

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Resource 4.1

Giving an empathetic responseSentence starters

This text makes me feel…I feel… because…

Non-fiction I understand how the writer feels…

Fiction I can put myself in this character’s shoes because…

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Resource 5.1a

Reality Reads text extracts

Text 1

I knew I was humming, reading my comics with my chin cupped in my hands, when she died.

Eve Green – Susan Fletcher

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Resource 5.1b

Reality Reads text extracts

Text 2Her screams were one, high shriek of pain. By the time I reached her she was a human firework. Her pale dress had turned black and was welded to her body like scorching, textured paint.

The Ninth Life of Louis Drax – Liz Jenson

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Resource 5.1c

Reality Reads text extracts

Text 3There was a deafening pop. Aunty Anh’s baby was thrown from her arms, and she buckled at the knees. Instinctively, she clutched at the back of her left leg. The fingers on that hand instantly fused, from coming in contact with the gob of jellied napalm burning there.

The Girl in the Picture – Denise Chong