Explore this frigthening and heartwarming story extract set during World War II, designed to help your pupil understand comprehension.

This heartwarming compelling story Year 5 Trapped reading activity, is about a Jewish mother and her sons hiding from Nazi persecution while planning their escape to England, along with a choice of questions covering eight reading content domains and questions for more in-depth written answer practice. We've also included some more in-depth questions for more detailed written answers.

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.