Comets

Comets is an informational report that explores comets including information about what comets are, how they travel, tracking Halley’s comet, and the Stardust spacecraft. The book also discusses text connections, planning an informational report, and features of an informational report.

The text is divided into sections and has a Contents.  A variety of sentence types is used.  Captioned photographs, illustrations, and timelines support and enhance the text.  Text boxes prompt the use of comprehension strategies, such as questioning, predicting, and inferring.  An index is provided.

Content-specific vocabulary is defined in context and in the glossary.

This title is from the Sails Literacy series. Hook readers and ignite their curiosity - over 700 levelled texts with bright, colourful, sophisticated designs.