Turn your students into reading detectives with this engaging, evidence-based comprehension investigation!
Students become story detectives as they search for clues, make inferences and use evidence from the text to solve the story. Through a series of engaging activities, students learn to look beyond what is directly stated, investigate important details and draw conclusions supported by evidence.
This versatile resource includes open-ended detective case file templates that can be used with a range of texts, as well as an original reading passage, The Lost Wallet, with accompanying comprehension activities.
Students will:
Identify important clues and details within a text.
Distinguish between explicit information and inferred meaning.
Explore characters, settings, problems and key events.
Make inferences and support their thinking with textual evidence.
Investigate vocabulary and author choices.
Draw conclusions and explain their reasoning.
Make connections and consider different interpretations.
What's included:
Learning Intention and Success Criteria
Teaching instructions and detective vocabulary
Coloured Story Detective Case File recording templates
Black-and-white, printer-friendly comprehension templates
Original reading passage – The Lost Wallet
Literal and inferential comprehension questions
Vocabulary investigation and true-or-false activity
Character, setting and story analysis tasks
Evidence-based reasoning and reflection questions
Extension challenges to encourage deeper thinking
7-page printable PDF digital download.
Perfect for reading groups, guided reading, independent comprehension activities, literature studies and whole-class reading lessons.
Use the open-ended templates with your own texts or the included reading passage for a ready-to-use comprehension investigation.
Turn your students into reading detectives with this engaging, evidence-based comprehension investigation!
Students become story detectives as they search for clues, make inferences and use evidence from the text to solve the story. Through a series of engaging activities, students learn to look beyond what is directly stated, investigate important details and draw conclusions supported by evidence.
This versatile resource includes open-ended detective case file templates that can be used with a range of texts, as well as an original reading passage, The Lost Wallet, with accompanying comprehension activities.
Students will:
Identify important clues and details within a text.
Distinguish between explicit information and inferred meaning.
Explore characters, settings, problems and key events.
Make inferences and support their thinking with textual evidence.
Investigate vocabulary and author choices.
Draw conclusions and explain their reasoning.
Make connections and consider different interpretations.
What's included:
Learning Intention and Success Criteria
Teaching instructions and detective vocabulary
Coloured Story Detective Case File recording templates
Black-and-white, printer-friendly comprehension templates
Original reading passage – The Lost Wallet
Literal and inferential comprehension questions
Vocabulary investigation and true-or-false activity
Character, setting and story analysis tasks
Evidence-based reasoning and reflection questions
Extension challenges to encourage deeper thinking
7-page printable PDF digital download.
Perfect for reading groups, guided reading, independent comprehension activities, literature studies and whole-class reading lessons.
Use the open-ended templates with your own texts or the included reading passage for a ready-to-use comprehension investigation.
