Developing Comprehension Skills - Year 8
This two-lesson mini-unit is designed to help Year 8 learners develop their comprehension skills and begin to build towards GCSE. It is made up of a 50-slide PowerPoint presentation, worksheets and a comprehension assessment.
Contents:
Lesson One
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An introduction to comprehension.
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How to approach a comprehension task.
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Understanding inference and deduction skills.
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How to write an extended answer about language.
Lesson Two
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How to refer to the text and use quotations.
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A 40-minute comprehension task (available in PDF printable format).
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Post assessment discussion of example responses to all comprehension questions.
Developing Comprehension Skills - Year 8 will help you develop essential comprehension skills in Year 8 students. Click on the images to preview the resource.
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