General guided reading

What did you

enjoy about
this book?

change during
the problem

How did the

Would you
characters

characters
the story?
What was

the main

faced?

have preferred
a different
ending?

Why?
character?
favourite
Who was your

What was your

favourite part
of the story?

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Inference

How has one of

the characters
changed?
Explain fully.

Choose one of the

choice a character
do you think they
have made that

has made. Why

important to

characters. What
How is the

Choose one
the story?

impression do
setting

choice?
you have of them?
Use evidence
to support your
answer.

your answer.
next? Explain
to happen
think is going
What do you

What is the
message of this
story?

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Retrieving information

Where is the
story set?
Describe
everything you
know about the
setting.
tell you about

tell you about

phrases that
the setting.
characters.
words that
Find three

Find three
one of the

words or
What happened
in the last
chapter?

who was involved?

happened and
so far? What
event in the story
most important
What has been the

Who are
the main
characters?
Describe two of
them.

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Language

Find examples
of powerful
adjectives or
verbs. What effect
have they had on
the writing?

chosen a good
Find three words

Has the writer

book? Why do
How does the

you think so?

writer make
you want to

title for the

you are unfamiliar
read on?

with. What do
they mean? Can
you use them in
sentences?

writing?
they had on the
What effect have
sentence types here?
chosen these
Why has the writer
types of sentences.
Choose 2 different

Can you find

any examples
of similes or
metaphors in
the text?

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