Developing Reading Comprehension Skills Years 5-6: Classic Children's Literature

Classic Childrenʼs Literature Yrs 5-6 exposes children in Upper KS2 to a variety of texts to practise each of the 8 Reading Content Domain question types that appear in the KS2 Reading SATs papers.

Developing Reading Comprehension Skills Years 5-6: Classic Children''s Literature contains 12 high quality extracts from classic children''s stories and is perfect preparation for KS2 SATs and 11+ Reading Comprehension Papers.

Each of the extracts is accompanied by eight sets of questions based on the Key Stage 2 (KS2) Reading Content Domains and National Curriculum. This book provides opportunities to tackle more complex vocabulary, explore how authors use language to impact their readers and develop endurance for longer passages. The clear structure and the author''s passion for literature make Developing Reading Comprehension Skills Years 5-6: Classic Children''s Literature invaluable for everyone working with pupils in Years 5 and 6.

Support for teachers and parents is built in with guidance for how to teach the different question types, plus suggestions for embedding these texts in the wider English curriculum. This series is suitable for new and recently qualified teachers as well as those who are more experienced and wanting to expand the range of texts they use.

If you''re looking for a comprehensive resource to enhance reading provision and teaching in your classroom or to support home education, this is exactly what you need. Look for other books in the Developing Reading Comprehension Skills series, including Developing Reading Comprehension Skills Years 5-6: Classic Poetry.

This book contains extracts from the following classic novels:

• Little House in the Big Woods, by Laura Ingalls Wilder
• The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C S Lewis
• Swallows and Amazons by Arthur Ransome
• The Call of the Wild by Jack London
• The Hobbit by J R R Tolkien
• Anne of Green Gables by Lucy Maud Montgomery
• Black Beauty by Anna Sewell
• The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett
• The Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling
• Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson
• Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea by Jules Verne
• A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens