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Reading Comprehension with Attitude! Book 1

Capture their attention. This high-interest reading programme is the result of a teacher's search for comprehension activities that have real meaning for students and link strongly with higher order thinking skills. Activities draw on a range of learning tools including the Six Thinking Hats, Thinkers Keys and First Steps. It covers specific texts, picture books and includes generic templates for any text, along with student-centred goal-setting sheets.

Ages: 10-11 | Pages: 56 | Code: 5438 | ISBN: 9781877536045

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Megan Roulston

After 10 years of teaching, Megan Roulston still loves the thrill of being at the front of the classroom each day. She believes that as teachers, we all need to help and support each other no matter where we live. She started building resources from the materials and ideas she uses every day in the classroom.

Contents

Introduction4
How to use this resource4
Next learning steps in reading5
Thinkers Keys6
Thinkers Keys planning sheet9
Story setting10
Character profile10
De Bono's Six Thinking Hats10
Reading activities using de Bono's Six Thinking Hats11
Sample unit plan: Charlotte's Web12
Text-specific templates14
Magic Tree House series, Mary Pope Osborne
Charlotte's Web: The movie storybook, Kate Egan
Happy Feet, Warner Bros
Toocool series, Phil Kettle
Babe, Dick King-Smith
Babe, Pig in the City, Justine Korman
Other Dick King-Smith titles
Roald Dahl titles
Bill Peet titles Way Home, Libby Hathorn
Colin Thompson titles Weslandia, Paul Fleischman
Best Mate, Michael Morpurgo
Giraffes Can't Dance, Giles Andreae and Guy Parker-Rees
The Gruffalo, Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler
I, Vivaldi, Janice Shefelman and Tom Shefelman
River Boy, the Story of Mark Twain, William Anderson
The Emperor's New Clothes, Christine San Jose
The Shiloh trilogy, Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
Selected answers49
References56