This book provides exemplar lessons in reading for more able pupils in KS2 and uses them as a starting point for learning. It explores the theory behind good lessons, what makes them good and how they can be adapted to suit different classes and different schools.

What is reading?
Reading in context
Year 1: Using questioning with picture books
Year 2: Developing reading comprehension through poetry
Year 3: Oral storytelling and reading comprehension
Year 3: Reading non-fiction
Year 4: Identifying themes
Year 4: Playing with plays
Year 5: Using drama with a class novel
Year 5: Using moving image to develop critical reading
Year 6: Using drama to analyse a Shakespeare text
Year 6: Analysing pre-twentieth century literature
Moving on: Reading for pleasure

Suzanne Horton is subject leader for Primary English at the University of Worcester and teaches on a range of postgraduate and undergraduate modules. She is currently involved in the Lifelong Readers Project in cooperation with a number of European partners, funded with support from the European Commission.