IMPORTANT - PLEASE READ: This topic consists of a number of activities. Some activities are supported by exercises on paper which can be downloaded and printed out, others are onscreen and interactive. The activities are designed to be followed sequentially, as each activity builds on content and language knowledge acquired in the previous activity.
N.B. You should download and print any paper-based resource that goes with the web page it supports before going to the web page
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Activities marked with asterisk (*) need Macromedia's Shockwave Player to work. This is free software and can be easily downloaded HERE from the NSW DET site (NSW DET schools only). |
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ACTIVITIES:
Links to activities and descriptions of activites are set out in the grid below.
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Spelling/comprehension activity. Students spell words from onscreen text. Computer prompts students with the correct letter if an error is made. |
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Definition activity of technical words related to the topic. Students must select words from a list of technical words to match a definition. |
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Academic language activity featuring concise language substitution exercises, nominilisation etc. |
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Extension activity using various verb forms from the text. |
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True or false activity. Comprehension based on text. |
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Multiple choice activity. Exercises requiring deeper reading and understanding of the text. Also features visual literacy questions to do with diagrams used in text.
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Cloze passage using revising language features covered so far. |
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Sentence completion exercise. Using logical connectives etc. |
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Guided writing activity to produce an information report. This exercise models and provides a joint construction exercise for this text type. |
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Diagram completion exercise. Students use information contained in the diagram to write an independent information report. |
