This is a reading unit that I did with my year 6 class over the course of a half term. We would roughly do a lesson in the books every other day and read a chapter a day. Most of the lessons are differentiated for LA, MA and HA.

I wrote this biography about Emmeline as an example for my year class. We were completing a unit about the Suffragettes and they were writing a biography about Emmeline. This was also really good for building up their subject knowledge about her.

This is a week’s worth of lessons (5 lessons) based on 3 texts/extracts. It contains main teaching sessions and worksheets that are differentiated . Each worksheet and lesson makes the reading skill they are practising quite explicit. Lesson 1: Looks at a text about Serena Williams and revising looking at the meaning and impact of words on the reader Lesson 2: This lesson looks at the same text on Serena Williams but this time focuses on the skill of summary Lesson 3: This lesson also uses the text on Serena Williams and the class have to infer her personality traits using evidence from the text. Practise answering a 3 mark question Lesson 4: This lesson allows them to read a new text/extract and practise answering a 3 mark question about the character’s personality Lesson 5: This lesson involves a third text/extract from a Robert Louis Stevenson novel and the children must give their impressions of the house in a 3 mark question.

Differentiated according to reading level information sheet to help write a biography, based on the book The Man Who Walked Between the Towers.