Great White Shark Feature Article | Reading Comprehension & Writing MEGA Unit

This product will save you the hassle of creating a Great White Shark reading comprehension and writing unit of work!

Designed to assist students in year 5 prepare for:

• analyzing feature article reading passages
• answering comprehension questions
• completing written assessments

It has multiple uses and could be a practice run of assessment, an alternative assessment for a composite class, an end-of-term or year revision activity or a stand-alone** ‘Cold & Annotated Read’** activity where a teacher guides students through identifying vocabulary, text and language features with a pencil and highlighters.

The annotation resources inside this unit booklet are used to analyse the feature article called ‘Great White Nonsense’. For greater depth, teachers can guide students to identify/define unknown words and discuss what evidence they can note that enables students to distinguish the main idea and the author’s purpose. All in preparation for students planning, drafting and writing a good copy of their own feature article at the end of the MEGA unit.

This MEGA Unit Includes:

• Booklet cover page.
• Unit information and instruction pages.
• Example page.
• ‘Cold Read’ text activities.
• ‘Annotated’ text activities.
• Feature article text ‘Great White Nonsense’.
• Comprehension assessment questions.
• Fact/evidence point of view sorting activity.
• Article writing prompt/issue.
• Reporter backstory notes & quotes from the public.
• Reporter images photographed on the scene - cut & paste
• Feature Article writing planner & draft tasks.
• Writing criteria checklist.
• Peer and teacher feedback draft prompt.
• Good copy outline pages with teacher & student feedback.
• Teacher final feedback.
• Student self-reflection questions.
• Student self-guided action plan questions for improving writing in the future.

The work booklet is set in a logical progression of activities!

Please see the preview and video for an in-depth look at the unit on TPT!

It ties everything together nicely!

Additional Details:

Activity booklet style

• 35-page document with instructions and examples
• Printable or whiteboard/smartboard friendly
• PDF format so fonts do not revert
• Used for Yr 5 in Queensland, Australia!
• Australian Curriculum & C2C aligned!