Developing Reading Comprehension Skills Years 5-6: Contemporary Children's Literature

Contains 12 high quality extracts from modern children's stories and is perfect preparation for ensuring children develop the skills needed for the KS2 SATs and 11+ Reading Comprehension papers. Each of the extracts from contemporary children's literature is accompanied by eight sets of questions based on the Key Stage 2 (KS2) Reading Content Domains and National Curriculum. This book provides opportunities to tackle more complex vocabulary, explore how authors use language to impact their readers and develop endurance for longer passages. The clear structure and the author's passion for literature makeDeveloping Reading Comprehension Skills Years 5-6: Contemporary Children's Literatureinvaluable for everyone working with pupils in Years 5 and 6. Support for teachers and parents is built in with guidance for how to teach the different question types, plus suggestions for embedding these texts in the wider English curriculum. This series is suitable for new and recently qualified teachers as well as those who are more experienced and wanting to expand the range of texts they use. If you're looking for a comprehensive resource to enhance reading provision and teaching in your classroom or to support home education, this is exactly what you need. Look for other books in theDeveloping Reading Comprehension Skillsseries. This book contains extracts from the following contemporary novels: The Invasion of Crooked Oak byDan Smith Darwin's Dragons by Lindsay Galvin Lori and Max and the Book Thieves byCatherine O'Flynn Letters from the Lighthouse byEmma Carroll Dragon Mountain byKatie and Kevin Tsang October, October byKatya Balen The Mask of Aribella byAnna Hoghton The Haunting of Aveline Jones byPhil Hickes A Kind of Spark byElle McNicoll The Hungry Ghost byH.S. Norup The Vanishing Trick byJenni Spangler Asha and the Spirit Bird byJasbinder Bilan This is one book in a series of 8 Developing Reading Comprehension Skills . The other books are: Classic Children's Literature Years 5-6 Classic Children's Literature Years 3-4 Classic Poetry Years 5-6 Classic Poetry Years 3-4 Contemporary Children's Literature Years 3-4 Non-fiction Years 5-6 Non-fiction Years 3-4