📚 Part 1: WALT, Success Criteria & Multiple Choice

WALT: Read fluently and with expression; understand vocabulary (resilience, illuminate, transformation) and use morphology to support meaning.

Success Criteria: Read aloud with expression, explain focus words, notice prefixes/suffixes, and write an expanded sentence using a focus word.

1. Which meaning best matches the word resilience?

The ability to recover after difficulty

A sudden, small change

A quiet, gentle sound

A place where people live

2. Which prefix suggests 'across' or 'change' in words such as transformation?

re-

trans-

il-

-tion

3. Which sentence shows expressive reading by using punctuation cues?

The crowd cheered the rescuers and then they cried.

The crowd cheered; the rescuers cried out in relief.

The crowd cheered the rescuers cried out in relief.

The crowd cheered and the rescuers cried out in relief because they were tired.

4. Check all that apply: Which words below contain a prefix or suffix from our focus list (trans-, re-, il-, -tion, -ence)?

resilience

illuminate

transformation

bright

🔗 Part 2: Matching Vocabulary and Morphology

5. Match each word to its meaning. Draw a line from the left to the best match on the right.

A. resilience

B. illuminate

C. transformation

1. to light up or make clear

2. the ability to recover or bounce back

3. a big change or conversion

✏️ Part 3: Short Answers & Writing

6. In one sentence, explain how punctuation (commas, full stops, semicolons) helps you read with expression. Use one focus word in your sentence.

7. Sentence expansion: Expand the sentence below into a longer, expressive sentence. Use at least one focus word and include a prefix or suffix (for example: trans-, re-, -tion, -ence).

The community changed. → _________

8. Reflection: Name one strategy you will practise to read more expressively (e.g., pausing at commas, louder for emphasis).

Teacher notes (differentiation & extension):

Support: Offer echo reading, coloured overlays, larger print, or sentence frames. Extension: Ask advanced students to add two more words using prefixes/suffixes and explain their roots. Provide audio of the model reading for practice.