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KS1ReadingVipers

Improvingkeyreading skills

VocabularyInferPredictExplainRetrieveSequence

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Vocabulary

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Drawuponknowledgeofvocabularyinordertounderstandthetext.

Examplequestions

• Whatdoestheword……….meaninthissentence?• Findandcopyawordwhichmeans……….• Whatdoesthiswordorphrasetellyouabout………?• Whichwordinthissectiondoyouthinkisthemost

important?Why?• Whichofthewordsbestdescribesthe

character/setting/moodetc?• Canyouthinkofanyotherwordstheauthorcouldhave

usedtodescribethis?• Whydoyouthink……….isrepeatedinthissection?

Vocabulary

Infer

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Makeinferencesfromthetext.

Examplequestions

• Whywas…….feeling……..?• Whydid………… happen?• Whydid……….say……….?• Canyouexplainwhy……….?• Whatdoyouthinktheauthorintendedwhenthey

said……….?• Howdoes……….makeyoufeel?

Predict

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Predictwhatyouthinkwillhappenbasedontheinformationthatyouhavebeengiven.

Examplequestions

• Lookatthebookcover/blurb– whatdoyouthinkthisbookwillbeabout?

• Whatdoyouthinkwillhappennext?Whatmakesyouthinkthis?

• Howdoesthechoiceofcharacterorsettingaffectwhatwillhappennext?

• Whatishappening?Whatdoyouthinkhappenedbefore?Whatdoyouthinkwillhappenafter?

• Whatdoyouthinkthelastparagraphsuggestswillhappennext?

Explain

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Explainyourpreferences,thoughtsandopinionsaboutthetext.

Examplequestions

• Whoisyourfavouritecharacter?Why?• Whydoyouthinkallthemaincharactersaregirlsinthis

book?• Wouldyouliketoliveinthissetting?Why/whynot?• Isthereanythingyouwouldchangeaboutthisstory?• Doyoulikethistext?Whatdoyoulikeaboutit?

Retrieve

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Identifyandexplainthekeyfeaturesoffictionandnon-fictiontextssuchas:characters,events,titlesand

information.

Examplequestions

• Whatkindoftextisthis?• Whodid…..?• Wheredid…..?• Whendid…..?• Whathappenedwhen…..?• Whydid……..happen?• Howdid…….?• Howmany…..?• Whathappenedto……?

Sequence

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Sequencethekeyeventsinthestory.

Examplequestions

• Canyounumbertheseevents1-5intheorderthattheyhappened?

• Whathappenedafter…….?• Whatwasthefirstthingthathappenedinthestory?• Canyousummariseinasentencethe

opening/middle/endofthestory?• Inwhatorderdothesechapterheadingscomeinthe

story?