This is a sequence of four lessons that focus on developing students’ retrieval skills for the KS2 SATs. For each lesson there is an excerpt from Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone (approx. 2 pages long and the length of a text on the SATs). There is also a series of questions that follow each excerpt (these are all related to developing retrieval skills). The excerpts of text are copyright of the owner - JK Rowling. There are also some PPT presentations included that look at different types of retrieval questions (the ‘tick it’ question, the 5W questions, etc.). I have also included a starter activity for some of the lessons - these focus on scanning skills.

This sequence of four lessons is based on the animated short film ‘The Supporting Act’. Lesson 1 - focuses on making predictions and developing this reading domain. Lesson 2 - focuses on making inferences and developing this reading domain. Lesson 3 - focuses on developing higher order thinking skills (specifically, Bloom’s Taxonomy Evaluation skills). Lesson 4 - focuses on drafting a piece of writing (narrative) based on ‘The Supporting Act’