Includes: two elaboration prompts posters
Focus: supporting students to explain their thinking and add detail to their ideas
In our new book, The Reading Book, we promote the idea of using a range of texts for shared reading, including digital texts.
Here are some great visual texts that could be used for shared reading with middle and senior students:
Students could watch these videos and try to recall interesting facts. On second viewing, they could take notes and then compare their notes in small groups. The video or part of the video would also be a great motivation for writing.
The RNZ digital article '"The cutest sheep in the world" turns heads in Christchurch' can also be used for shared reading with middle and senior students.
Includes: two elaboration prompts posters
Focus: supporting students to explain their thinking and add detail to their ideas
Includes: a lesson plan and student exemplar poems about mum and dad
Focus: poetry
Includes: a template and an exemplar
Focus: creating meaning using a selection of random words
