Activity Sheets Levels 6-8

Name: ______Date: ______Pink Nails 1 Yes or No?

The wombat walked back to his burrow.

The wombat went Bash! into a tree.

The wombat’s nose was big and scary.

The human had lots of scary little teeth.

The wombat had long pink nails.

2 beginning middle end

Aim: To develop the use of meaning Activity: 1 Read the sentence, then write “yes” or “no” in the box. 2 Draw a story map to retell what happened in the beginning, middle and end.

Text: Pink Nails (narrative) Stage of reader: Early (GR Level 9)

is Someone ______coming. are

come Here ______a human! comes

big “I can see a ______hairy nose!” said the human. dig

saw “I can ______a hairy nose,” see said the wombat.

lots “I can see ______of scary little teeth!” lost said the wombat.

pig “I can see long, ______nails!” pink said the wombat.

dig “The long, pink nails are ______in my burrow!” digging said the wombat.

close “Now the long pink nails are coming ______closer and ______!” said the wombat.

Aim: To develop the use of structure Activity: Write a word from the box to complete the sentence.

© Oxford University Press 2009. This sheet may be copied and modified for non-commercial classroom use. Name: ______Date: ______Pink Nails 1 Find and write: words with words with words that end words that end 5 letters double letters with “ing” with “y”

2 Find and count how many: scary human very

3 Find and draw: big teeth hairy nose long, pink nails page page page

Aim: To develop the use of visual Activity: 1 Make lists of words from the text. 2 Count the number of times the word appears in the text. 3 Find the word in the text, write the page number, then draw a picture to match the word.