What might it be?
This task is about predicting what a poem could be describing by making inferences.
You will read a poem in three parts, one part at a time.
After reading each part:
in the left hand boxes,
predict
all the things you think the poem is describing.
in the right hand boxes,
explain
how the evidence in the text, and what you know, supports your predictions.
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The _________
Grinds its teeth
Over the grass,
Spitting out a thick
Green spray;
The _________
Grinds its teeth
Over the grass,
Spitting out a thick
Green spray;
Part 1
I think this poem could be describing any one of these things:
because:
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The _________
Grinds its teeth
Over the grass,
Spitting out a thick
Green spray;
Its head is too full
Of iron and oil
To know
What it throws
Away:
The _________
Grinds its teeth
Over the grass,
Spitting out a thick
Green spray;
Its head is too full
Of iron and oil
To know
What it throws
Away:
Part 1
I think this poem could be describing any one of these things:
because:
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1
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The _________
Grinds its teeth
Over the grass,
Spitting out a thick
Green spray;
Its head is too full
Of iron and oil
To know
What it throws
Away:
The lawn's whole
Crop of chopped
Soft,
Delicious
Green hay.
The _________
Grinds its teeth
Over the grass,
Spitting out a thick
Green spray;
Its head is too full
Of iron and oil
To know
What it throws
Away:
The lawn's whole
Crop of chopped
Soft,
Delicious
Green hay.
Part 3
Now I think this poem could be describing any one of these things:
because:
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1
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Pause, look, and think back
: Something I'm still wondering about is:
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1
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To do this activity, you used the reading strategy of making inferences.
Select any other reading strategy you used and describe
when
and
how
you used this reading strategy for this poem:
Making connections between what I know
yes
no
yes
no
Asking questions
yes
no
yes
no
Creating a picture in my head, or visualising
yes
no
yes
no
Identifying the writer's purpose
yes
no
yes
no
Identifying the main idea
yes
no
yes
no
Summarising
yes
no
yes
no
Analysing and synthesising ideas and information
yes
no
yes
no
Evaluating ideas and information
yes
no
yes
no
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