Success Criteria: Extend your thinking:

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1 Discussin Directr Yur jb is t invlve thers in cnversatin abut the text by getting them t think and talk abut the BIG IDEAS in the chapter/ sectin they have just read. Cmpse 5 questins that yu want t discuss with yur grup. Yur questins shuld have answers that d nt cme directly frm the text, but are based n yur grup members feelings, thughts and pinins. Remember t use part f the questin in yur answer. One sentence respnses are NOT apprpriate. What if What d yu predict Hw is this like Why did the authr write Hw wuld yu feel if What wuld yu d in (this) situatin? Hw d the characters relate t Discussin Directr Prmpts What was ging thrugh yur mind while yu read this? Hw did yu feel while reading this part f the bk? Can smene summarise briefly? Did tday s reading remind yu f any real-life experiences? What questins did yu have when yu finished this sectin/ chapter? What are ne r tw f the mst imprtant ideas? 1) Write at least 5 questins where the answers d nt cme directly frm the text. 2) Write yur respnse t the questins in full sentences. 3) Everyne in the grup is encuraged t share and justify their ideas. 4) Yu are invlved in the discussin nt just talking abut the questins. Extend yur thinking: 1) Create questins that cme frm the different questining categries a) Hidden think and search b) Head what yu knw + wrld c) Heart feeling, emtins & pinins 2) Create clues fr the questins t help thers understand it. 3) Write mre than 5 questins

2 Literary Luminary Yur jb is t lcate a few special sectins f the text that yu think yur grup wuld like t read alud and discuss. Lcate at least 3 special passages in the text. Identify and justify why it is a special cmpnent f the text. Yu decide which passages r paragraphs are wrth reading. Yu can read the passages alud yurself, r ask a member f the grup t read them, then discuss them as a grup. Passage Write dwn the key passage & the page number it can be fund n. Reasn Identify the reasn fr picking the passage. Justify why yu think this. Literary Luminary Prmpts Reasns fr picking a passage: Imprtant, funny, cntrversial, surprising, cnfusing, infrmative, wellwritten, thught-prvking, gd use f dialgue, creates a gd md, shws a particular character trait, pwerful, puzzling, imprtant t the text (the text wuld nt be the same withut it). 1) Lcate at least 3 special passages frm the text. 2) Write dwn the key passage and the page it can be fund n in the text. 3) Identify yur reasn fr picking each passage. 4) Justify why yu think this using full sentences. 5) Read the passage with feeling like yu are in a mvie 6) Discuss the passage with the grup. Extend yur thinking: 1) Lcate mre than 3 passages in the text. 2) Chse passages fr different reasns. 3) Use the thinking rutine HEADLINES t identify the big idea r imprtant theme. Write a headline fr this passage that summarises and captures a key aspect that yu feel is significant and imprtant.

3 Wrd Wizard Yur jb is t lk fr special wrds r phrases in the reading selectin. Wrds that are new, interesting, different, funny, strange, imprtant, difficult. Lcate at least 5 wrds in the text that yu dn t understand, that are interesting r that thers may find challenging. Explain these wrds t the grup s that they will understand them. Wrd Page Sentence Definitin 1) Lcate at least 5 wrds frm the text. 2) Write the sentence where yu fund the wrd in the text, including the page number. 3) Find the apprpriate meaning f the wrd in cntext. 4) Write in yur wn wrds what that wrd means in that sentence in the text. Extend yur thinking: 1) Lcate mre than 5 wrds. 2) Lcate synnyms fr the wrds. Synnym must be used in the same cntext as the bk. 3) Create yur wn sentence fr each wrd.

4 Artful Artist Yur jb is t chse ne f the three ptins belw t shw yur understanding f the text as a visual representatin. Illustratin: 1) Prepare an illustratin f a key sectin f the text yu have just read. 2) Yu might draw a character, a mment r a setting. 3) Justify why this part f the text is a key sectin f the text. 1) My illustratin is clear and easy t understand. 2) My illustratin reflects what is imprtant in the stry. 3) I can justify my chice f illustratin. Mapping: 1) Cnstruct a map that shws where the events tk place in the sectin f text yu have just read. 2) Label when and where they happened. 3) Remember a setting may be inside a building, city, cuntry r whle cntinent. 1) Use arrws t shw where events tk place. 2) Imprtant places are included. 3) The map is labelled t make it clear. Strybard: 1) Using pictures, create a strybard that shws the sequence f events in the sectin yu have just read. 2) Identify each illustratin using key wrds r a heading. 3) Include at least fur images in the sequence. 1) Pictures are in rder. 2) Includes clear illustratins s it is easily understd. 3) 4 r mre pictures in the sequence. 4) The main pints are represented.

5 Character Captain Yur jb is t explain the thinking f a character and the rle they have played in a sectin f the stry. Chse1 character frm this sectin f the text. Explain hw this character has develped ver time. 1) Written at least a paragraph (5-6 sentences). 2) Explain the sectin f the stry frm the character s pint f view. 3) Shw hw yur chsen character is integral t the stry. 4) Use key wrds r qutes t supprt yur pint f view. Put yurself in the character s shes and explain the sectin f the stry frm the character s pint f view. Cnsider wh is the mst influential character, and then: Hw the character is feeling and why. Hw the character reacts t different events. Hw the character interacts with ther characters. What the character thinks abut what thers have dne. Extend yur thinking: 1) Share yur thughts n what yu thught abut the character s thinking. d yu agree with what they did? 2) Draw a picture f yur character. 3) If there was t be a mvie made abut yur bk, wh d yu think wuld play yur character? Explain why? 4) Use the thinking rutine Clur, Symbl, Image t best represent yur character. What clur best represents them? What symbl best depicts them? If they were an image what wuld they be?

6 Clever Cnnectr Yur jb is t make cnnectins with ther texts, authrs, mvies and life experiences. Make a cnnectin t what yu have read in the text t smething that yu have seen r experienced befre. Try t cnnect it t: Smething in yur wn life Text t Self This part reminds me f I remember when I felt like (character) when I think I wuld have felt differently frm because This is different frm my life because Anther bk/ mvie/ TV shw/ Advertisement Text t Text This reminds me f anther bk I read This makes me think abut the time when A character wh is like is frm the bk. They are similar because Smething ccurring in the wrld Text t Wrld Similar things happen in the real wrld, like when This is different frm things that happen in the real wrld because I read a bk/article nce that talked abut.. This relates t the text because 1) Write at least a paragraph sharing yur cnnectins (5-6 sentences). 2) Give at least tw pieces f evidence (examples frm the bk) t supprt yur cnnectin and make links t the pages in the bk where the evidence is. 3) Yu prmpt thers t think s that they add t yur ideas and share their wn cnnectins. Extend yur thinking: 1) Draw an illustratin f yur experiences and write dwn the similarities with the bk. 2) Find multiple cnnectins. Yu might like t find cnnectins in all three categries. 3) Use a prcedure/ rganiser t recrd and cmpare yur cnnectins t what has happened in the text. 4) Use the thinking rutine Cnnect, Extend, Challenge t explre cnnectins. Hw did this text cnnect t what yu already knew? What new ideas r cnnectins did yu make that extended r bradened yur thinking in new directins? What challenges r puzzles have cme up in yur mind frm reading this text?

7 Summariser Yur jb is t identify the mst imprtant ideas in the text. Write a summary f this part f the text in yur wn wrds. Ask yurself: 1) Write at least a paragraph (5-6 sentences). 2) Demnstrate an understanding f what ccurs in this part f the text. 3) Is written in yur wn wrds. 4) Include the imprtant parts f the stry in sequence 5) Give yur pinins f the bk s that peple can reflect and share their thughts and understandings. Have I included all the key infrmatin? Hw can I include all the imprtant infrmatin? Is the summary frm the right part f the bk? What is the main idea f this bk? What is the authr s intentin? Wh are the main characters? What is the setting? When? Where? Why? What part d I like the mst? Is my summary crrectly sequenced? Have I used descriptive wrds? Can I imprve the wrds I have used? Is there a mral r message the authr is trying t get acrss t the reader? Extend yur thinking: 1) Include qutes t supprt yur summary 2) Include the mral and meaning f the stry 3) Include the authr s purpse fr writing the text imaginative, infrmative r persuasive 4) Use the thinking rutine Sentence, Phrase, Wrd t review the text yu have just read. Select a: Sentence that was meaningful t yu, that yu felt captures a cre idea f the text. Phrase that mved, engaged r prvked yu. Wrd that captured yur attentin r struck yu as pwerful. Discuss chices as a grup and reflect n the emerging themes, predictins drawn etc.