Year 6 Expected Standard of work

This is an example of the standard if fiction text that a Year 6 pupil should be able to read and understand. We would expect that a Year 6 pupil would be able to read this text fluently and with expression. We would also expect that they would be able to answer the following type of questions;

Questions about word meaning

What word could be used instead of bewilderment (Line 2)?

Questions that ask you to extract information from the passage

Who rescued Laurie from his ‘nightmare’?

Questions that ask you to summarise the text

What happened to Laurie after the cart had set him down?

Questions that ask you to use the clues in the text to produce a reasoned answer

How do we know that Laurie was scared when he stood in the grass?

Questions that ask you to use the text to make predictions

Do you think that Laurie will always be scared of the village?

Questions relating to the meaning of the whole text

Laurie has visited the countryside many times. Explain why you agree or disagree with this statement