Famous New Zealanders Reading Comprehension Passages and Questions

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Description

Learn about the notable New Zealand heroes on our banknotes: Sir Edmund Hillary, Kate Sheppard, Sir Apirana Ngata and Ernest Rutherford with our Famous New Zealanders Reading Comprehension pack. Improve reading comprehension in your classroom with our differentiated close reading passages and questions. This pack includes four Year 5 – Year 8 non-fiction passages with six pages of engaging text-dependent questions and higher-order thinking tasks.

In this Famous New Zealanders Reading Comprehension pack you will receive:

1. Four texts – all with an extended and scaffold version:

  • Sir Edmund Hillary
  • Kate Sheppard
  • Sir Apirana Ngata
  • Ernest Rutherford

 

2. SIX corresponding NO PREP Higher Order Thinking Activities based on Blooms Taxonomy and aligned with the NZ Curriculum

  • Remember
  • Understand
  • Apply
  • Analyse
  • Evaluate
  • Create

 

3. Graphic Organiser and Activity Examples

  • Information Web
  • Timeline
  • Main Idea
  • Mini Booklet
  • Large Billboard

4. Teacher Answer Key for applicable questions

5. Two ‘Tips For Use’ pages with ways to use this resource in your classroom.

What this resource is all about:

The purpose of this resource is to provide ready-to-go texts and engaging higher order thinking questions.

This resource is jam-packed with exciting, thought-provoking activities to grab your students’ attention AND hold it. The activities begin at the lower levels of Blooms Taxonomy (Remember, Understand, Apply) and move through to the higher levels (Analyse, Evaluate, Create).

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