English

Reading a short text

An AR classroom game for Grade 5. Learners can aim with their hands at the camera or play by tapping the screen.

This set has 4 rounds in an interactive sorting activity.

Curriculum indicatorต 1.1 ป.5/4

Play Host a classroom

A look before you play

Sample questions

A few real prompts from the game to help you choose an activity for your class.

01
Sort the question words into groups.
Sort into
- the answer is in the passage
- you have to work it out
- What is his name?
- How does he feel?
- Where does he live?
- Why did he do that?
Read the explanation
Some answers sit in the passage; others you have to work out.
02
Sort the linking words into groups.
Sort into
- adds to it
- argues against it
- and
- but
- also
- however
Read the explanation
A linking word says whether what follows adds to or argues against what came before.
03
Sort the statements into groups.
Sort into
- fact
- opinion
- Bangkok is in Thailand.
- Bangkok is the best city.
- A week has seven days.
- English is easy.
Read the explanation
A fact can be checked; an opinion is the writer's own view.

Before you play

Game teaching guide

What children will practise

Practise skills used when reading a short text for meaning (ต 1.1 ป.5/4): telling find-it questions from think-about-it questions, adding from contrasting links, fact from opinion, and sequence words from place words.

What's in the worksheet

4 sorting questions - What is his name? versus Why did he do that? - and and also add; but and however contrast - Bangkok is in Thailand. versus Bangkok is the best city. - first and then show order; here and there say where

How to use it in class

Play before pupils read a short text from the coursebook, to prepare reading strategies. 5 minutes in team mode. - After item 1, read a real paragraph and ask both kinds of question - For item 3, ask which sentence a map can check and which one people would disagree about - Then have pupils spot first, then and but in the text Play it linked to a class and the results go into the mark book.

Common sticking points

- Item 1: putting How does he feel? with find-it questions, since some texts say he was happy outright; explain that feelings usually have to be worked out from actions - Item 3: calling English is easy. a fact if the pupil finds English easy; ask whether everyone would agree - Item 4: hesitating over here and there, which they rarely notice as place words in a story