This is a PPT presentation that models an example of ‘working at the expected standard’ in Year 6. This piece of writing is about the sorting hat ceremony in Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone. Children are to use the prompts in the PPT presentation in order to write a short narrative that integrates dialogue.

This is lesson four in a series of four lessons created to build students’ retrieval skills. Included is an excerpt of Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone (copyright to author JK Rowling), Chapter Four. The length of the excerpt is approximately the length of a KS2 SATs text in the reading paper. Also included are a range of retrieval questions that are related to the excerpt. If you are looking for a PPT for this lesson, there is one in Lesson 3 that is suitable.