Year 6 Reading Groups - Narrative Comprehension

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📖 WALT & Success Criteria

We Are Learning To: Understand narrative texts by identifying characters, settings, and making predictions about story events.

Success Criteria - I can:

Identify main characters and their feelings

Describe the setting of a story

Make predictions based on story clues

Explain why characters make certain choices

📚 Reading Group Activities

1. Kangaroos & Cockatoos Groups: After reading your story, who is the main character?

2. Kangaroos & Cockatoos: How does the main character feel at the beginning of the story?

Happy

Sad

Excited

Worried

3. Platypus & Koalas Groups: Describe the setting where your story takes place. Include time and place.

4. Platypus & Koalas: What problem does the main character face? How do you think they will solve it?

5. Wombats & Tasmanian Devils Groups: Analyse the main character's motivation. Why do they make the choices they do? Use evidence from the text.

6. Wombats & Tasmanian Devils: Predict what might happen in the next chapter. Give three reasons for your prediction based on story clues.

🌟 Challenge Activity - All Groups

7. Character Feelings Map: Choose any character from your story. In the space below, draw or write how their feelings change from the beginning to the end of the story.

8. Extension Activity (Advanced Learners): If you were the author, what would you change about this story? Explain why and how it would improve the narrative.

💡 Dyslexia-Friendly Options Available:

Large print version requested

Audio recording used

Coloured overlay used

Buddy reading completed