Brilliant Activities for Reading Comprehension Year 5 : Engaging Stories to Develop Comprehension Skills.
Title:
Brilliant Activities for Reading Comprehension Year 5 : Engaging Stories to Develop Comprehension Skills.
Author:
Makhlouf, Charlotte.
ISBN:
9780857474995
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Edition:
1st ed.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (125 pages)
Series:
Brilliant Activities for Reading Comprehension ; v.5
Brilliant Activities for Reading Comprehension
Contents:
Cover -- Contents -- Front matter -- Title page -- Publisher information -- Introduction -- Links to the National Literacy Strategy -- Cross-curricular Activities -- Activities -- Letter of Complaint -- The Evil Genie Strikes -- The Body in the Greenhouse -- The Mysterious Case of the Eukanuba Diamond -- The Foreteller Casket -- The Time Machine -- Topleigh Manor -- Trouble at the Bunbury Bloater Club -- The Mysterious Case of the Eukanuba Diamond Continues … -- Game Ranger Diaries -- Trick or Treat -- Treason! -- Achievement -- The Diary of Lord Ambrose Pagett -- The Honourable Percival Soames -- The Bathroom (a play) -- Maya -- The Painting (part 1) -- The Appalling Day -- Storm over Skullbone Island -- The Painting (part 2) -- Chapter 5: Collecting a Thayle Egg -- A Self-made Man -- The Wrong Spell -- Strike at the Workshop (a play) -- Visit to Bath -- The Audition -- Friday 11th March 2011 -- The Young Egyptian Scribe -- Rescue? -- The Wind -- Jasmin Fitzroy -- Back matter -- Answers -- Also available.
Abstract:
The importance of being able to read for meaning should never be underestimated. The ability to decode text is not enough. It is vital that children understand what they are reading. More importantly, it is fundamental that they enjoy what they are reading, so that they grow up to become lifelong readers. The passages in the Brilliant Activities for Reading Comprehension series are designed to do just that. They provide children with a variety of engaging, enjoyable texts that will grab their attention, and indeed their teacher's attention as well. The types of comprehension passages range from newspaper articles and dialogues, to plays, stories and poems. They gradually increase in difficulty as you progress though the book, and through the series, encouraging children to develop their ability to read for meaning and use a range of strategies to engage with the text. Tasks range from simple factual recall and vocabulary work to more open-ended questions enabling the reader to prov...
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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