Are eSports a Sport? Reading Comprehension Passages – Video Games Activities
Description
What do you think? Are eSports a sport? Explore this topic further with these reading comprehension passages and questions. This activity pack includes a differentiated passage and a week of unique follow-up activities. THIS RESOURCE INCLUDES A FULL DIGITAL PACK.
The differentiated nonfiction reading passages are aimed at Year 5-8). They include a range of text-dependent questions and higher-order thinking tasks. Teach the argument text structure with this passage and set of activities.
Included in this Are eSports a Sport? reading pack:
1. A differentiated passage at two levels (scaffold and extended)
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Are eSports a sport? (argument)
2. SEVEN corresponding NO PREP Higher-Order Thinking Activities
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Remember – reading comprehension text-dependent questions, including making inferences
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Understand – make connections and vocabulary/word work tasks (two pages)
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Analyse – a graphic organiser activity to focus on text structure
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Apply and Evaluate – web-links to dig deeper into the topic, and questions to encourage critical thinking
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Create – design challenges for students to synthesise their knowledge
Reading Comprehension Strategies included:
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Find Facts and Details
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Make Inferences
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Use and Understand Vocabulary
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Summarise
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Synthesise
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Using Prior Knowledge
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Make Predictions
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Make Connections
3. A full digital set, great for Google Classrooms (Google Slides) and Microsoft One Drive.
4. Teacher Answer Key for applicable questions.
5. Two ‘Tips For Use’ pages with ways to use this resource in your classroom.
