G.T. English

Mr. du Preez

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Rules

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Daybook,

Guiding Notes

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Oxford Reading Tree

Assessment

• G.T. Writing Class – 40 out of 200 total marks• Exams –

1. Usually 20 marks for short answer vocabularySkillsBasic Knowledge of the stories we read

2. And 20 marks for a writing composition

– Use what you know and clues from the story to figure out what will happen next.

Active Readers1. Ask Questions

2. Mark the Page

– Ask questions about what happens – Ask where the story happens – Ask what the characters are like… etc.

– Mark, underline, highlight the interesting or important parts.

3. Visualize

4. Predict

– Draw or sketch the pictures you imagine.

• Turn to page one of your Guiding Notes

• Work in pairs to answer the questions.

Active Reading

A prediction is a good guess about what will happen in a story. It is based upon clues an active reader

has picked up from her reading.

Making Predictions