This is a book of photocopiable activity sheets intended to help children become enthusiastic, motivated and reflective readers. The activities encourage readers to think critically, justify preferences and discuss viewpoints other than their own about the books they read. Based on "War Game" by Michael Foreman, which is a tribute to the men who faught in the trenches during the First World War. It is intended for Key Stage 2 English readers and aims to help teachers organise tasks which introduce children to a range of specific key reading skills as outlined in the reading PoS. These activity sheets, which are part of a series are banded as advanced.

 

This book is part of a book series called Read And Respond .

This book is suitable for Key Stage 2. KS2 covers school years 4, 5 and 6, and ages 8-11 years. A key stage is any of the fixed stages into which the national curriculum is divided, each having its own prescribed course of study. At the end of each stage, pupils are required to complete standard assessment tasks. This book is part of a reading scheme, meaning that it is a book aimed at children who are learning to read.

There are 32 pages in this book. This book was published 1998 by Scholastic .

Alan Howe is an experienced classroom teacher, and author of books on English and Literacy.