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KS2ReadingVipers

Improvingkeyreading skills

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KS2ReadingVipersVipersisarangeofreadingpromptsbasedonthe2016readingcontentdomainsfoundintheNationalCurriculumTestFrameworkdocumentswhichcanbefoundonlinehere:https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/key-stage-2-english-reading-test-framework

Vipersheading ContentDomainreference

ContentDomain Description

Vocabulary 2a Give/explainthemeaning ofwordsincontext

Infer 2d Make inferencefromthetext/explainandjustifyusingevidencefromthetext.

Predict 2e Predictwhatmighthappenfromthedetailsstated andimplied.

Explain 2f,2g,2h, Identify/explainhowinformation/narrativecontentisrelatedandcontributestothemeaningasawhole.Identify/explainhowmeaningisenhancedthroughchoiceofwordsandphrases.Makecomparisonswithinthetext

Retrieve 2b Retrieveandrecordkeyinformation/key detailsfromfictionandnon-fiction

Summarise 2c Summarisemainideasfrommorethanoneparagraph

VocabularyInferPredictExplainRetrieveSummarise

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Vocabulary

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Findandexplainthemeaningofwordsincontext

Examplequestions

• Whatdothewords......and…… suggestaboutthecharacter,settingandmood?

• Whichwordtellsyouthat….?• Whichkeywordtellsyouaboutthe

character/setting/mood?• Findonewordinthetextwhichmeans……• Findandhighlightthewordthatisclosestinmeaning

to…….• Findawordorphrasewhichshows/suggeststhat…….

Vocabulary

Infer

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Makeandjustifyinferencesusingevidencefromthetext.

Examplequestions

• Findandcopyagroupofwordswhichshowthat…• Howdothesewordsmakethereaderfeel?Howdoes

thisparagraphsuggestthis?• Howdothedescriptionsof…… showthattheyare……..• Howcanyoutellthat……• Whatimpressionof…… doyougetfromthese

paragraphs?• Whatvoicemightthesecharactersuse?• Whatwas….thinkingwhen…..• Whoistellingthestory?

Predict

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Predictwhatmighthappenfromthedetailsgivenandimplied.

Examplequestions

• Fromthecoverwhatdoyouthinkthistextisgoingtobeabout?

• Whatishappeningnow?Whathappenedbeforethis?Whatwillhappenafter?

• Whatdoesthisparagraphsuggestwillhappennext?Whatmakesyouthinkthis?

• Doyouthinkthechoiceofsettingwillinfluencehowtheplotdevelops?

• Doyouthink… willhappen?Yes,noormaybe?Explainyouranswerusingevidencefromthetext.

Explain

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Ø Explainhowcontentisrelatedandcontributestothemeaningasawhole.

Ø Explainhowmeaningisenhancedthroughchoiceoflanguage.Ø Explainthethemesandpatternsthatdevelopacrossthetext.Ø Explainhowinformationcontributestotheoverallexperience.

Examplequestions• Whyisthetextarrangedinthisway?• Whatstructureshastheauthorused?• Whatisthepurposeofthistextfeature?• Istheuseof…..effective?• Themoodofthecharacterchangesthroughoutthetext.

Findandcopythephraseswhichshowthis.• Whatistheauthor’spointofview?• Whataffectdoes…..haveontheaudience?• Howdoestheauthorengagethereaderhere?• Whichwordsandphrasesdid…..effectively?• Whichsectionwasthemostinteresting/excitingpart?• Howarethesesectionslinked?

Retrieve

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Retrieveandrecordinformationandidentifykeydetailsfromfictionandnon-fiction.

Examplequestions

• Howwouldyoudescribethisstory/text?Whatgenreisit?Howdoyouknow?

• Howdid…?• Howoften…?• Whohad…?Whois…?Whodid….?• Whathappenedto…?• Whatdoes….do?• How…..is……..?• Whatcanyoulearnfrom…… fromthissection?• Giveoneexampleof……• Thestoryistoldfromwhoseperspective?

Summarise

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Summarisethemainideasfrommorethanoneparagraph

Examplequestions

• Canyounumbertheseevents1-5intheorderthattheyhappened?

• Whathappenedafter…….?• Whatwasthefirstthingthathappenedinthestory?• Canyousummariseinasentencethe

opening/middle/endofthestory?• Inwhatorderdothesechapterheadingscomeinthe

story?