School Journal Level 3 November 2024 Reading Activities
Description
We’ve put together a set of reading response activities for the NZ School Journal Level 3 November 2024. Our School Journal Level 2 November 2024 Activities resource has everything you need to dive into the story and articles within this publication. There are some great articles and stories about identity within this School journal! Both a paper-based and digital option are included so you can use this in the way that suits you best – great for distance learning.
The NZ School Journal Level 3 November 2024 texts that we have featured are:
- Superhero (personal essay – identity, Niuean culture, Pacific Islands culture)
- Worms Are Wonderful (article)
- Ayda Bang and the William Pike Challenge (article – challenges, disabilities, resilience)
- Five People Talk About Identity (article – identity)
- Burnt Toast (story – identity, empathy, resilience)
- The Duel – The Next Generation (third story in The Duel series – AI themed)
You receive:
1. Six x Lesson plans
A lesson plan is provided for each story or article covered in this resource
2. Six x Follow Up Activity Sheets
A one-page activity sheet is provided for each story or article covered in this resource.
Each activity sheet contains a range of reading comprehension strategies including:
- Use prior knowledge
- Monitoring comprehension
- Understand vocabulary using context clues
- Make inferences using evidence
- Make connections
- Summarise and draw conclusions
- Visualise
a) Apply Your Knowledge links
These links provide further activities and ideas to help students explore the topic of the story or article further. QR codes and web links are provided so students can visit websites, and watch video clips.
b) Creative/Design activities
These activities challenge students to use higher-order thinking to synthesise their knowledge and create something new.
3. Paper-based and digital activities are provided
This resource is provided in both paper-based and digital form (Google Slides).
