Key Stage 2 Comprehension provides a unique collection of stimulating texts that appeal strongly to both boys & girls together with questions that both build & stretch comprehension skills & widen vocabulary Comprising four one-per-child activity books & providing more than 72 texts in total the series encourages children to pay close attention to literal meaning make inferences & deductions observe how writing is structured & identify literary devices A separate Teacher's Guide is also available Book 2 is for children whose reading skills are fluent & accurate &

Includes:: excellent examples of broadsheet journalism (such as a description of the celebrations following England's victory in the 1966 World Cup) an instructional text ' How to make a wormery' that children will love enthralling extracts from classic fiction -' The Adventures of Robin Hood' ' Treasure Island' & ' Alice's Adventures in Wonderland' plus stories based on the ' Canterbury Tales' & Arthurian legend an intriguing playscript adapted from the Sherlock Holmes detective story & thought-provoking poetry from Charles Causley Walter de la Mare Valerie Bloom & Edward Thomas

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Key Stage 2 Comprehension provides a unique collection of stimulating texts that appeal strongly to both boys & girls together with questions that both build & stretch comprehension skills & widen vocabulary Comprising four one-per-child activity books & providing more than 72 texts in total the series encourages children to pay close attention to literal meaning make inferences & deductions observe how writing is structured & identify literary devices A separate Teacher's Guide is also available Book 3 encourages children to move beyond simple understanding & recall to look for more complex meanings It

Includes:: adventure stories from Roald Dahl Mark Twain Anthony Buckeridge & Kenneth Grahame an inspiring biography of Falklands soldier Simon Weston further non-fiction from Jacqueline Wilson & Emmeline Pankhurst evocative poems from some of the best British poets (such as Lewis Carroll Robert Browning & RL Stevenson) an appealing letter written by Stevenson as a teenager & an introduction to the writing of JRR Tolkien & William Shakespeare

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Key Stage 2 Comprehension provides a unique collection of stimulating texts that appeal strongly to both boys & girls together with questions that both build & stretch comprehension skills & widen vocabulary Comprising four one-per-child activity books & providing more than 72 texts in total the series encourages children to pay close attention to literal meaning make inferences & deductions observe how writing is structured & identify literary devices A separate Teacher's Guide is also available Book 4 reflects the broadening interests & word power of young people who will soon move to secondary school or have now done so It

Includes:: non-fiction texts covering the discovery in Russia of a long-extinct mammoth shells & their origins & the life of explorer Robert Scott the poignant 'last letter' from Scott to his widow classic poetry from Rudyard Kipling Edward Thomas Edward Lear & William Wordsworth a short extract from the play ' Hamlet' by William Shakespeare riveting fiction from RL Stevenson Thomas Hardy Daniel Defoe & Charles Dickens & absorbing autobiographies & biographical fiction from Roald Dahl & Alison Prince

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Key Stage 2 Comprehension provides a unique collection of stimulating texts that appeal strongly to both boys & girls together with questions that both build & stretch comprehension skills & widen vocabulary Comprising four one-per-child activity books & providing more than 72 texts in total the series encourages children to pay close attention to literal meaning make inferences & deductions observe how writing is structured & identify literary devices Each text has been allocated a National Curriculum 'level' which appears in the Teaching notes & Cross-curricular content charts & means that you can model the comprehension process through guided reading This Teacher's Guide provides you with all you need to use Key Stage 2 Comprehension to its full potential including full teaching notes for every text including an introduction & answers further activities which may be adapted for individual or group work at least one speaking & listening activity for each text cross-curricular contents charts which also indicate the level of each text a photocopiable group record sheet for each activity book & a handy summary of the comprehension objectives listed in the Primary Framework ...

This Discover & Learn Activity Book is perfectly matched to CGP's Geography Study Book for Years 3 & 4 (see 9781782942115
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This CGP Discover & Learn book is a superb way for children in Years 3 & 4 (ages 7-9) to understand & engage with geography ...

This CGP Discover & Learn book is a superb way for children in Years 5 & 6 (ages 9-11) to understand & engage with geography ...

This Discover & Learn Activity Book is perfectly matched to CGP's Anglo-Saxons Study Book for Years 5 & 6 (see 9781782941996
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This engrossing CGP Discover & Learn book is a superb way for children in Years 5 & 6 (ages 9-11) to understand & engage with ...

This Discover & Learn Activity Book is perfectly matched to CGP's Romans in Britain Study Book for Years 3 & 4 (see 9781782941972
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