New Zealand Authors Reading Comprehension Passages and Questions
Description
Learn about notable New Zealand authors: Patricia Grace, Keri Hulme, Witi Ihimaera and Alan Duff. Improve reading comprehension in your classroom with our differentiated close reading passages and questions. Also useful to integrate into a financial literacy unit.
This pack includes FOUR Year Five – Year Eight non-fiction passages with six pages of engaging text-dependent questions and higher-order thinking tasks. These activities are great for your guided reading program, or as homework tasks.
In this New Zealand authors pack you will receive:
1. Four texts – all with an extended and scaffold version:
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Patricia Grace
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Keri Hulme
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Witi Ihimaera
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Alan Duff
2. SIX corresponding NO PREP Higher Order Thinking Activities based on Blooms Taxonomy and aligned with the NZ Curriculum
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Remember
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Understand
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Apply
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Analyse
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Evaluate
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Create
3. Graphic Organiser and Activity Examples
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Information Web
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Main Idea
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Large Billboard
4. Teacher Answer Key for applicable questions
5. Two ‘Tips For Use’ pages with ways to use this resource in your classroom.













