Reading – Monday (word meaning and inference)

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Read the first sentence again. Imagine the cat. Now have a go at the question below…

Monday (cont)

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Read the first sentence again. Now focus on what Gaby is doing and have a go at the question below…

Reading – Tuesday (inference)

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Sometimes, when we read, we need to made a guess at what a character is thinking. We can use clues to help make a good guess. We are inferring what is meant.

Make sure you explain your reasoning when you answer these questions…

Reading – Wednesday (Retrieval and word meaning)

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Sometimes we need to scan for key words and find information. In this question, scanning for the word Summer is a good idea. THEN read the full sentence and come up with your answer.

For this question, read the relevant sentence and try and work out what ‘secured’ could mean. What type of word is it (verb, adjective, noun)?

Can you give another example of using secured in a sentence?

Reading – Thursday (Retrieval and word meaning)

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Sometimes you can work out what a word means by considering what the root word is. For the next question, what other words sound like universal? Can one of those help you?

In this question Gaby has inferred something about the cat from its appearance. What was it? Also, for an additional mark, can you explain her reasoning?

Reading – Friday (retrieve)

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Some reading comprehension questions require you to pull out information from the text. A good technique to find this is to scan for key words, read the full sentence (or two) where the word is mentioned and then answer the question.

NOTE: make sure you do actually answer the question – rather than just quoting the text.