P7 - Week Beginning 20 August 2012

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Literacy

Reading

You are to read and analyse two of the five newspaper articles about the recent Olympic games.

You should:

• Highlight VCOP being used.
• Create a new headline for your two articles.
• Identify/highlight any words you do not understand so that we can review these in class.

You should also read and answer the following questions, based on the article:

 "Competitive sport for all primary pupils"

remember there is no right or wrong answer,  you should be stating your opinion.
 

• Do you agree with the Prime Minister decision to demand that "EVERY child at Primary School will have to take part in competitive team sports" ? (Thin/Closed Question)
• Why do you agree/disagree with the Prime Minister? (Fat/Open Question)
• What are the advantages/benefits of agreeing to this idea.
• What are the disadvantages/problems if this idea is put in place.