Explore the features of autobiographies and what it was like to live through World War II, with this KS2 My Memories of WWII Guided Reading Pack. Pupils will read about Jimmy, a young boy, whose life abruptly changed on the 3rd September 1939 when WWII began. Children will develop reading skills through retrieving information and drawing inferences based upon Jimmy's words and emotions. This resource comes accompanied by additional tasks focussed on homophones and word definitions.

- maintain positive attitudes to reading and an understanding of what they read by continuing to read and discuss an increasingly wide range of fiction, poetry, plays, non-fiction and reference books or textbooks

- maintain positive attitudes to reading and an understanding of what they read by reading books that are structured in different ways and reading for a range of purposes

- understand what they read by checking that the book makes sense to them, discussing their understanding and exploring the meaning of words in context

- understand what they read by asking questions to improve their understanding

- understand what they read by drawing inferences such as inferring characters feelings, thoughts and motives from their actions, and justifying inferences with evidence