Melbourne Cup Information Text

Description

Melbourne Cup is a horse race that is held in Victoria, Australia as part of the Spring Racing Carnival.

Tasks included in this pack are –

• Alphabet Key
• Record words to describe Melbourne Cup
• Label the parts of the horse
• Horse Words – what can you add?
• Plus, Minus and Interesting Facts about Melbourne Cup
• A Jockey’s Silk – draw and describe
• My Horse – details of the race
• Concept Map
• How to ride a horse – write an explanation
• How to Train a horse – write an explanation
• I see, I think, I wonder about Melbourne Cup or horses
• Horses can – are – have
• Melbourne Cup Fact chart
• Derby Day 3 things I know –2 opinions I have and 1 questions I have
• Boggle task – Melbourne Cup, how many words can you make?
• Board Game – black and white and color version
• Melbourne Cup – write a Retell of the Race

This Melbourne Cup Information Text pack provides information about Melbourne Cup. This information will assist in the writing of your own information text, guided by a rubric.

KWHL – for Melbourne Cup.

• There are colour, plus black/white versions and a one page version
• This will assist in assessing what your grade knows and will help when writing the Information Text
• This is what we know about…
• This is what we want to know …
• This is how we will find out what we want to know…
• This is our new learning about …

Fact Cards

• These cards can be used as discussion starters or to display these facts about Melbourne Cup and discuss what they mean.
• They can be used as starters for the Information Text to help build the paragraphs

Photos

• These photos are to be used to assist in writing the text.
• Print off and display around the finished Information Text

Reading Task

• This text is to be used to record the main ideas and the supporting information.
• The second task is to paraphrase the text

Writing tasks

• Use the photos provided in the photo section to assist in writing the text.
• Print off and display around the finished Information Text.
• The rubrics are helpful in assessing the text.
• A planner is included for the Information text.
• There are a variety of papers and planners provided.

Please read the description and download the preview before purchasing. The preview clearly shows you what is included in this pack.

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