This comprehension crusher reading scheme pack includes non-chronological reports focusing on the extraordinary life of Reginald Mitchell and facts about World War Two. The first non-chronological report, that accompanies the teaching slides, is a detailed text which gives an overview of Reginald Mitchell’s life; where he was born, his interests as a child and his incredible achievements concerning airplane development during the Second World War. It has been written to meet the Year 6 expected standard and comes with three sets of comprehension questions, based on three curriculum content domains (retrieval, summary and inference). The teaching slides provided, along with the questions sets, allow for in depth practice of each individual question type.

The second model text is also an infographic, this time with a focus on different aspects of the war, including evacuation and rationing. This text has been written to meet the Year 6 expected standard and is accompanied by one set of comprehension questions, which includes the three styles of question, previously practised. This provides an ‘unseen’ text and additional questions to practise these same skills independently. The answers to all questions are included.

National curriculum objectives:
Year 6: Pupils should be taught to answer a variety of comprehension questions across a mixture of genres. This text focuses on developing retrieval, summarising and inference.

Level of this pack:
Age: 10-11...