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

Each of the 12
extracts from classic 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 make Developing Reading Comprehension Skills Years 5-6: Classic
Children's Literature invaluable for everyone working with pupils aged 9-11.
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
the Developing Reading Comprehension Skills series.

This book contains
extracts from the following classic novels:

Little House in the
Big Woods by Laura Ingalls Wilder

The Lion, the Witch
and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis

Swallows and
Amazons by Arthur Ransome

The Call of the
Wild by Jack London

The Hobbit by
J.R.R. Tolkien

Anne of Green
Gables by Lucy Maud Montgomery

Black Beauty by
Anna Sewell

The Secret Garden
by Frances Hodgson Burnett

The Jungle Book by
Rudyard Kipling

Treasure Island by
Robert Louis Stevenson

Twenty Thousand
Leagues Under the Sea by Jules Verne

A Christmas Carol
by Charles Dickens