KS2 English textbook

Chapter 10: Reading fiction and plays

Strand Reading
Level Year 6
Practice 86 questions with step-by-step solutions

National Curriculum for England, Key Stage 2 English, Year 6. Content: Read a wide range of fiction, myths, legends and plays, and check that the text makes sense (Y5-6 reading), Explain the meaning of unfamiliar words from their context, and ask questions to improve understanding (Y5-6 reading), Infer characters' feelings, thoughts and motives from their actions and what is said, with evidence (Y5-6 reading), Predict what might happen from details stated and implied (Y5-6 reading), Explain how language, structure and stage directions contribute to meaning, and compare texts of one type (Y5-6 reading).

Open Year 6 chapter

By the end of this chapter you will be able to

Find a detail that the text states, and copy the words that prove it
Work out the meaning of a word from the words around it
Infer a feeling, thought or motive from evidence in the text
Predict what might happen next, using the clues in the text
Explain the effect of a simile, a personification, a short sentence and a stage direction

You should already know

Retrieving facts and using evidence from a text (Year 4 reading)
Dialogue, direct speech and stage directions in a play (Year 4 Chapter 9 of this series)

Where this leads

Reading poetry and non-fiction, and comparing texts (Chapter 11 of this book)

Lessons in this chapter

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Practise with real exam questions

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