Year 6 SATS Reading Lesson Common Errors Retrieval

Y6 SATs Reading Revision Common Errors Retrieval

Do you find your Year 6 pupils continuously make the same errors in SATs practice papers? Then this is the lesson for you! The session covers three common errors when answering retrieval questions: red herrings, misquotes and avoiding answering altogether. They are given steps for avoiding these errors, practice questions and the opportunity to write their own questions to catch out a partner. Altogether there are six short texts included in the resource.

The structure of the activity is:

1. How to avoid red herrings
2. Short text and questions to practise avoiding red herrings
3. Answers
4. New text for pupils to use to write their own questions for a partner (can they catch them out using red herrings?).
5. Answers - sample questions
6. How to avoid misquotes
7. Short text and questions to practise avoiding misquotes
8. Answers
9. New text for pupils to use to write their own questions for a partner (can they catch their partner out?).
10. Answers - sample questions
11. How to avoid avoidance
12. Short text and questions to practise avoiding avoidance
13. Answers
14. New text for pupils to use to write their own questions for a partner (will their partner avoid the questions?).
15. Answers - sample questions
16. Recap - plenary
17. Answers to plenary questions

What’s included?
A 22 slide PowerPoint