Explore this compelling diary extract reading comprehension year 6, this resource has been designed to help your pupil understand comprehension.

This Year 6 Notes on the Diary of a Witch reading activity will capture the attention of your pupils and help them understand good comprehension, it contains an extract from the diary of a woman living in a village in the year 1645 just as Matthew Hopkins - the dreaded Witchfinder - arrives, 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.