Literacy : Comprehension

Objective : to consider the information text "Insects, Colour and camouflage"  and to answer questions and draw inferences to complete a formal comprehension exercise.

Shared te reading of the the text with the pupils - everybody read at some point.

considered issues around new vocabulary

Identified and discussed features of the genre - information text - non-chronological report

• Sub headings

Considered the questions - reviewed the concept of information retrieval vs inference/deduction

Complerted the comprehension as a shared activity on IWB - modelled the process of developing 1 word answer into full answer. 

Pupils completed the comprehension exercise as individuals.