“Rack Runner” Grade 5-6
$3.00
“Rack Runner” Grade 6 is a literacy pack with a science aspect. (True) story about a chicken that survives the processing plant. Not for younger children — funny but gory. Worksheet follows with language tasks and a self-assessment.
Description
“Rack Runner”
Grade 5-6
“Rack Runner” is a literacy lesson pack. Download, print in A4 for 3 pages. The story about the hen is true!
What’s in “Rack Runner” Grade 5-6
This worksheet set starts with a text for independent reading. It has a family setting with a child narrator. The narrator’s uncle rescues a chicken that is still alive when it reaches the gutting section at the abattoir. Miraculous! And a true story! The story is funny and gory. This hen survives the slaughter house.
> Harder words in italics in the story.
> Internet search for extension work and
> a range of writing tasks related to the text.
> Guidance on answering questions in full sentences.
> The story and the review questions make for good discussion.
Good in all instructional situations from classrooms to home education. Proudly created by a Human.
Some Links: “Tree of Life” Technology Grade 5-7, “Citizen Science” Grades 5-7, “Fibres to Final Product” Grade 4-6, “Taiga Biome” Science Grades 5, 6, “Emu” Science Literacy Grade 5-7, “Mammalia” Science Grade 5-7, Elite Principals in Schools, Post
Extension reading. It should be reassuring for students to know that chickens are stunned first in the process. Perhaps this chicken missed the stunning step. https://www.chickencheck.in/faq/how-chickens-slaughtered-processed/
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