Year 6 reading detectives

Prepare children for the most difficult aspects of their reading test with comprehension exercises that concentrate on developing the key skills of inference and deduction.

Prepare children for the most difficult aspects of their reading test with comprehension exercises that concentrate on developing the key skills of inference and deduction.

• Set questions that gradually progress pupils' skills and deeper understanding of a text
• Increase vocabulary and reading stamina with extracts from a rich variety of fiction and non-fiction texts
• Evaluate your pupils' responses and help them apply their skills to other texts with guidance from top literacy consultant Rachel Clarke

Included texts:
Romulus and Remus: Twin Boys who Founded Rome by Geraldine McCaughrean
When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit by Judith Kerr
The Purple Lady by Jamila Gavin
I am Malala by Malala Yousafzai with Patricia McCormick
The Visitor by Ian Serraillier
The Mystery of the Clockwork Sparrow by Katherine Woodfine
Arthur: High King of Britain by Michael Morpurgo
The Cloudspotter's Guide by Gavin Pretor-Pinney
Five Children and It by E. Nesbit
Oddiputs by Nicholas Fisk
Africa: Eye to Eye with the Unknown by Michael Bright
Fenn Halflin and the Fearzero by Francesca Armour-Chelu
Cowboy Song by Charles Causley
The Great Adventures of Sherlock Holmes:
The Engineer's Thumb by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
The Tempest by William Shakespeare