Non-Fiction Reading

Explicit and Implicit Information Finding

Audience: 

Purpose: 

2. How many miles was Saunders’ planned route?

3. Why did Saunders have to abandon his journey? (lines 4-12)

4. Where were the planned start and finish points of Saunders’ journey? (lines 36-42)


5. What do we learn from the article about the rules of ‘unassisted’ record attempts? (lines 50-
56)


6. What weather conditions did Saunders encounter in Antarctica? (lines 41-49)

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7. What records does Saunders hold? (lines 78-87)

8. How do you think Saunders felt about having to abandon his journey? Use a quotation from
the text as evidence.

I think that Saunders felt… 


This is shown by the word/phrase… 


This quotation tells the reader that… 

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Non-Fiction Reading
Explicit and Implicit Information Finding
1. What do you think are the genre, audience and purpose of this text?
Genre: 

Audience: 

Purpose: 

2. How many miles was Saunders’ planned route?

3. Where were the planned start and finish points of Saunders’ journey?


4. What do we learn from the article about the rules of ‘unassisted’ record attempts?


5. What weather conditions did Saunders encounter in Antarctica?

6. Why did Saunders have to abandon his journey?

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 Non-Fiction Reading Explicit and Implicit Information Finding

7. How do you think Saunders felt about having to abandon his journey? Use a quotation from
the text as evidence.

I think that Saunders felt… 


This is shown by the word/phrase… 


This quotation tells the reader that… 

8. What impression do you get of Saunders as a person from this article? What do you learn
about his personality? Use a quotation to support each point you make.

I think that Saunders felt… 


This is shown by the word/phrase… 


This quotation tells the reader that… 

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Non-Fiction Reading
Explicit and Implicit Information Finding
1. What do you think are the genre, audience and purpose of this text?
Genre: 

Audience: 


Purpose: 

2. How many miles was Saunders’ planned route?

3. Where were the planned start and finish points of Saunders’ journey?


4. What do we learn from the article about the rules of ‘unassisted’ record attempts?


5. What weather conditions did Saunders encounter in Antarctica?

6. Why did Saunders have to abandon his journey?

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 Non-Fiction Reading Explicit and Implicit Information Finding

7. How do you think Saunders felt about having to abandon his journey? Use a quotation from
the text as evidence.


8. What impression do you get of Saunders as a person from this article? What do you learn
about his personality? Use a quotation to support each point you make


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Non-Fiction Reading - Answers
Explicit and Implicit Information Finding
1. What do you think are the genre, audience and purpose of this text?
Genre: Newspaper article
Audience: Educated adults interested in world events
Purpose: To inform the reader
2. How many miles was Saunders’ planned route?
Saunders’ planned route was over 1,000 miles long.
3. Why did Saunders have to abandon his journey?
He did not have enough supplies left to cover the remaining distance safely.
4. Where were the planned start and finish points of Saunders’ journey?
Saunders started from Berkner Island and planned to finish on the Ross Ice Shelf.
5. What do we learn from the article about the rules of ‘unassisted’ record attempts?
Saunders had to travel alone and carry all of his equipment and supplies with him from
the beginning. He was not allowed to stop to pick up more supplies along the way.
6. What weather conditions did Saunders encounter in Antarctica?
He encountered temperatures as low as -50C and treacherous sastrugi.
7. What records does Saunders hold?
He is the first Briton to reach both the North and South Poles unassisted and holds the
record for the longest polar journey on foot.
8. How do you think Saunders felt about having to abandon his journey?
Use a quotation from the text as evidence. Accept any reasonable answer supported
by a quotation. Students will probably focus on Saunders feeling disappointed at being
unable to complete his expedition.
Non-Fiction Reading - Answers
Explicit and Implicit Information Finding
1. What do you think are the genre, audience and purpose of this text?
Genre: Newspaper article
Audience: Educated adults interested in world events
Purpose: To inform the reader
2. How many miles was Saunders’ planned route?
Saunders’ planned route was over 1,000 miles long.
3. Where were the planned start and finish points of Saunders’ journey?
Saunders started from Berkner Island and planned to finish on the Ross Ice Shelf.
4. What do we learn from the article about the rules of ‘unassisted’ record attempts?
Saunders had to travel alone and carry all of his equipment and supplies with him from
the beginning. He was not allowed to stop to pick up more supplies along the way.
5. What weather conditions did Saunders encounter in Antarctica?
He encountered temperatures as low as -50C and treacherous sastrugi.
6. Why did Saunders have to abandon his journey?
He did not have enough supplies left to cover the remaining distance safely.
7. How do you think Saunders felt about having to abandon his journey?
Use a quotation from the text as evidence. Accept any reasonable answer supported
by a quotation. Students will probably focus on Saunders feeling disappointed at being
unable to complete his expedition.
8. What impression do you get of Saunders as a person from this article? What do you learn
about his personality? Use a quotation to support each point you make.
Accept any reasonable answers supported by a quotation. Students may make some
of the following points: he is brave or determined, as demonstrated by his willingness
to take on difficult challenges; he is a rational person who makes decisions based on
common sense rather than emotions; he is charitable, as his expedition raised money
for a charitable cause.