L1 News Qs – Tricky, Trickier and Trickiest

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In this resource: 

  • Complete article texts, with colour images 
  • Glossaries 
  • Three worksheets, each featuring six questions 
  • Answer sheets for teacher, peer or self-marking 
  • Differentiated three ways, with increasingly challenging texts and question formats 

Suitable for: 

  • Lower KS2 (age 7-9) independent, small group or whole-class work 

Outcomes: 

  • Build familiarity with reading short, age-appropriate non-fiction texts 
  • Develop key comprehension skills: retrieval, inference, sequencing, prediction and comparison 
  • Encourage discussion of real-life events and topics 
  • Use a non-fiction text to inspire writing, or encourage discussion 

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