Looking for an exciting and an extraordinary tale resource to help your pupils, then this Year 6 Shackleton's Endurance reading activity might just what you are looking for.

This captivating and thrilling story of the miraculous survival of the Endurance crew with a text detailing the events of Ernest Shackleton's expedition to Antarctica on his ship Endurance, this resource will help your children understand Year 6 reading comprehension text, along with a variety 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.