Word Reading

AFW

• An ellipsis / bracket / apostrophe /semi-colon / colon / dash is used on page ….. It has been used because….

Comprehension

Fiction

AFC

• Summarise the story in five sentences.
• Draw a story map of the main events.
• The character changed in the story because….
• I enjoyed the character of………because…
• I did not like the character of ……because
• The most exciting/scary/funny part of the book was when…because…
• The part of the story I did not enjoy was when…..because……
• Describe the appearance and personality of a character from the book and how this affects the events.
• A new word I read was ……… and it means…
• A fact in this book was that……An opinion in this book was that …

Comprehension

Non-Fiction

AFC

• I found out that…I also found out that…
• The most interesting facts were that…
• Make a table to collate information about one aspect of the book e.g. one country, animal.  
• A fact in this book was that……An opinion in this book was that …

Inference

AFI

• The message / moral in this book was…
• The author was trying to persuade the reader that…
• I could tell something good / awful / scary was going to happen because it said…… on page…. It also said ….. on page ….(Refer to different parts in the story)

Language for Effect

AFLE

• The author uses irony / sarcasm / insincerity / mockery on page……when he writes…..
• A word I liked in the book was...It means…
• An example of figurative language used in the book was……..

Themes and Conventions

AFT

• A caption explains………….There is a caption on page….
• A label names …………There is a label on page ……
• The contents page………..
• The glossary explains……….In this book ……is in the glossary and it means………
• The Title tells the reader……
• A subtitle tells the reader………There is one on page…
• The genre of this book is……
• I liked the opening / ending of this book because….
• A turning point in the story was when…because…
• There was a flashback / flash-forward in the story on page….. I

thought this was effective because….