(eee 07 ite ey : Developing rehension skils © one ord knowledge a LITERATURE Ss COMPREHENSION WORD KNOWLEDGE aaNet aw SS) SSL DIFFERENTIATION RIC-8640 6.7/1200and word knowledge (Year 6) Published by R.LC. Publications® 2017, Copyright® R.L.C. Publications” 2017 ISBN 978-1-925431-85-8 RIC- 6840 Titles in this series: ing comprehension skills and word knowledge (Year 1) ing comprehension skills and word knowledge (Year 2) Developing comprehension skills and word knowledge-¢Year2)" Developing comprehension skills and word knavledge (Year 4) Developing comprehension skills and w6rd knowledge (Yee?5) Developing comprehension skills.afid word knowledge (Yer) All material identi by is mafgridlbbjéct to copyright under the Copyright Acp1968 (Cth} and is owned by the Australian Curriculum, Assessryfnt end porting Authority 2017 For all Australian Curriculm material except elaborations: This is an extract from te Australian Curriculum. 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Name of Purchaser: Date of purchase: Super School Orderé (it applicable: Signature of Purchaser: that the class teacher checks all URLs before allowing students to access them. View all pages online Website: www. sicpublications.comau PO Box 332 Greenwood Western Australia 6924 R.ILC. PUBLICATIONS Email: mail@ricpublications.com.au AUSTRALIAN PRIMARY PUBLISHER OF THE YEAR 2015 AND 2016Developing comprehension skills and word knowledge is a six-book series written to support the teaching, learning and assessment of aspects ofthe three strands of Australian Curriculum English. The books focus equally on comprehension skills ‘and word knowledge using a variety of text types and teaching/leaming methodologies. Tiles in this series are Developing comprehension skills and word knowledge Year 1 * Developing camprehension skills and word knowledge ~ Year 2 Developing comprehension skills and word knowledge ~ Year 3 Developing comprehension skills and word knowledge — Year 4 * Developing comprehension skmMS and word knowledge — Year 5 * Developing comprennsion skilis and Wotd knawiedge £Veear 6, Format of thisiapdks — Teacher, student and assessment pages Text genreBiafd types, and knowledge concepts... dt GN Vil Sgope afid Sequence etal ‘Summéliv@ assessment units ~ Student record sheet ... Formative and summative assessment — Student record sheet The Lake District. Postcards from,Provence Grace O'Malley: Pirate queen The legacy of the Great Iron Horse Chssitied Oninivore2Megetarian? Vegan? AsseSgmefttsSummer at Tregarran House Adam's iacredtbFBjourney The lost village of Lthweldyn The digestive Sygtem New ways of solviiggrime Perfect pedigree pets Resistance Assessment: Rick Riordan... ‘The Hubble Space Telescope .. ‘As war comes On your bike! . - see 94-99 Battle of the Blues 100-105 Anight at the Proms 106-111 Interview from the past — Alfred Sisley .. M2417 Assessment: Fit for ite 118-121 RC Publications? + ricpubliction.com au ......+« Developing comprehension skis and word knowledge (Year 6). {978-1-925431-85-8,Ta SRT coe Teacher pages There are 18 six-page units of work within each book, and three formal summative assessment units, one after every six units. Each of the 18 units relates toa specific genre or text type (fiction and nonfiction) and follows the same format. Teacher page -1 A table of Curriculum links is provided, which lists the content descriptions covered by the text, comprehension ‘and word knowledge student pages with elaboration’s for each description ‘The Definition of terms secti6h includesian)e planation of literary and grammateél terms. Theyare provided to aid the teacher and yét for studfits to lear, although teachers may wisi to usé the information to assist students to undesstand and cOmplete specific activities, Terminology for students isa list of technical literary and grammatical terms included in the unit ‘Students need to Jp understand and use the r =termindlagy to complete theaunit’s activities. Links to ofher ofirriculum areas lists any content relating to Other Jearning areas. This section is omitted from some units, { Suggested reading includes figion an nonfiction backs ani/or cigital mateffal relating to the contaptot the inGuanptes provide detailed teaching points relating to each of the thre. student ages: text; comprehension; and word knowledge. There are also assessment’ attivties ‘an answers, The Teachér information gives the content of | the worksheet actviy and/or any materials the students may weed ‘The Introduction provides-e suggested activity forthe class to complete befefé commencing the worksheet activity. it might invdlyera discussion, retelling the text in sequance or te-f€ading the text in search of specific infomation. » Activities listed in the Development™section might introduce or revise topics and/or suggast items to discuss, all with the aim of aiding students to work on the worksheet activity pages independently, Differentiated individual/paired/group work suggests differentiated additional activities related to the student activity pages. The Review provides opportunities to discuss ‘and/or share work to conclude each less a Developing comprehension skills and word knowledge (Year 6) +++» vn scpubicaons.comay unit. Allthe Answers are provided for the ‘comprehension and word knowledge activity pages. RIC Pubcations® 978-1-925481-86-8uC tem MeL) ce Student pages Student page - 1 indicated. ‘The genre of the fiction or nonfiction text the students are reading is provided. A list of the text genres is on page vii. The artwork illustrates and supports the text. ] ‘Aearrting lodpprovides an opportunity for students to self,assess their reading of the texty Student page -2 eae 8 = The Comprehensidh focus the page is indicated. Comprehension questions. and ' attivities relating to the ext lon | |). | Student Page 7 are. provided. The | | | comprehension questions may jretata tahtext structure or language features agyell as text meaning. The léarning log provides an opportigity forstudents to self- assess atthe éoimipletion of the activites. |_{ The hawledgefocus of the page is {ftjcated Allist oftfie word knowledge concepts covefed is on page vil. Word knowledge questions™and_| activities relating to the text on Student page 1 are provided. The ‘focus is developing word knowledge. The learning log provides an opportunity for students to self-assess at the completion of the activities. ‘The answers are provided on Teacher page 3. LC. Publications? {978-1-925431-85-8,