Building understanding of 'Curious Creatures Glowing in the Dark'
I can retrieve information from a non-fiction text to answer questions.
Building understanding of 'Curious Creatures Glowing in the Dark'
I can retrieve information from a non-fiction text to answer questions.
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Key learning points
- Familiarising yourself with a text's layout helps you to navigate and understand it.
- Skimming and scanning is a way to retrieve information accurately and quickly from a text.
- Searching for key words helps you to find information you are looking for.
- Bioluminescence and biofluorescence are two different ways in which creatures produce their glow.
Keywords
Information - facts learned about someone or something
Retrieve - to find information within the text
Bioluminescence - the production and emission of light by a living organism caused by a chemical reaction within it
Biofluorescence - the production and emission of light by a living organism as a result of absorbing ultraviolet light
Common misconception
Pupils may find the keywords from a question and copy out that exact sentence without checking.
Ensure children reread the question and check that their answer answers that question.
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Starter quiz
6 Questions
the way the information is organised on the page
the reason it was written and the desired impact
the readers that the author designs the book for
Exit quiz
6 Questions
to find information within the text
facts learned about someone or something
the production of light caused by a chemical reaction
the production of light as a result of absorbing light