Description
Book SynopsisComprehension for independent readers (Upper) offers a range of writing genres and activities to develop the skills required for comprehension.The aim is to provide pupils with the opportunity to work independently to extract information from different texts and to demonstrate the different levels of comprehension: literal, inferential and evaluative.
Table of ContentsTeachers notes... ivCurriculum links... vDaily Script (Newspaper) ... 2 - 4The meaning of proverbs (Proverbs) ... 5 - 8J R R Talkman's travelling circus (Poster) ... 9 - 11July/August 1969 (Diary) ... 12 - 16Strine - Australian English (Language) ... 17 - 19What is irony? (Irony) ... 20 - 22What is sarcasm? (Sarcasm) ... 23 - 25In space you can hear the engine (Data grid) ... 26 - 28What does it mean? (Symbolism) ... 29 - 31Bringing writing to life (Metaphor) ... 32 - 35Mixed metaphors (Metaphor) ... 36 - 37Statistics (Tables and graphs) ... 38 - 40Who's who in Mother Goose (Biography) ... 41 - 43Biological classification (Classification) ... 44 - 46Major events of the 20th century (Time line) ... 47 - 49How to play the guessing game (Flowchart) ... 50 - 52Logical arguments (Syllogism) ... 53 - 55Sim Sala's Magic Emporium (Sales catalogue) ... 56 - 58Cryptic puzzles (Crosswords) ... 59 - 60Missing word puzzles (Crosswords) ... 61 - 62Word search puzzles (Crosswords) ... 63 - 64Target words (Scanning) ... 65 - 67Time line puzzles (Scanning) ... 68 - 72
