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Reading: range of types of texts

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read poems

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read/use index/contents pages; dictionaries/bibliographies; classification systems etc.

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read playscripts

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read information texts

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read instructional texts

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read letters

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read reports (newspaper reports; non-chronological reports)

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read explanatory texts

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read arguments/discussions; advertisements/persuasive texts

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widen reading experience

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read recounted texts

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read examples of word play

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read/use notes

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read a range of texts from different cultures

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older literature

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read biography and autobiography

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compare written version of story/play with film/TV version

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read periodicals, reviews, reports, leaflets

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read a range of literary texts

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read examples of official language

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study in depth one genre

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read a range of non-fiction texts

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Reading skills/strategies - skimming, scanning, close reading, appraising text

"scaning" to locate information quickly and accurately

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strategies for reading IT texts

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scan texts for key words or phrases

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describe/review own reading habits

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develop active attitude to reading

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scanning; skimming; close reading

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to appraise a text quickly and effectively

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scanning/skimming for efficient research

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Reading: research skills

use contents, index, headings, sub-headings, page nos., bibliographies

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locate books by their classification

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prepare for research by reviewing what is known/what they need to find out etc.

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locate information confidently and efficiently

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text-marking

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Reading

keeping a reading log/journal

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Reading: readers‘ response/writing in response to texts read

make a record of information from texts read

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express their views about story/poem, identify words/phrases to support view

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describe/sequence key incidents of a story in a variety of ways

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write book reviews for a specified audience

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evaluate stories, justify preferences

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re-tell main points of a story

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review a range of stories

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appraise a non-fiction book

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write about an issue or dilemma raised in a story

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discuss enduring appeal of established authors/‘classic’ texts

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evaluate a book, referring to details/examples

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compare different versions of the same story

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compare/evaluate different sources

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consider/evaluate cultural features in relation to own experience

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identify cultural features by reference to the text

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evaluate texts for persuasiveness, clarity, quality of information

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write discursively about a novel/story

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compare/evaluate printed version with film/TV version

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discuss literature constructively; articulate personal responses

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success of texts/writers in evoking particular responses

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discuss writers choice of style and form

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write book summaries, relevant to purpose; brief synopsis of a text

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write brief helpful review tailored for real audience

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raise & refine personal responses to a text

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Recounts

reading, investigating, writing*

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Reports (including non-chronological reports; newspaper reports)

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Stories

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stories - story settings: investigating and writing*

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stories - characters in stories*

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stories - point of view/narrative view*

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Summarising

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Terms

‘fact’, ‘fiction’, ‘non-fiction’

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fact and opinion

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ballad, sonnet, rap, elegy, narrative poem

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verse, chorus, couplet, stanza, rhyme, rhythm, alliteration

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