How Are Bills Introduced to Parliament?

A bill is an idea or a proposal for a new law. A bill can be about anything, such as education, health or the environment. Before a bill becomes law, it needs to go through several stages in Parliament. This process can be rather drawn-out and complicated!

This reading comprehension activity enables students to build their comprehension skills while learning about how bills are introduced to Parliament and refined through a specific parliamentary process. The resource includes:

• 2 x differentiated reading passages
• 2 x differentiated question pages including:
  • Multiple choice questions
  • Short response questions
  • Extended response question
• Answers for both sets of questions

To make it easier for teachers to identify the two differentiated versions (but not so obvious to the students!), a star system has been used. The harder version of the worksheet has two stars in the top right corner of the worksheet. The easier version has one star in this same position. 

Multiple Applications for This Australian Government Comprehension

In addition to independent student work time, why not use this worksheet as a:

• Whole-class activity (via smartboard)
• Collaborative group task
• Homework activity
• Summative assessment

Download the File Format That Suits You!

Use the dropdown menu to access the editable Google Slides or quick-print PDF version of this resource.

As this resource contains an answer sheet, we recommend printing one copy of the entire file, then removing the student pages for photocopying. 

Please consider printing this worksheet double-sided for sustainability purposes.

This resource was created by Caitlyn Phillips, a Teach Starter collaborator.

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