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Answer ques ons about wri ng

Retell a story with a beginning middle and end with

help.

Talk about pictures in a story book.

Predict a possible next event in a story.

I can think of something I know when someone

reads a story to me.

Talk about informa on in a factual text.

CLUSTER 1 COMPREHENSION

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Answer here ques ons.

Give an sequenced retell of a story that includes the

beginning, middle and end with no help.

Remember many details from pictures in a story

book.

Understand factual texts by looking at the pictures.

CLUSTER 2 COMPREHENSION

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Answer hidden ques ons.

Discuss meaning in narra ve and factual texts by

talking about the central themes.

Understand texts by making connec ons between

print, illustra ons and diagrams.

Talk about and judge a characters ac ons or events

in a story .

Iden fying key facts in texts in print and

on screen.

CLUSTER 3 COMPREHENSION

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Answer head ques ons about a character.

Talk about the hidden messages in a text.

Express my opinion about a text.

Show my understanding of factual texts by using

tle page, contents page and computer so ware

menu.

CLUSTER 4 COMPREHENSION

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Retell events from a text including se ng, character,

con ict and resolu on.

Talk about and give reasons for a characters ac ons

or mo ves in a story.

Show my understanding of a story by talking about

di erent versions of the one text.

Show my understanding that informa on about one

topic can be found in many di erent places, e.g.

graphs, posters, reference texts, websites.

Metalanguage:

versions

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Retell and respond to the text by making

connec ons to your own experiences.

Respond to and analyses a point of view in the text.

Discuss how visual images help print to create

meaning in texts.

Make predic ons about what is about to be read

and answer ques ons asked about the text.

Metalanguage:

Respond Visual Image scan

Connectons Skim

CLUSTER 6 COMPREHENSION

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Use prior knowledge and experiences to show my

understanding of a text.

Give reasons for predic ons about a text.

Use text structure, to build upon my understanding of a text .

- headings/subheadings -pictures - diagrams

- contents page -page numbers - glossary

- index - tables - labels

Make conclusions by using clues in a text.

Iden fy a perspec ve or point of view within the text

Iden fy the main idea and give a detailed retell of key events

in texts.

Give an example of:

- descrip ve words

- sequences of informa on

- words/phrases that help you make a picture of

events in your head

Metalanguage:

Prior Justfy Conclusions Perspectve

CLUSTER 7 COMPREHENSION

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Discuss possible consequences of ac ons and events.

Tell the di erence between here and hidden

meanings.

Looking for informa on from di erent parts of a text.

Discuss di erent points of view in the text.

Compare details between texts.

Explain main ideas to provide an accurate retell of a text.

Discuss visual, aural and wri en features of a text.

Iden fy and discuss text organisation and features in

directed reading, including connections.

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Understand and discuss possible consequences of ac ons and

events.

Interpret here and hidden meaning when discussing

characteris cs and events.

Look for more informa on in di erent parts of the text.

Discuss and understand di erent points of view.

Examine and the compare informa on and ideas presented in

di erent texts

Interpret the main idea to give an accurate retell.

Examines and discusses visual, aural and wri en texts

Iden fy and discuss text organisa on, including connec ons

independently.

CLUSTER 9 COMPREHENSION

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Examine the ways that hidden meanings are used in a

text to build understanding.

Find evidence to support my explana ons and opinions.

Re examining evidence within the text to support my

explana ons and opinions.

Look at and discuss di erent points of view in the text .

Create a fair (impar al) summary of a text showing

di erent views and values presented.

Discuss visual, aural and wri en techniques used in the

text to in uence the readers views.

Analyse and compare how informa on and ideas are

presented in texts.

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Interpret and analyses texts by looking at the hidden

meaning within a text.

Uses evidence to support hidden meaning.

Explain my ideas and issues in literary texts by responding

to ideas and issues in texts through a variety of

presenta ons (crea ve oral, drama c or wri en

presenta ons or a combina on of all).

Cri cally examine a wide range of texts to compare how

ideas are presented.

Understand texts by loca ng and discussing mul ple

purposes within the same text.

Examine several di erent texts on one topic and present a

summary of informa on and ideas that show an

understanding of the topic.

Examine texts to see how language structures

and features are used.

CLUSTER 12 COMPREHENSION

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