Cogheart - Year 6 Whole Class Guided Reading - 2 Weeks (Prologue to Chapter 4)

8/9 Days of work based on the Prologue, Chapters 1,2, 3 and 4 of Peter Bunzl’s ‘Cogheart’

Flipchart and worksheets included. Flipchart/Notebook provides opportunities for teacher modelling of specific reading skills required. TPS (Think, Pair, Share) opportunities for discussion within the classroom. All questions are aimed at Year 6 and based on SATS style questions from 2016 onwards.

Day 1 - Making predictions about the story using inference skills from quotes and front cover.
Day 2 - Meaning of words in Context - What the word means in this specific sentence and how we know.
Day 3 - A variety of comprehension questions (Linked to the meaning of words in context)
Day 4 - Using character description, behaviour, actions and other characters opinions to infer key details about the protagonist (Main character).

Week 2
Day 1 - Comparisons across texts - comparing Mrs McKracken and Mrs Trunchbull from Matilda
Day 2 -Mixed comprehension questions
Day 3 - Meaning of Words in context
Day 4 - Retrieval comprhension questions

Please note - Much of the Notebook/Flipchart is in the font - HFW cursive. It may appear disjointed and unsightly if you do not have this font downloaded on your computer. (The notebook/flipchart is completely editable if you do not have access to this font.)

Thankyou!