We are going to read a text that includes information about a unique partnership between Man and dogs which you might not have thought of. 

We will also be working out new words on our own and using KWL, a reading comprehension strategy for information texts. 

Success Criteria:

(1) I can list what I know about dogs/ service dogs.

(2) I can ask questions (What I Know) about what I want to learn about service dogs.

(3) I can use word identification skills and contextual clues to work out difficult words.

Post-reading activity

Learning about other Working Animals 

Instructions:

In the text, Bow Wow Brigade, we learnt about how service dogs help us in various ways. 

Do you think there are other animals that we depend on to help us carry out different tasks. Let's find out.

Group Work 

1. Read up about a working animal.

2. Write an information report that outlines a short description about the animal, the 'work' it does and how it helps us.

3. Use the language features of an Information Report.

Information Report features

• #1 - Topic tile.

• #2 - Brief introduction.

• #3 - Categories.

• #4 - Subheadings.

• #5 - Factual language.

• #6 - Present tense verbs.

• #7 - Third person