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apostrophes
punctuation
This task assesses students' understanding of the conventions surrounding the use of apostrophes to indicate ownership. Students are required to read a short story and insert apostrophes in the places they are needed.
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analysis
metaphor
personification
poetry
simile
Students are required to identify and interpret the metaphors in two short poems.
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character
evaluating
fables
junior journal
main idea
think critically
Students identify what type of people the characters in the story are and choose evidence from the text to justify their decisions; they also identify the main idea of the text. Suggestions for evaluating character and the author's style of characterisation are under the "Working with Students" tab.
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cloze
comprehension
connected
grammar
text features
vocabulary
Students complete a cloze passage and use their vocabulary and knowledge of grammar to create well-formed sentences.
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Keywords:
cloze
comprehension
grammar
text features
vocabulary
Students complete a cloze passage with 24 blanks on insects. A scoring guide with replacement words/synonyms and guidelines for interpretation are included.
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Keywords:
cloze
comprehension
grammar
text features
vocabulary
The traditional fable of 'Hare and Tortoise' is presented as a cloze article in this resource. Students draw on their knowledge of grammar and vocabulary to create well-formed sentences.
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division
fractions
fractions as operators
multiplication
Students demonstrate their understanding of the effect of division and multiplication involving fractions.
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area
enlargement
length
resizing
scale factor
volume
Students calculate increases in length, area, and volume, and relate this to the scale factor for an enlargement.
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Keywords:
cloze
comprehension
grammar
text features
vocabulary
This resource comprises a report on the control of traffic in the Holland Tunnel in New York presented as a cloze exercise. Students use comprehension skills to complete the gaps with their own vocabulary.
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Keywords:
adaptation
butterflies
ecology
native butterflies
science texts
Task: Match vocabulary and definitions, and select why these terms are useful to know when thinking about butterflies at risk. Assessment focus: understanding science texts.
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Keywords:
analysis
language features
metaphor
personification
poem
simile
Students are required to read three poems, identify the animal that the object in each poem is being compared with, and identify the ways in which the look or movement of the objects are described so that they seem like these animals.
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3-dimensional shapes
views
visualising
Students identify which shapes are identical to a given shape that have been rotated.
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Keywords:
conjunctions
grammar
grammar use
sentence structure
sentences
A model of combining two short sentences is given. Students create simple then compound sentences to go with some photos, using simple conjunctions to join sentences. A peer sharing task completes the resource.
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Keywords:
addition
equality
Students complete open number sentences to show their understanding of equality.
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Keywords:
equal to
equality
greater than
less than
Students select the correct symbol or the correct number to make number sentences true.
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conjunctions
grammar
sentences
Students create simple then compound sentences to go with a photo, using simple conjunctions to join sentences. A peer sharing task completes the resource.
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SJ-2-2-2000
School Journal
cloze
comprehension
text features
vocabulary
Students complete a cloze passage on the antics of an escaped otter. Students use their vocabulary and knowledge of grammar to create well-formed sentences. SJ-2-2-2000. Text provided.
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SJ-2-4-1993
School Journal
comprehension
ellipsis
inference
poem
poetry
Students make inferences from a poem. SJ-2-4-1993. Text provided.
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SJ-2-1-1999
School Journal
alliteration
comprehension
language features
poem
poetry
rhyme
vocabulary
Students read a poem, retrieve information, and then use this information to make inferences. The text used is shown into the resource. It can also be located in School Journal, Part 2, No. 1, 1999. SJ-2-1-1999. Text provided.
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Keywords:
Pasifika
SJ-1-1-1996
comprehension
evidence
inference
Students read a story about a girl's first night in Samoa. Then they decide whether some statements are true or false and give evidence from the text to back up their responses. There is a link to the text used in the "Using this Resource" tab. SJ-1-1-1996. Text provided.
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SJ-2-2-1982
cloze
comprehension
grammar
text features
vocabulary
Students read through an article about a pending tidal wave. From their comprehension of the cloze passage, they fill in the gaps with their own words. SJ-2-2-1982. Text provided.