SATs-Style Reading Comprehension

Reading - comprehension

“Reading books that are structured in different ways and reading for a range of purposes”

Pupils read a story and an information report on the same animal.

Reading - comprehension

“Making comparisons within and across books”

Questions 12 and 13 ask pupils to compare the two texts.

Reading - comprehension

“Checking that the book makes sense to them, discussing their understanding and exploring the meaning of words in context”

Question 2 asks for the word that shows the floorboard gave Leo away.

Reading - comprehension

“Drawing inferences such as inferring characters' feelings, thoughts and motives from their actions, and justifying inferences with evidence”

Question 6 asks how Leo feels about the foxes, with two pieces of evidence for 3 marks.

Reading - comprehension

“Summarising the main ideas drawn from more than one paragraph, identifying key details that support the main ideas”

Question 5 asks pupils to track four main events across all three paragraphs in order.

Reading - comprehension

“Identifying how language, structure and presentation contribute to meaning”

Question 12 looks at how the story and the report present the same bin scene in different ways.

Reading - comprehension

“Retrieve, record and present information from non-fiction”

Questions 7 to 10 take facts from the urban foxes report, such as the 50% figure.