Year 6 - English
Answering a range of comprehension questions on 'Shackleton's Journey'
'Shackleton's Journey': reading
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Unit Summary
In this unit, pupils read and explore the non-fiction picturebook text, 'Shackleton's Journey'. They explore the context of the Antarctic expedition and examine the layout features of the text. Finally, pupils answer a range of comprehension questions and engage with the key themes.
Lesson Summary
You will learn to use evidence in the text to support reasoning.
Key Notes
- Reading between the lines to search for clues can help to infer meaning.
- Evidence from the text helps us to justify our inferences.
- An impression can be formed from reader's initial feelings from reading the text, or prior experience.
Vocabulary To Learn
- inference: Inference means to use clues from within the text to draw conclusions.
- evidence: Evidence is the information from a text that can support or justify our reasoning.
- impression: An impression refers to initial feelings about a person, place or thing, gained from reading a text.
Common Mistakes To Avoid
- Impressions can only be formed from what readers have understood from the text.
3 Quick Questions (With Answers)
1. Explain this English learning goal in two key points.
Reading between the lines to search for clues can help to infer meaning. Evidence from the text helps us to justify our inferences.
2. Define this language term and use it in a sentence. 'inference'
Inference means to use clues from within the text to draw conclusions.
3. Correct this common English misunderstanding.
Mistake: Impressions can only be formed from what readers have understood from the text. Correction: Explain that impressions can also be based on a reader's prior experience, however reasoning should be supported with factual evidence.
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