Reading Detectives: Teacher Resources and CD-ROM (PDF)

By: Keen Kite Books Staff

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Synopsis: Prepare children for the most difficult aspects of their reading test with comprehension exercises that concentrate on developing the key skills of inference and deduction. Prepare children for the most difficult aspects of their reading test with comprehension exercises that concentrate on developing the key skills of inference and deduction. * Set questions that gradually progress pupils' skills and deeper understanding of a text * Increase vocabulary and reading stamina with extracts from a rich variety of fiction and non-fiction texts * Evaluate your pupils' responses and help them apply their skills to other texts with guidance from top literacy consultant Rachel Clarke Included texts: Romulus and Remus: Twin Boys who Founded Rome by Geraldine McCaughrean When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit by Judith Kerr The Purple Lady by Jamila Gavin I am Malala by Malala Yousafzai with Patricia McCormick The Visitor by Ian Serraillier The Mystery of the Clockwork Sparrow by Katherine Woodfine Arthur: High King of Britain by Michael Morpurgo The Cloudspotter's Guide by Gavin Pretor-Pinney Five Children and It by E. Nesbit Oddiputs by Nicholas Fisk Africa: Eye to Eye with the Unknown by Michael Bright Fenn Halflin and the Fearzero by Francesca Armour-Chelu Cowboy Song by Charles Causley The Great Adventures of Sherlock Holmes: The Engineer's Thumb by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle The Tempest by William Shakespeare