Reading

= 66 Words - The Legacy =

Read The Legacy and complete a 66 words task to summarising the story.

= = = = = = = = = = = = = Book Menu =

Using a book of your choice complete an entree, main course and dessert activity off the Book Menu. = = = Reading & Comprehension Task =

Read The King's Lost Thoughts with your teacher and then complete the Six Thinking Hats comprehension questions.

=Four (or five) Corners= Read this Herald Sun article on 'planking'. In a group, write your own interpretations of the article on a large sheet of paper using a corner each. Read the article by yourself. Every now and then while reading, record your thoughts, connections or questions about the article. We will be sharing using your four corners chart. Each group will be responding to the issue from a different point of view; Parent, Planker, Police, Friend and Onlooker. Read This = =

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=Year 6 Reading Task=

Students are to open 'The King's Lost Thoughts' and save a copy as a pages document. Students are then to read through the text. Using the comment function on Pages students are then to make any inferences they can about the text (remember, inferring is 'reading between the lines'). Once students have completed that the are to then finish writing the story themselves.

= = =Reading interest survey=

Reading Survey

=Inferring=

Inferring T-Chart

Use the T-Chart example to write inferences and evidence about the text on this Pages document. = =

= READING SAMPLE =

=Your task:= To create one "two minute" reading sample at least once a term for your Digital Portfolio. Reflect on your reading sample and set a goal for the next sample.

=To do:= Choose your text carefully and know the reasons why you chose it. (part of a book you're reading, newspaper article...) Understand what the text is about. Practice reading your text a couple of times just to make sure that it's right for you.

**You want to show your audience** How you tackle tricky words. How you know what to do when you see punctuation like **,. !** and any other types of punctuation that help you read a text. How you use expression to help the audience understand the text. How you recheck what you've read if it begins to not make sense.

=Use Garageband to record your reading sample.=

=Reflection= Listen carefully to your reading sample. Write your reflection into your book, Pages or into your Podcast page. Your teacher will tell you which to use.

===These are the questions we'd like you to answer when you write your reflection. Of course we're always happy for you to write as much as you like. === Think very carefully about how you'd like to answer these questions before you start writing.
 * I chose this text because .......................... (give interesting reasons)
 * I really liked the way I ....................................
 * The one thing that I want you to notice about my reading is ..............................

This is the most important question of all.
 * Next time I will ........................

Maybe you could give yourself a rating.

=Comments = When you have written your reflection show your work to your teacher. In time, your friends, teachers and parents will add comments to your podcast.

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