Year 5-6 Modern Fiction - Whole Class Reading Bundle!

These whole class reading sessions aims to develop children’s comprehension skills through a reading of extracts from a range of modern fiction texts.

Included is everything that you need to teach 12 whole class reading sessions, based on the following texts:

1.The Unadoptables - Hana Tooke
2.The Lion Above the Door - Onjali Q. Rauf
3.Arctic Star - Tom Palmer
4.Boy Underwater - Adam Baron
5.Boy in the Tower - Polly Ho-Yen
6.The Abominables - Eva Ibbotson
7.Scavengers - Darren Simpson
8.Wolf Brother - Michelle Paver
9.The Silver Arrow - Lev Crossman
10.Wonder - R.J. Palacio
11.The Good Thieves - Katherine Rundell
12.The Boy Who Sailed the Ocean in an Armchair - Laura Williamson

Each resource pack includes the extract and all of the activities for the session, which the class are guided through via a comprehensive PowerPoint presentation. The reading is followed by a series of activities aiming to develop children’s retrieval, explanation, inference, prediction and summarising skills. It also contains a vocabulary check immediately after the extract is read to clarify any unfamiliar/ difficult language.

The tasks are comprised of quick-check questions, solo thinking, pair/ group discussions and deeper thinking activities.

The sessions are best suited for children in years 5 and 6. They are also suitable for home/ remote learning.