Reading

Stories for KS2

Summer Term

Developing Reading Skills

Reading Comprehension - Celebrating the NHS [3 levels of difficulty * *]

NHS COMPREHENSION.pdf

Weeks 11 & 12 William Shakespeare

YEAR 5: Shakespeare and Twelfth Night Learn about Shakespeare's play Twelfth Night.

YEAR 5: Bitesize Daily Book Club: Macbeth Retold by Marcia Williams

YEAR 6: Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet Learn about Shakespeare's play - Romeo and Juliet.

YEAR 6: Bitesize Daily Book Club: Macbeth Retold by Marcia Williams

WEEK 10

Week 10 YEAR 6 The Parent Agency by David Baddiel

Week 10 YEAR 5 The Parent Agency by David Baddiel

Week 9: Olympic Games Reading Comprehension - 3 different levels of questions/text, choose whichever one you feel confident completing.

Week 8:

YEAR 5 'The Wolves of Willoughby Chase' Joan Aiken Learn how to summarise dialogue and give an opinion.

YEAR 6 'The Wolves of Willoughby Chase' Joan Aiken Learn how to find information from a text and summarise a character.

Week 7: World Oceans Day 8/6/20 - Living on the Ice reading comprehension

Week 6: Recommend Your Favourite Book:

Watch the videos below.

What book would you choose?

Write about your chosen book and try to persuade other children to read it.

'Lizzie Zipmouth' by Jacqueline Wilson Actress and comedian Nina Wadia reads extracts from 'Lizzie Zipmouth' by Jacqueline Wilson and explains why she loves the book.

'Cosmic' by Frank Cottrell Boyce Presenter and comedian Ed Petrie reads extracts from 'Cosmic' by Frank Cottrell Boyce.

'The Falcon's Malteser' by Anthony Horowitz Actors Scott Haran and Percelle Ascott read extracts from 'The Falcon's Malteser' by Anthony Horowitz.

'Tom's Midnight Garden' by Philippa Pearce Paralympic Basketball player and sports presenter Ade Adepitan reads extracts from 'Tom's Midnight Garden' by Philippa Pearce, explaining why he loves the book, how it captured his imagination, and why he loves to read.

'Refugee Boy' by Benjamin Zephaniah Actor Alexander Vlahos reads extracts from 'Refugee Boy' by Benjamin Zephaniah, explaining why he loves the book, how it captured his imagination, and why he loves to read.

Summer Term Week 5 YEARS 5 & 6: Percy Jackson And The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan Using the novel Percy Jackson And The Lightning Thief you will learn about giving your opinion and summarising information.

Summer Term Week 4 YEARS 5 & 6 The London Eye Mystery by Siobhan Dowd Learn how to use and analyse an extract using the novel The London Eye Mystery by Siobhan Dowd. The extracts in this lesson will help you consider and explain why the writer chooses specific language.

Summer Term Week 5 YEARS 5 & 6 Tell Me No Lies Malorie Blackman Using the novel Tell Me No Lies you will learn about giving your impression of a character, using inference skills to think about characterisation and using the text to write in character.

Oak National Academy is a new collection of high-quality lessons and online resources. Backed by the Government, it has been created to help teachers and children during our home learning adventure!

Oak National Academy website comprehension tasks:

Watch the video lesson and follow the instructions the online teacher gives you. There will be a quiz or short activity for you to complete as well.

Summer Term Week 3 Year 6 In this lesson, we will be making inferences and justifying with evidence.

Summer Term Week 2 Year 6 Information Leaflet Lesson 1: reading focus

Summer Term Week 1 Year 6 Reading Comprehension Fact Retrieval

Summer Term Week 3 Year 5 Persuasive Letter: Reading Comprehension – Inference

Summer Term Week 2 YEAR 5 Character Description: Reading Comprehension – Fact Retrieval

Summer Term Week 1 Year 5 Reading Comprehension Fact Retrieval

Listen to some Greek Myths

Greek Myths Each week try to listen to at least one of these stories. Write a short synopsis {summary} of the story and email it to your teachers.

Listen to a story Free stories for children of all ages.

Stories for KS2

VE DAY Comprehension: 3 stars*** is the most challenging. Choose * or * - whichever one is best for you.

VE Day Comprehension.pdf

SPRING TERM Stig of the Dump by Clive King, read by Dominic Gavan.

Listen to Dominic reading the first chapter of Stig of the Dump (Stories for KS2 above) then see if you can answer the comprehension questions below.

Stig of the Dump Comprehension