This KS2 War Horse Chapter 1 Whole Class Guided Reading Pack has differentiated questions and activities to be used in a Whole Class Reading session based on the first chapter of the popular novel by Michael Morpurgo.

This chapter introduces the main character, a young colt, who is sold at an auction to a drunk farmer. He is taken to his new home where he meets a young boy called Albert who ignores his father's instructions and takes care of the young horse, naming him Joey.

This pack contains colour-coded questions to ensure clear differentiation, as well as differentiated challenge tasks focussed upon word definitions, good/bad themes, speech and subordinate clauses.

National Curriculum Objectives:

- discuss and evaluate how authors use language, including

figurative language, considering the impact on the reader

- understand what they read by drawing inferences such as

inferring characters feelings, thoughts and motives from their actions, and justifying

inferences with evidence