Purpose for reading and WALT: Reading for information, Skimming and scanning for infomation.

identifying the specific language features and structures of many common continuous and non-continuous text types (including mixed text types).

The King

We are at a very important moment in our history. The last Coronation of a King or Queen happened back on the 2nd of June 1953, 70 years ago. Hillary had just become the first man to stand on the summit of Everest, the Korean War had ended, bread cost 16 cents a loaf and petrol was 22 cents a litre.

If you don't know much about King Charles the 3rd, here are ten interesting facts about him. Open Canva and put them in the order you think is most important from 1 to ten on an Infographic type poster. Find a few really good images to put on the Infographic with it. Make sure this is finally placed onto a google doc or turned into a PDF so you can store and share it on Drive. (Make sure it is shared with all.

King Charles III facts - National Geographic KidsFacts about King Charles III: Check out these fun facts, including the King's hobbies, family and life before the crown!

King Charles III - Early Life, Marriages, CoronationKing Charles III is the 62nd British monarch to serve over the past 1,200 years. He ascended to the throne following the death of his mother, Queen Elizabeth II.

Skimming and Scanning is a useful technique to find information in text. We have done this in group work and we know that there are some hints, tips an cheats to make this work better.

Can you remember others.

The topic sentence will be at the top of the paragraph, this will give you a rough idea of what is in the paragraph. Also read the last sentence as this may sum up or build on the next paragraph.
Scan over the paragraphs looking for important words.
Once you have found important words read those sentences.
Look at headings or subtitles.

Terminology, Vocabularly - Look at this Presentation, Make a list of new terminology and words that you didn't know the meaning of. Make your own mini Glossary/Dictionary with the important words that will be used in this Coronation. So when you watch some of the coverage you will understand. Share this with everyone and use it in a blog.

Look up the words here Kids Dictionary

Or here. Another kids Dictionary.

PowerPoint Presentation_What is a Coronation.pdf

Interesting News .

Read and do the first two 'tab' activities at the bottomf of the sheet. You know how to do this. Do this on your VNB.