Inferences Match Report November 2019

Jasmine Tokoa

WALT: understand the difference between an inferential and literal question

Challenge: Identify the author’s purpose, and language features that help show this.

New Vocabulary During your first reading, share any new words that you do not know the meaning of. Write the word and in brackets put the page number. EG: horrified (23)
commentary(1)	disloyal(1)	greedily(2)	wonky(2)
firmly(1)	grenades(2)	defensive(2)	thrust(2)
distributing(1)	mantlepiece(2)	boundary(2)	gunning(3)
approvingly(1)	shined(2)	Bobbing (2)	Thrust(2)
steadily(1)	beckoning(2)	bitterly(2)	Forcing (1)

WEEK 1 Guided Reading Questions

Pages 2 and 3

Comprehension:

• Page 2: Where did the game take place? What were some of the landmarks around the area? Aurthur Fong Park with the Grey River on your right and Tasman sea on your left. 

• Page 2: Who opened the bowling?

Harry

Inference and Deduction:

• Page 2: Why did G approve of putting Paroa into bat first? Because he called the right toss

• Page 2: Who is G and how old is he? 89 , grandfather

• Page 3: Who is Sandra? Use evidence from the text to support your answer.

Sandra’s G’s relative. She was giving out laundry holding pills for G.

Organisation:

• In what way do the images support and add to the story? Which image does this best on these pages and why? 

Represents their bond and their love for cricket

Which idea in this paragraph is linked to the

next paragraph? They proudly cheer for the same team.

• How could altering the punctuation in this paragraph change the meaning? It can effect the tone of the author

Exploring Language:

• Page 2: ‘…Match reports in tandem…’ What does this phrase mean? Chocolate finger. Find examples of this in the text.