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Time Machine
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 science fiction.
The class can suggest how the narrative might develop when the traveller visits another time period in the past or future to match the themes and style of the original text.
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 science fiction
Activities in this teaching pack include a shared reading text of an extract from the story of the Time Machine by H G Wells and a set of differentiated worksheets to answer key questions about the structure and content of a section from a classic work of narrative science 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 science fiction.
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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