Answering a range of comprehension questions on 'Shackleton's Journey'
I can use evidence in the text to support reasoning.
Answering a range of comprehension questions on 'Shackleton's Journey'
I can use evidence in the text to support reasoning.
Lesson details
Key learning points
- Reading between the lines to search for clues can help to infer meaning.
- Evidence from the text helps us to justify our inferences.
- An impression can be formed from reader’s initial feelings from reading the text, or prior experience.
Common misconception
Impressions can only be formed from what readers have understood from the text.
Explain that impressions can also be based on a reader's prior experience, however reasoning should be supported with factual evidence.
Keywords
Inference - Inference means to use clues from within the text to draw conclusions.
Evidence - Evidence is the information from a text that can support or justify our reasoning.
Impression - An impression refers to initial feelings about a person, place or thing, gained from reading a text.
Content guidance
- Depiction or discussion of violence or suffering
Supervision
Adult supervision required
Licence
This content is © Oak National Academy Limited (2024), licensed on Open Government Licence version 3.0 except where otherwise stated. See Oak's terms & conditions (Collection 2).
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Starter quiz
6 Questions
Exit quiz
6 Questions
to use clues from within the text to draw conclusions
information from a text that can support reasoning
initial feelings about a person, place or thing