VCAL Literacy - Reading for Practical Purposes Task

This is a reading task for VCAL Literacy - reading for practical purposes.

The task includes links to two public newspaper articles. Students read both articles and answer comprehension questions aligned to the VCAL Literacy curriculum.

Included is:

• Word document for dissemination to students
• Word document for teachers with the task, curriculum links and the newspaper article links
• PowerPoint for introducing and teaching the task

I have taught this unit to my class and my team teacher has also taught this unit. We had positive responses. I hope you and your students find this unit engaging, practice skills for analysing newspaper articles to ascertain important information within their community. Please feel free to change the newspaper articles to a topic / location relevant to you and your students’ interests.