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 1 is ideal for children who are new to written comprehension &
Includes:: simple contemporary texts with which they will readily identify gripping tales that span the centuries from Aesop to Charles Kingsley & E. Nesbit to Dick King Smith informative non-fiction reports covering diverse topics (for example the Viking history of York & the functions of different types of teeth) a playscript based on The Wizard of Oz & memorable poems (some of them funny) from well-loved writers such as Hilaire Belloc Dylan Thomas & Wendy Cope.