1. Can you read and
understand what is
written?
Can you sound out the
words and read aloud?

2. What is happening?
Who is speaking?
When, where and
how are the main
events taking place?

3. Can you unlock what the
author is saying? Think
beyond just the words.
What is going on?
What is your opinion?
What do you predict will
happen?

4. Why has the author
organised the book in
this way?
How does the way it is
organised affect your
opinion or help you
read the book?

5. Why has the author
used those words?
How does the author’s
writing affect you as a
reader?

6. Who is telling the
story?
What do they think
and feel?
Who was the book
written for?

7. What does the book
tell you about people,
places and history?
What do you now
understand or know
that you didn’t before?