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Oliver Twist
This English reading teaching pack for Key Stage Two gets the children to read and answer comprehension questions about the structure and content of a classic work of fiction by a significant author.
The class can select and record predictions as to how the narrative content might develop following the character actions and sequence of events.
Download this teaching pack including a shared reading text, activity worksheets and an interactive presentation to teach the children to read and answer comprehension questions about the structure and content of a classic work of fiction by a significant author
Activities in this teaching pack include a shared reading text of an extract from the story of Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens and a set of differentiated worksheets to answer key questions about the structure and content of a section from a classic work of narrative fiction.
The interactive presentation gets the children to explore how to read and answer comprehension questions about the structure and content of a classic work of fiction by a significant author.
This lesson can support development in reading and understanding the structure and format of a classic work of fiction by a significant author. There are teaching activities for shared learning, differentiated worksheets to support independent learning and interactive presentations to introduce concepts and key skills.
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Detective Stories
Investigate common narrative features and styles of mystery and thriller writing, learn spelling rules for adding the suffix able and practise using commas to write compound and complex sentences
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Detective Story Puzzles
Identify and record how to write an extra section to match the structure and format of a detective story to create puzzles in the mind of the reader about what happened
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Detective Story Paragraphs
Model and record how to convert a selection of paragraphs from a detective story from the first to the third person to indicate the sequence of narrative events
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Character Viewpoints
Select and compose a selection of paragraphs to match the content of a detective story written from the viewpoint of one of the characters