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Reading, Thinking: Book 2

Using higher order thinking and multiple intelligences in reading

  • By
  • Helen Robinson

Reproducible comprehension and inferential activities plus higher order thinking activities for year 4 students.

Units of work address a wide range of both factual and literary texts and questions ask students to remember, understand, apply, analyse, evaluate and create. Additional activities encourage open-ended questioning techniques, discovery learning, freedom of choice, group interaction and variation in pacing.

Ages: 8-9 | Pages: 88 | Code: TS0196 | ISBN: 9781921454882

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Contents

Acknowledgments4
Introduction
Text types5
Bloom’s taxonomy revised5
Gardner’s multiple intelligences7
The Reading & Thinking units8
Extension activities9
Units
1 Narrative - Abracadabra10
2 Procedure - Balloon Games12
3 Recount - I’m A Barbie Girl – In a Barbie World14
4 Description - Harry Potter Who Am I?16
5 Report - Kangaroos18
6 Explanation - Helmets Save Lives20
7 Discussion - A Child’s Best Friend?22
8 Review - What Are You So Grumpy About?24
9 Exposition - The Revenge of the Bush Bilby26
10 Narrative - Tikki Tikki Tembo28
11 Procedure - Chocolate Fudge30
12 Recount - War Against the ‘Flying Rat’32
13 Description - What Makes a Bully?34
14 Report - Giraffes36
15 Explanation - Wild Whirling Winds38
16 Discussion - Willy Wonka’s Canteen40
17 Review - Freckle Juice42
18 Exposition - Team Sports Are Terrific44
19 Narrative - Two Brothers and the Pointer Stars46
20 Procedure - Bubble Jelly48
21 Recount - McFast Food Conquers the World50
22 Description - My Mother Says I’m Sickening52
23 Report - Life on the Net54
24 Explanation - Rainbows56
25 Discussion - What Makes a Hero?58
26 Review - Who Killed Mr Burns?60
27 Exposition - Sensational Swimming62
Extension activities
Student-centred comprehension – question stems64
Multiple intelligence matrixes / activities70
Multiple intelligence inventory78
Answers80