WALT: use clues in the text and our prior knowledge to help us make sense of what we are reading.
WILF: that the words selected make sense in, and are the best choice for, the gaps in the story
The Centre of the World
By Lynne Allen
In the ocean there was an island.
On the _______1______ there was a forest.
In the forest there was a ________2________.
On the tree there was a web.
On the web there was a __________3________.
supermarket, shop, island, school, tree, grass, leaf, cow, spider, bug
The spider sat in the middle of her _______4_______.
"This is the centre of the world," she said.
"I'll ______5______ you why."
road, street, web, sty, pen, said, tell, told, yell
"I am in the _______6______ of my web,
and my web is the best in the whole _______7_______.
My _______8______ is in the middle of this tree.
The tree is in the middle of the forest.
The forest is in the middle of the _______9_______.
The island is in the middle of the ocean,
and the ocean goes on forever,
without end."
end, start, middle, earth, universe, world, island, street, road
Just then a spider in the next tree called out.
"Well that might be the centre of your world,
but this is the _______10_______ of mine,
because I am in the middle of my web,
and it is the best web in the world..."
middle, centre, end, start
1. Grass
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