Are you looking for some in-depth questions to use with Private Peaceful by Michael Morpurgo? This resource is great in providing a range of questions that are organised into content domain to allow a focus on one or more specific skills, and this resource also includes questions for more in-depth written answer practice.

This interesting Private Peaceful worksheet is a fascinating fictional story about the early life of Thomas 'Tommo' Peaceful, and is told from his perspective. The novel alternates back and forth between the present and Tommo's recollections of the past.

This resource can be used individually, in groups or as a class and, where needed, content domains can be separated out and focused on, or all the domains can be covered collectively.

National Curriculum Objectives:

• English Year 5 & Year 6: Maintain positive attitudes to reading and understanding of what is read.
• English Year 5 & Year 6: Understand what they read by exploring the meaning of words in context; drawing inferences and justifying inferences with evidence; predicting what might happen from details stated and implied; summarising the main ideas drawn from more than one paragraph and identifying key details that support the main ideas; and identifying how language, structure and presentation contribute to meaning.
• English Year 5 & Year 6: Evaluate how authors use language, including figurative language, considering the impact on the reader.