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Summarise Spies

Summarise Spies
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Description

This worksheet helps students to identify the key information when summarising a fiction or non-fiction text. They will then use this information to write their own summary of the short text. There is a fiction and non-fiction option available.

You may choose to read through and colour the key information together as a whole class before students independently summarise the text.
 

Suitable for
  • Relief Teachers
Lesson Structure
  • Individual Activity
  • Class Activity
Curriculum Codes

EN1-4A old

Draws on an increasing range of skills and strategies to fluently read, view and comprehend a range of texts on less familiar topics in different media and technologies

EN1-VOCAB-01 new

Understands and effectively uses Tier 1, taught Tier 2 and Tier 3 vocabulary to extend and elaborate ideas

EN1-RECOM-01 new

Comprehends independently read texts that require sustained reading by activating background and word knowledge, connecting and understanding sentences and whole text, and monitoring for meaning

AC9E1LY05 9

Use comprehension strategies such as visualising, predicting, connecting, summarising and questioning when listening, viewing and reading to build literal and inferred meaning by drawing on vocabulary and growing knowledge of context and text structures

ACELY1660 8.4

Use comprehension strategies to build literal and inferred meaning about key events, ideas and information in texts that they listen to, view and read by drawing on growing knowledge of context, text structures and language features

VCELY186

Use comprehension strategies to build literal and inferred meaning about key events, ideas and information in texts that they listen to, view and read by drawing on growing knowledge of context, text structures and language features

Differentiation

Modifications

Some students may benefit using this activity with teacher guidance in a small group.
 

EXTENSIONS

Complete the task independently.
 

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