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Year 6 · English

Increase Range Of Texts

Year 6 learners practise reading a wide range of story genres.

The activities include Apply Comprehension Skills to a Text from the Genre of Legends, Practise a Range of Comprehension Skills, Study Stories from Other Cultures, and related practice. The checked support below includes video, lesson, teaching. Open a resource in its provider's website and choose the format that best helps the learner explain the idea independently.

Activities covered

  • Apply Comprehension Skills to a Text from the Genre of Legends
  • Practise a Range of Comprehension Skills
  • Study Stories from Other Cultures
  • Use Comprehension Skills to Read Myths

Checked learning resources

  • Backing Up Ideas with Evidence | KS2 English Concept Video

    Twinkl · Video · Account may be required

    Models how to locate evidence in a text and use it to justify a comprehension answer. The video teaches the evidence-selection method used across the legend questions; the accompanying legend pack supplies the exact genr

  • KS2 Myths and Legends Focused Reading Skills Comprehension Pack

    Twinkl · Lesson · Account may be required

    Verified KS2 comprehension pack suitable through Year 6, with myths and legends texts plus questions covering vocabulary, retrieval, summarising, inference, prediction, authorial choice and comparison.

  • UKS2 Improving Your Reading Skills With Inference Iggy Activity Pack

    Twinkl · Lesson · Account may be required

    Upper-KS2 PowerPoint, comprehension texts and revision mats focused on making and justifying inferences using textual evidence and SATs content-domain 2d questions.

  • UKS2 60-Second Reads: Myths, Legends and Fables Activity Pack

    Twinkl · Lesson · Account may be required

    Verified Year 5 and Year 6 practice pack with age-appropriate myths, legends, traditional tales and fables, plus comprehension questions assessing vocabulary, retrieval, inference and understanding.

  • 'The Highwayman' Poem - Guided Reading | Y6 Unit Pack

    Twinkl · Lesson · Opens on the provider website

    Year 6 English resource matched to reading a wide range of story genres.

  • Developing reading preferences in Year 6

    Oak National Academy · Lesson · Opens on the provider website

    Year 6 English resource matched to reading a wide range of story genres.

  • 'Beowulf': reading

    Oak National Academy · Lesson · Opens on the provider website

    Year 6 English resource matched to reading a wide range of story genres.

  • Fiction

    BBC Bitesize · Lesson · Opens on the provider website

    Year 6 English resource matched to reading a wide range of story genres.