A series of questions, answers and reading journal activity based around all areas of reading. Great alternative to SATs tests or written comprehensions. LOs: To develop an understanding of the genre – real life stories To be able to empathise with a character in a difficult situation. To draw conclusions about a whole text.

A series of questions, answers and reading journal activity based around all areas of reading. Great alternative to SATs tests or written comprehensions. LOs To read a classic text. To be able to explain the meaning of archaic language. To be able to use inference and deduction to make predictions about the plot of a short story.

A series of questions, answers and reading journal activity based around all areas of reading. Great alternative to SATs tests or written comprehensions. LOs To understand how we can reach our own conclusions based on the information contained in a text To be able to use deduction and inference to help predict what’s going to happen in a story. To understand the way an author ends a story by drawing ideas together.

A series of questions, answers and reading journal activity based around all areas of reading. Great alternative to SATs tests or written comprehensions. LOs To use recall and retrieval to answer factual questions about the Giraffe, Pelly and Me To use inference and deduction to understand how characters act and feel. To use recall and retrieval to follow the plot of a story. To see how an accomplished author brings a story to a close.

A series of questions, answers and reading journal activity based around all areas of reading. Great alternative to SATs tests or written comprehensions. To find evidence that shows that a story has been written in the past. To explore how an author uses language to bring a story alive. To understand how an author uses contrast to describe two major characters. To be able to make informed predictions using clues like Chapter titles and knowledge of preceding story. To understand how an author can use secondary characters to develop a primary character. To recognise the climax of a novel. To understand how an author can relate a story within a story.

A series of questions, answers and reading journal activity based around all areas of reading. Great alternative to SATs tests or written comprehensions. LOs To understand the purpose of an opening chapter To understand how an author develops relationships between characters. To understand how characters can be introduced using the viewpoint of the main character. To understand how secondary characters help develop a primary character To show how an author uses an address to the reader to provide additional information. To use inference and deduction to understand how the people of America feel when they see the giant peach. To form and share opinions about a completed novel.

A series of questions, answers and reading journal activity based around all areas of reading. Great alternative to SATs tests or written comprehensions. LOs To understand how an author sells his story to his reader. To understand how an author introduces his main characters. To understand how an author creates a story within a story. To understand how different characters behave when faced with their own dilemmas. To understand how a master story teller weaves different elements of a story together. To understand how an ending of a story links back to its beginning.

A revision or assessment tool for the use of all the verb tenses covered in Year 6 Grammar test. Verbs include: simple past, simple present, present perfect, past perfect, past progressive (or past continuous), present progressive (or present continuous, passive voice, active voice and subjunctive. Can also be used with Assertive Mentoring's Grammar Hammer 4.

A revision or assessment tool for the use of punctuation that will be encountered in Year 6 Grammar test. Punctuation included: inverted commas, apostrophes, semi-colons, colon, dash, ellipse, use of commas in subordinate clauses. Can also be used with Assertive Mentoring's Grammar Hammer 4.

A series of questions, answers and reading journal activity based around all areas of reading. Great alternative to SATs tests or written comprehensions. LOs To use recall, inference and deduction to find out about two characters. To be able to empathise with characters from the past To use inference and deduction to understand a character’s actions To understand how authors use chance encounters to shape their stories. To understand how an author can choose archaic words and expressions when writing a story set in the past. To understand how historical research is used to write a historical novel.

A series of questions, answers and reading journal activity based around all areas of reading. Great alternative to SATs tests or written comprehensions. LOs To understand how an author introduces characters. To understand how an author develops the central character. To understand how secondary characters are introduced. To use deduction and inference to understand a character’s feelings and opinions To understand how different stories about the same character help develop that character. To make predictions about a character based on what’s been read.

A series of questions, answers and reading journal activity based around all areas of reading. Great alternative to SATs tests or written comprehensions. LOs To be able to recognise and discuss an author’s style and content. To recall facts to answer questions about a text. To skim and scan to find facts about a character To create a biographical time-line. To emphasise with the main character as he escapes the Germans. To understand how a single event changes the narrative of a story. To reflect upon a completed story.