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This section looks at reading fiction and non fiction texts including adverts, dictionaries and poetry. Learn how to look at language, layout and meaning.

Reading Strategies:

Making Inferences

http://www.studyzone.org/testprep/ela4/o/makinginferencel.cfm

http://www.studyzone.org/testprep/ela4/h/inferchar.cfm

http://www.tv411.org/reading/understanding-what-you-read/strategies-better-reading

Reading different genres tips: Poetry

A poem uses imaginative language to express feelings and ideas. There are many types of poetry, and not all of them rhyme.

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Deduction activity

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/teachers/ks2_activities/english/deduction.shtml

Reading different genres tips: Deduction

There are many types of writing, by thinking about what the author wants a piece of writing to do (its purpose) you can better decide how to read it.

Remember to look at any pictures, charts, graphs and other features too. Take in all the information you're given to learn as much as you can.

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Dictionaries

Interactive video on dictionaries.

How to use a dictionary

A dictionary is a list of words or phrases and their meanings (definitions) arranged in alphabetical order.

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Non Fiction - how to find information

People read for different reasons. Some people read for enjoyment, others read to find information.

If you want to find a piece of information in a non fiction text, you could read the whole piece of writing. Or, you could skim and scan the writing to find the key words and phrases relating to what you want to know.

COMPREHENSION-Read the following, answer the questions and then make up three questions of your own.

By The Water

http://readtheory.org/intermediate/By_the_Water.htm

A Cold Day

http://readtheory.org/intermediate/A_Cold_Day.htm

Vet Emergency!

http://readtheory.org/intermediate/Vet_Emergency.htm

Late

http://readtheory.org/intermediate/Late.htm

Time with Grandpa

http://readtheory.org/intermediate/Time_With_Grandpa.htm

The Park

http://readtheory.org/intermediate/The_Park.htm

Worth Working For

http://readtheory.org/intermediate/Worth_Working_For.htm

The Brenners

http://readtheory.org/intermediate/The_Brenners.htm

The New School

http://readtheory.org/intermediate/The_New_School.htm

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