Reading Skills KS2 (6 lessons)- The War of the Worlds

This is a series of six lessons (including PP and worksheets) on the Usborne Young Reading version of The War of the Worlds by H.G. Wells that focuses on different areas of the UKS2 N.C for Reading following CPD training on how to teach the N.C objectives whilst promoting a love reading. The N.C focus areas are:

To make predictions from details that have been stated and implied
To retrieve key information from the text
To make inferences from a text

This series includes extracts from The War of the Worlds as well as samples from other books such as Star Stories by Andy Wilx and Anita Ganeri, The Jamie Drake Equation by Christopher Edge and The Darkest Dark by Chris Hadfield for children to compare and enjoy.