Please note that we do not have reading skills resources for every chapter of this book. Every effort has been made to ensure a wide range of questions have been included in the chapters we have resourced, covering each content domain.

Say hello to another great set of guided reading questions for David Almond's Skellig! This Skellig Chapter 16 Reading Skills pack has all the content and flexibility you need to deliver the session you want. It comes in two sections, the first of which provides a broad selection of questions to use as you read the text with your class or small group. These questions cover all eight reading content domains and are arranged by domain to make it easy to focus on whichever skills you want.

In the second section of the pack, you will find our written answer practice. The questions here help children to grow in skill and confidence when structuring written responses and are designed to mimic the style of a SATs reading paper. Answers to both sections of this resource are provided on separate answer sheets.

• 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.