Reading Skills War of the Worlds

Reading Skills War of the Worlds is a resource aimed towards KS3 learners in Wales. Answers are included.

The questions are based upon the style of those that learners will see in the National Reading Test (now called Personalised Assessments). The resource has been used successfully with a Year 9 group, and a more able Year 8 group. Using this resource will leave teachers able to use the old paper tests for internal assessment purposes.

Questions encourage learners to practise:

• extracting information
• reading for meaning
• inference
• word definitions
• sequencing
• true/false

At the end of the resource there is an area to encourage learners to reflect on their own learning and identify skills areas in need of improvement.