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Comprehension Smart for Years 7-9

Activities to consolidate core language skills

This Grammar and Comprehension Smart series is designed to fit in with any classroom-based English programme. The activities are an opportunity to explore and practise important skills and strategies in areas, such as parts of speech, punctuation, word knowledge, and dictionary and thesaurus skills. Explanations and examples of different aspects of grammar and comprehension provide further learning support, while learning intentions with each activity enhance students' sense of purpose and direction.

Ages: 11-13 | Pages: 64 | Code: 5899 | ISBN: 9781776551156

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Caroline Mulholland

Caroline Mulholland is an experienced teacher and author. She has taught in New Zealand and the United Kingdom. When not teaching or writing, she is a busy mother of two. Her two children Emma and Jack are both her biggest fans and harshest critics and enjoy helping to test out her new books and to ensure there is plenty of fun alongside the learning activities. They particularly like trying any type of science experiments and activities that involve code cracking and logic skill.

Contents

Introduction4
Curriculum links4
Increase your word knowledge6
Focus on compound words6
Focus on synonyms and antonyms8
Focus on homonyms, homographs and homophones12
Focus on singular and plural16
Focus on abbreviations19
Focus on similes21
Focus on metaphors23
Expand your word skills25
Using a dictionary25
Using a thesaurus29
Focus on alphabetical order32
Focus on prefixes34
Focus on suffixes36
Consolidate your comprehension skills38
Reading is a gift38
Waitangi Day then and now40
Recipes43
Keep informed about koalas45
The Sydney Opera House: world-famous landmark48
The fabulous pyramids of Giza51
Spotlight on Fred Hollows54
The history of the Anzac biscuit57
Selected answers60