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Reading Comprehension Skills Worksheet

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Reading Comprehension Skills Worksheet

Student reading a book

📖 WALT: We Are Learning To make predictions about texts using clues

Success Criteria: I can use text clues, titles, and images to predict what might happen next in a story.

Read the text below, then answer the questions:

The Mysterious Package

Aroha stared at the small, brown package sitting on her front doorstep. There was no return address, just her name written in neat handwriting she didn't recognise. The package felt surprisingly heavy for its size, and when she shook it gently, something rattled inside like small stones or marbles.

Her grandmother had mentioned something about a "special delivery" during their phone call last week, but Aroha hadn't paid much attention at the time. Now, as dark clouds gathered overhead and the first drops of rain began to fall, she wondered if this mysterious package held the answer to her grandmother's cryptic words.

Aroha's hands trembled slightly as she began to tear open the brown paper wrapping...

🔍 Part 1: Making Predictions

1. What do you predict is inside the package?

Jewellery or precious stones from her grandmother

A birthday present from a friend

Something dangerous or scary

Cooking ingredients for a recipe

2. What clues from the text helped you make this prediction?

The package rattled like stones or marbles

Her grandmother mentioned a "special delivery"

There was no return address

The handwriting was unfamiliar

3. Predict what Aroha will do next. Give two reasons for your prediction.
4. How do you think the weather (dark clouds and rain) might affect what happens next in the story?

✍️ Part 2: Extended Response

5. Write the next paragraph of the story (3-4 sentences). Use the clues from the text to make your prediction realistic.
6. Extension: Explain how the author creates suspense in this text. Use specific examples.

Reflection: Today I learnt to _________________________________

One strategy I used to make predictions was _____________________________

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