Preface
This new series has been developed to respond to teachers’ demands for a series
that follows the style of Badger Comprehension, but with simpler questions, and an
interactive whiteboard component.
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The texts have been selected by the following criteria:
● Range of text types by year and term following the National Literacy Strategy
● Each text is entirely authentic, with no adaptations made from the original source
● Each extract makes complete sense as a page
● Full sources supplied, so that readers can progress to the full text
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The activities have been devised to cover the following range of responses:
● Teachers’ modelling a parallel text on the whiteboard, before introducing the
pupils’ text
● Interactive involvement of the pupils in e.g. highlighting parts of the text
● Text level questions relating to fiction and non-fiction text types and their features
● Sentence and word level questions covering grammatical awareness and
vocabulary extension
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The teacher’s books and CD Roms offer all the support you need for modelling the
interactive texts, with links to NLS objectives, and QCA assessment focuses.
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Badger Publishing Limited
15 Wedgwood Gate, Pin Green Industrial Estate,
Stevenage, Hertfordshire SG1 4QF
Telephone: 01438 356907. Fax: 01438 747015.
www.badger-publishing.co.uk
enquiries@badger-publishing.co.uk
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Badger Comprehension Interactive Pupil Book 4A
ISBN 1 84424 793 7
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The right of Wiltshire County Council to be identified as Author of this Work has been asserted by them in
accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988.
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Text extracts – see page 32 © individual copyright holders 2006
Additional text © Wiltshire County Council 2006
Complete work © Badger Publishing Limited 2006
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All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in any form or by any means
mechanical, electronic, recording or otherwise without prior permission of the publisher.
Publisher: David Jamieson
Editor: Brenda Stones
Design and layout: Lodestone Publishing Limited; www.lodestonepublishing.com
Printed in Singapore.
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Contents
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Text type
Text
Poetry
Poem based on school
Excuses
Fiction
Playscript
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
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Fiction
Instructions
Revolting Recipe
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Fiction
Historical story
Fair’s Fair
10
Non-fiction
Newspaper report
Funday Times
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Bones
16
Fantasy adventure
Ice Palace
18
Information text
Rainforest
20
Raising issues
Nitshill Road
22
Epitaph
Marmalade
24
Persuasive leaflet
Wildwalk
26
Mariana and the Merchild
28
Ancient Rome
30
Non-fiction
Explanation
Fiction
Non-fiction
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Story from another culture
Information book linked
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Different cultures
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Revolting Recipe
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Here is Roald Dahl again, giving you instructions for making something
really revolting…
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Text level
1 How do you know what the outcome of the recipe will be?
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2 What quantity of ‘Scrambled Dregs’ will be made?
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3 What is the purpose of the ‘You Will Need’ section?
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4 Why is each step numbered?
5 Change the NB comment at the end to make it a 5th instruction.
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6 What additional sub-headings might be useful?
1 What does the name of the dish refer to?
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2 What is meant by ‘Season to taste’?
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3 Write down the 3 imperative verbs in Step 4.
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4 What other equipment should be included under ‘You Will Need’?
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Funday Times
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This is a children’s newspaper report about a game reserve.
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Text level
1 Where can the Shamwari Game Reserve be found?
3 What is the purpose of the circular text box?
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2 What happened about 150 years ago on the Eastern Cape?
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5 What is the report persuading you to do?
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4 What do you think is the key message of the report?
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6 This report includes fact and opinion. Find an example of each.
1 What does ‘eradicated’ mean?
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2 Look at the colours used for the text boxes. Why do you think these
colours were chosen?
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3 Lyndal’s comments form a large part of the report. Quote two words
the writer uses instead of ‘said’.
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4 What does Lyndal mean by ‘the last piece of the jigsaw is in place’?
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Preface
This new series has been developed to respond to teachers’ demands for a series
that follows the style of Badger Comprehension, but with simpler questions, and an
interactive whiteboard component.
ar
ni
ng
The texts have been selected by the following criteria:
● Range of text types by year and term following the National Literacy Strategy
● Each text is entirely authentic, with no adaptations made from the original source
● Each extract makes complete sense as a page
● Full sources supplied, so that readers can progress to the full text
dg
er
Le
The activities have been devised to cover the following range of responses:
● Teachers’ modelling a parallel text on the whiteboard, before introducing the
pupils’ text
● Interactive involvement of the pupils in e.g. highlighting parts of the text
● Text level questions relating to fiction and non-fiction text types and their features
● Sentence and word level questions covering grammatical awareness and
vocabulary extension
©
Ba
The teacher’s books and CD Roms offer all the support you need for modelling the
interactive texts, with links to NLS objectives, and QCA assessment focuses.
Pa
ge
Badger Publishing Limited
15 Wedgwood Gate, Pin Green Industrial Estate,
Stevenage, Hertfordshire SG1 4QF
Telephone: 01438 356907. Fax: 01438 747015.
www.badger-publishing.co.uk
enquiries@badger-publishing.co.uk
e
Badger Comprehension Interactive Pupil Book 5A
ISBN 1 84424 794 5
pl
The right of Wiltshire County Council to be identified as Author of this Work has been asserted by them in
accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988.
am
Text extracts – see page 32 © individual copyright holders 2006
Additional text © Wiltshire County Council 2006
Complete work © Badger Publishing Limited 2006
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All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in any form or by any means
mechanical, electronic, recording or otherwise without prior permission of the publisher.
Publisher: David Jamieson
Editor: Brenda Stones
Design and layout: Lodestone Publishing Limited; www.lodestonepublishing.com
Printed in Singapore.
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Contents
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Text type
Text
Fiction
Ghost story
The Rivals
Fiction
Playscript
Ernie’s Incredible Illucinations
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Fiction
Classic novel
Wind in the Willows
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Poetry
Concrete poem
Inside the Egg
10
Fiction
Diary recount
Adrian Mole
Non-fiction
Instructions
In an emergency
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Fiction
Traditional tale
The Bear and the Fox
16
Poetry
Classic poem
Matilda
18
Non-fiction
Biography
Harry Houdini
20
Non-fiction
Explanation
Ecosystem
22
Story from another culture
Those Darn Flies!
24
Performance poem
The Magic Wood
26
Reference
Thesaurus
28
Persuasive text
Travel brochure
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In an emergency
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These safety instructions appear in a magazine for train travellers.
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1 What is the first instruction given in the introduction?
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2 Where can travellers get more information?
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3 Why are the instructions illustrated by pictures?
5 Why are some parts of the text in bold?
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4 What is the purpose of the numbered boxes?
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6 Why has the illustrator kept the pictures simple, and with
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1 Why are so many imperative verbs used in the instructions?
2 What word could be used instead of ‘locate’?
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3 How have the sentences been written to make the instructions clear?
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4 What is meant by ‘on-train team’?
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Ecosystem
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This explanation is posted on a website for exam revision…
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1 Which is the question that could be answered by this explanation?
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2 What is the purpose of the first two sentences?
3 How do the three bullet points link to the diagram below them?
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4 Explain what decomposers do.
5 How many different decomposers are mentioned?
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6 How does the diagram help the reader to understand what an
ecosystem is?
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1 Explain what ‘Note’ means in the second sentence.
2 Which words in the text show that you read it in a particular order?
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3 What word could be used instead of ‘inhabit’?
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4 Why do you think that ‘fungi’ and ‘larvae’ have unusual plural
endings?
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