Retrieval
English: Year 5 & 6 National Curriculum, topic 1.5.1
Questions Asking to Retrieve Information from Text
What is retrieving?
- Retrieving means getting or fetching something.
- This is like a retriever dog that fetches things for its owner.
- Retrieval questions ask you to get information directly from the text.
Retrieving information
- You need to be able to spot questions that are asking you to retrieve information directly from the text.
- Look for hints in the question to know when you need to retrieve information directly from the text.
Questions asking to retrieve
- To know if a question ask you to retrieve, look out for questions that:
- Begin with 'In the text…'.
- Begin with 'According to the text...'.
Atention!
- You also need to retrieve information directly from the text when a question begins with:
- 'who', 'what', 'where', 'why', 'when' or 'how'
- Where did the cat find its dinner?
Test yourself on Retrieval
What is retrieval?