Y5 Reading Comprehension: Library Letter

Year 5 reading comprehension: an original persuasive letter with 15 multiple-choice questions, KS2 reading domains and a full answer key. No prep needed.

Keep Our Library Open – When Westbury Council plans to close the town library to save money, ten-year-old Aaliyah writes a powerful letter asking them to think again. A formal persuasive letter with clear reasons, emotive language, rhetorical questions, metaphor, a counter-argument and a thoughtful solution.

What’s included (12-page PDF):

• Original persuasive letter (728 words) with numbered paragraphs, written for Year 5 readers
• Word bank of useful vocabulary
• Pupil question sheet: 15 multiple-choice questions (A–E), with no answers showing
• Quick-mark answer grid with every question tagged to its KS2 reading content domain (2a, 2b, 2c, 2d, 2f, 2g, 2h)
• Full teacher answer key explaining why each answer is right and why every other option is wrong

Skills covered:

• Retrieval
• Vocabulary in context
• Inference about the writer’s choices
• Summarising a paragraph
• Rhetorical questions, emotive language and metaphor
• Why a writer opens with a personal story
• Comparing two viewpoints

Ideal for: guided reading, whole-class reading lessons, reading assessment, homework, intervention groups, tutoring and cover lessons.

Questions build from straightforward retrieval to inference and language, so the pack works for a range of readers. British English throughout.

Written by Word Harbour Reading. Original text, created for educational use.