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World Book Day Skimming and Scanning Task

National Curriculum Objectives
English Y3/4: Identifying main ideas drawn from more than 1 paragraph and summarising these
English Y5/6: Summarising the main ideas drawn from more than 1 paragraph, identifying key details that support the main ideas

Differentiation:

Beginner Find and highlight a given amount of high frequency words in the text. Text includes simple sentences, paragraphs and a range of basic punctuation. Aimed at Year 3 Emerging.

Easy Find and highlight a given amount of high frequency words in the text. Find and highlight a given word and identify how many there are in the text. Text includes simple and compound sentences linked with a range of conjunctions. A range of basic punctuation and paragraphs. Aimed at Year 3 Developing.

Tricky Find and highlight a given amount of high frequency words in the text. Find and highlight a given word and identify how many there are in the text. Answer between 2 and 4 multiple choice questions by highlighting the appropriate evidence. Text includes trickier vocabulary and a wider range of conjunctions and punctuation. Aimed at Year 3 Secure/Year 4 Emerging.

Expert Find and highlight a given amount of words in the text. Find and highlight a given word and identify how many there are in the text. Answer between 4 and 6 multiple choice questions by highlighting the appropriate evidence. Text includes trickier vocabulary, interesting sentence starters and a wider range of conjunctions and punctuation. Aimed at Year 4 Secure/Year 5 Emerging.

Brainbox Find and highlight a given amount of words in the text. Find and highlight a given word and identify how many there are in the text. This could include finding a variety of punctuation. Answer between 6 and 8 multiple choice questions by highlighting the appropriate evidence. Text includes tricky vocabulary, interesting sentence starters, a range of simple, compound and complex sentences and a wide range of punctuation. Aimed at Year 5 Secure/Year 6 Emerging.

Genius Find and highlight a given amount of words in the text. Find and highlight a given word and identify how many there are in the text. This could include finding a variety of punctuation or synonyms. Answer between 8 and 10 multiple choice questions by highlighting the appropriate evidence. Text includes tricky vocabulary, interesting sentence starters, a range of simple, compound and complex sentences and a wide range of punctuation. Aimed at Year 6 Secure.

Worksheets include answers.

Beginner Easy Tricky Expert Brainbox Genius

Skimming and Scanning Task - World Book Day - Beginner (Worksheet)

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Skimming and Scanning Task - World Book Day - Easy (Worksheet)

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