Literacy: Cloze Passage on Plants and Photosynthesis

Activity

This activity is part of a summary worksheet made for a high-achieving year 8 class. Cloze passages are a literacy and content activity which gives students a chance to revise content and practice their literacy skills, particularly vocabulary and contextualising the passage. This cloze passage summarises the work from several lessons, and covers content on plant systems and photosynthesis, and links it back to animal systems content.

Syllabus Dot points Covered

Stage 4

LW3 a. identify the materials required by multicellular organisms for the processes of respiration and photosynthesis

LW3. b. explain that the systems in multicellular organisms work together to provide cell requirements, including gases, nutrients and water, and to remove cell wastes

Activity Sheet

Differentiation Strategies

In this cloze passage, the words needed are listed at the bottom. This way, students who find that they need prompting are able to read through the list to help them. Furthermore, students who need extra help will be able to move into  a small group with me where I will go through it with them slowly if they have any further problems. Lastly, students who want more of a challenge in their learning would have been set this near the beginning of the unit as a way to see what they'll be learning. An idea following on from this is that these more advanced students could use this sheet at the start as a prompt to research and find the answers as a means of learning the content.