Name: _______________________ Date: _______________________
All About Alphabets
today
never
ox
alphabet
different
old
called
capital
Meaning
Word
Page
not new
on this day
named
not alike
a set of letters or pictures that people
use to read and write
not ever
a large cow-like animal with horns
another word for an upper case letter
Aim: To develop the use of meaning
Activity: Choose words from the box to match a definition in the “meaning” column.
Then find the word in the text and record the page number.
Text: All About Alphabets (information report)
Stage of reader: Transitional (GR Levels 12–14)
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Name: _______________________ Date: _______________________
All About Alphabets
1
An alphabet are a set of letters or pictures that people use to read and write.
These picture are also from a very old alphabet.
Yesterday, you can see the ox horns at the bottom of the English letter A.
It has pictures, no letters.
The English alphabet had upper and lower case letters.
Some letters look the same if you flip it upside down.
2
ox
,
had
picture
horns
a
First
.
a
alphabet
very
an
old
of
with
Aim: To develop the use of structure
Activity:
1 Each sentence has an error. Rewrite it correctly.
2 Use each word and punctuation mark to write a sentence from the text.
Text: All About Alphabets (information report)
Stage of reader: Transitional (GR Levels 12–14)
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Name: _______________________ Date: _______________________
All About Alphabets
1 Use the letters in the box to make 6 words from the text. Each letter can be
used more than once.
b
i
r
p
d
o
t
e
w
x
h
a
l
s
v
2 Add “ay” or “a” to compete each word.
m___de
tod___
w___ves
sh___pes
s___
n___mes
ch___nged
w___s
3 Find and write words in the text with:
2 letters
3 letters
4 letters
5 letters
6 letters
Aim: To develop the use of visual
Activity:
1
Make words from the text using letters in the box. Each letter can be used more than once.
2
Write “ay” or “a” to complete each word.
3
Write words from the text with the number of letters listed.
Text: All About Alphabets (information report)
Stage of reader: Transitional (GR Levels 12–14)
© Oxford University Press 2013. This sheet may be copied and modified for non-commercial classroom use.