Text Features & Presentation

EnglishReading ComprehensionAges 7–10

Identify how language choices, text structure and presentational features (illustrations, diagrams, bold print, layout) contribute to the overall meaning and effect of a text

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Explain how word choice, headings and layout affect a reader.

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Ask for an example of one prerequisite idea; revisit if needed. Historical graph coverage does not establish this learner’s readiness.

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Use supplied two-panel text. Heading and emphasis are explicit structured fields so a later renderer can preserve them.

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Use supplied stage sheets on screen or scrap paper; keep adult keys separate.

Use the fictional scenarios. Passing is allowed. Do not ask for private money amounts, account details, family conflict, identity or health information. Keep only minimal local learning notes.

Supplied data are explicitly practice data, not observations. Record only what is actually attempted; absent equipment, consent, partner or repeated observations means that part remains pending.

Use the complete materials on screen or print only the current sheet. Keep adult guidance out of learner view. Retain an earlier model only when the current step supplies it as context.

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These are finite task opportunities, not proof of mastery. Record what was attempted and what support was used.

Small original text panels, not a broad literary corpus or rendered-page acceptance.

Use the fictional scenarios. Passing is allowed. Do not ask for private money amounts, account details, family conflict, identity or health information. Keep only minimal local learning notes.

Supplied data are explicitly practice data, not observations. Record only what is actually attempted; absent equipment, consent, partner or repeated observations means that part remains pending.

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Explain how an author's word choices create a particular effect (e.g., 'The author uses "crept" instead of "walked" to make it feel sneaky and tense')
Identify how a text's structure helps the reader (e.g., 'The headings help you find information quickly', 'The story builds suspense before the ending')
Explain how a presentational feature contributes to meaning (e.g., 'The bold words are important vocabulary', 'The diagram shows how the water cycle works')

“When your child reads a page with headings, diagrams, or bold words, can they explain how those features help — like "the diagram shows the water cycle because the words alone are hard to picture"?”

Curriculum record

Type: Conceptual
Subject: English
Domain: Reading Comprehension
Age range: Ages 7–10

Standards

uk-nc-2013:Eng.UKS2.Read.Comp.2fuk-nc-2013:Eng_LKS2_Read_Comp_14