Take an in-depth look at the functioning of the human heart with this Year 6 Reading Skills – The Human Heart guided reading pack. Perfect to use on World Heart Day (29th September) and full of amazing facts and figures, this information report is sure to captivate the interest of all the budding scientists in your class as well as those who just enjoy non-fiction reading.

Comprehension questions cover each reading domain in turn and are presented in two ways so you can decide whether you want to look at one or two domains in particular or each one of them in turn.

In addition to questions for each reading domain, there is also a section which focuses on practising written answers. This is designed to help children become familiar and confident answering the kinds of questions they could face on an assessment paper.

Answers to all questions are provided to make life easier for you.

• 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.