<p>The 3 Ticking Texts books encourage early readers to understand texts. Book 1 is aimed at KS1 plus older pupils with literacy problems, whilst books 2 and 3 are more suitable for KS2 plus KS3 pupils struggling with literacy. Each book includes various types of short texts with a low reading level and a high interest level, and the format allows children with poor coordination/writing ability to concentrate solely on text comprehension skills. The sheets are useful for shared and guided reading and for homework and are also suitable for speaking and listening work. Discussion points and extension activities are included for each text. This is a useful resource for children who have ‘learnt to read’ and are now ‘reading to learn.’ Previously available through Easylearn.</p>
<p>The 3 Ticking Texts books encourage early readers to understand texts. Book 1 is aimed at KS1 plus older pupils with literacy problems. Each book includes various types of short texts with a low reading level and a high interest level, and the format allows children with poor coordination/writing ability to concentrate solely on text comprehension skills. The sheets are useful for shared and guided reading and for homework and are also suitable for speaking and listening work. Discussion points and extension activities are included for each text. This is a useful resource for children who have ‘learnt to read’ and are now ‘reading to learn.’ Previously available through Easylearn.</p>
<p>This lesson has been designed for anyone studying Functional Skills English Level One and Level Two. The lesson goes through two different texts and helps learners to understand how to use quotations to make comparisons and respond to the higher value questions on the reading exam paper.</p>
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<p>Talk for Writing - Text Map & Model Text</p>
<p>based on The Magic Paintbrush (by Julia Donaldson and Joel Stuart)</p>
<p>Suitable for year 1,2 or 3</p>
<p>The 3 Ticking Texts books encourage early readers to understand texts. Book 2 is aimed at KS2 plus older pupils with literacy problems. Each book includes various types of short texts with a low reading level and a high interest level, and the format allows children with poor coordination/writing ability to concentrate solely on text comprehension skills. The sheets are useful for shared and guided reading and for homework and are also suitable for speaking and listening work. Discussion points and extension activities are included for each text. This is a useful resource for children who have ‘learnt to read’ and are now ‘reading to learn.’ Previously available through Easylearn.</p>
<p>This Google Slide is meant to introduce purposes of texts for grades 5 - 9 students. The resource includes twenty-one slides with two activities. It is intended that you will have already reviewed the four main text types (e.g. informative, persuasive, narrative, and descriptive) with your students before using this.</p>
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<p>Slides 1-9: The Slides include how we can take any topic and put it into all of the four types of texts and has the class do an example together, as well as students do this activity individually.</p>
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<p>Slides ten to twenty-one: The final ten slides have images and are meant to be used to stimulate class discussion regarding what the type of text shown is; its purpose; and the suggested audience. Answers are not included but should be obvious. Slide twenty-one includes a final task where students practice their ability to take any topic and write it in all four text types.</p>
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<p>To SAVE yourself time, consider also buying my bundle, or my additional resource that complement these lesson plans on text types, purposes, and audiences, which include nineteen pages of worksheets, practice, and answer keys! Check out my Teachers Pay Teachers website under The Class of Mme Maxwell in French!</p>
<p>Enjoy! :-)</p>
<p>Four example text packs based on the novel <em>Holes</em> by Louis Sachar.</p>
<p>The bundle consists of 4 resource packs.</p>
<p><strong>Character Profile Example Text Pack</strong><br />
Resources provided:<br />
• Exemplar character profile text<br />
• Planning template differentiated x2<br />
• Writing template differentiated x3<br />
• Personality traits word bank</p>
<p><strong>Description Example Text Pack</strong><br />
Resources provided:<br />
• Description WAGOLL model text<br />
• Feature Find worksheet differentiated x3<br />
• Feature Find answers<br />
• Description planning sheet differentiated x3<br />
• Desert vocabulary bank<br />
• Task sheet</p>
<p><strong>Newspaper Report Example Text Pack</strong><br />
Resources provided:<br />
• Example newspaper report WAGOLL text<br />
• Feature find worksheets, differentiated x 3<br />
• Feature find answers<br />
• Quotation punctuation activity with answers<br />
• Newspaper report planning templates<br />
• Newspaper report writing templates, differentiated x2<br />
• Labelled writing templates</p>
<p><strong>Non-Chronological Report Example Text Pack</strong><br />
Resources provided:<br />
• Non-chronologcial report WAGOLL text<br />
• Non-chronologcial report Feature Find worksheet differentiated x3<br />
• Non-chronologcial report Feature find answers<br />
• Planning sheets differentiated x2<br />
• Writing templates differentiated x2<br />
• Task explanation sheet</p>
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<p>The 3 Ticking Texts books encourage early readers to understand texts. Book 3 is aimed at KS2 plus KS3 pupils with literacy problems. Each book includes various types of short texts with a low reading level and a high interest level, and the format allows children with poor coordination/writing ability to concentrate solely on text comprehension skills. The sheets are useful for shared and guided reading and for homework and are also suitable for speaking and listening work. Discussion points and extension activities are included for each text. This is a useful resource for children who have ‘learnt to read’ and are now ‘reading to learn.’ Previously available through Easylearn.</p>
<p>All you need for a week of reading lessons on summarising. Includes a detailed plan of the week, engaging teach-ready PowerPoint and all the necessary resources for UKS2. The animated 85 slide summarising reading Powerpoint takes you effortlessly through the week of 5 lessons.</p>
<p>Questions designed to develop higher order thinking skills and all activities focused on improving comprehension skills whilst enhancing reading assessment results.</p>
<p>Each day there are relevant and enjoyable starters, main activities and plenaries. Each lesson builds and expands on the previous one. All texts provided, a range of interesting genres and styles, fiction and non-fiction.</p>
<p>Differentiated resources and activities for four groups of children (green LA, yellow M/LA, blue MA, red HA).</p>
<p>Written for Year 5 but easily adaptable for all other KS2 classes.</p>
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<p>This Reading Comprehension worksheet is suitable for higher elementary to proficient ESL learners or native English speakers. The text describes the spread and devastating effects of the bubonic plague (Black Death) in the mid-1300s in Europe.</p>
<p>After carefully reading the text, students are required to complete some comprehension exercises including true or False exercises, a fun crossword, a fill in the gaps exercise, a title match exercise and a picture match exercise. The text can be used for vocabulary building purposes. This handout can be completed in class or assigned for homework.<br />
A full answer key is included.<br />
Total number of pages: 8</p>
<p>A package of 9 worksheets with answers on comparing texts as a reading strategy.</p>
<p>This resource includes exercises on:</p>
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<li>Identifying differences and similarities.</li>
<li>Comparing two text types.</li>
<li>Comparing two set of extracts.</li>
<li>Comparing two poems.</li>
<li>Demonstrating knowledge of comparing texts in writing.</li>
</ul>
<p>Teachers can use these task cards to enhance the reading and writing skills of the learners.</p>
<p>Here are some other possible uses for these in your classroom:</p>
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<li>To challenge early finishers</li>
<li>For effective tutoring</li>
<li>As ESL stations and sub tubs</li>
<li>As holiday work and homework</li>
<li>For small group collaborations</li>
<li>For an end of unit assessments</li>
<li>For reinforcement and enrichment</li>
</ul>
<p><em>Teach children how to write engaging explanation texts with this KS2 text types resource pack. There are sheets to help pupils plan against success criteria, descriptions of what an explanation text should include, two detailed model texts and collections of facts that children can use to create their own explanation texts.</em></p>
<p>The three sections to the resource are:</p>
<ul>
<li>Planning and support sheets</li>
<li>Model explanation texts</li>
<li>Fact sheets to support children’s writing</li>
</ul>
<p>Example newspaper report based on the fantasy adventure novel <em>Varjak Paw</em> by S.F. Said.</p>
<p>This exemplar newspaper article is perfect to use as a WAGOLL when studying <em>Varjak Paw</em>. The example text reports on the events at the end of the novel.</p>
<p>After using the WAGOLL to identify the features of the text, pupils use the templates provided to plan and write their own newspaper report based on the novel.</p>
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<p><strong>This guided reading resource includes a pair of texts about Antarctica with four comprehension skills sheets to complete, providing reading passages and questions that are challenging and engaging.</strong></p>
<p>Using the ‘LIMS’ approach, students work through Literal, Inference, Meaning and Summary questions to ensure that in the course of a week, they have practised skills in reading right across the Common Core.</p>
<p>Text is differentiated and an answer scheme is provided.</p>
<p><strong>Suggested itinerary:</strong></p>
<p>Day 1 (30 mins) – Read both texts as a class. Highlight key parts. Discuss together. What have we learned? What do we want know more about? It is worth asking the students to write down any questions they have about the texts and putting them on display.</p>
<p>Day 2 (30 mins) – Literal sheet</p>
<p>Day 3 (30 mins) – Inference sheet (or meaning sheet if you prefer)</p>
<p>Day 4 (30 mins) – Meaning sheet (or inference sheet if you prefer)</p>
<p>Day 5 (45 mins) – Summary sheet and looking back at questions from the start of the week.</p>
<p>This is the first in a series of Paired text resources looking at the seven continents of the world. Keep an eye on my store.<br />
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Differentiation:**<br />
All questions are the same, which should make marking easier! However, the texts differ, with asterisks in the bottom right corner indicating the reading level.</p>
<p>This is a bundle of three comparing texts activities that can be used for Pearson Functional Skills English, particularly for the more challenging questions of the Level 2 Reading Exam, that is, Question 10 (identifying language features) and Question 13 (comparing texts). Although Level 1s can also benefit from these activities if adapted to suit Question 15 of the Level 1 Reading Exam.</p>
<p>If adapted they can be used to support GCSE English Language (AQA) learners for Paper 2, Question 2 (the summary question).</p>
<p>Topics include: dogs, vaping, hobbies and university (new!)</p>
<p>Enjoy!</p>
<p>T.</p>
A resource with a powerpoint lesson presentation identifying the features of recount texts. There are examples included and a writing task for students.
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