The Classics – A Voyage of Discovery
Quality Texts, Quality Learning
The perfect companion to Reading Explorers: A Skills-Based Journey, this best-selling series continues to support the teaching and learning of Guided Reading, whether in small groups or as a whole class.
Using texts written by some of our most treasured children’s authors, this well-loved series aims to engage, excite and enthuse readers and foster within them a genuine love of the written word.
It focuses on the teaching and learning of core reading skills, its main aim being to improve the progress and attainment levels in Reading standards for each and every child in your class.
The key strands of reading comprehension The Classics – A Voyage of Discovery aims to develop and improve are:
- The retrieval of specific information.
- Vocabulary: extending a child’s knowledge and understanding of words and authorial intent.
- Inference and Deductive Reasoning: the art of understanding text at a deeper level.
- Evaluative assessment of text and the ability to sequence and summarise.
- A Research Skills section that aims to encourage independent reading, including how to write a letter to a famous author and what to include when writing a Reading Journal.
Each book contains 24 detailed lesson plans that will help enrich your Guided Reading lessons and enhance your reading provision.
Extracts featured in this book include:
The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by Clive Staples Lewis
The Little Match Girl by Hans Christian Andersen
Swallows and Amazon by Arthur Ransom
What is Pink? by Christina Georgina Rossetti
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by Lyman Frank Baum
Mary Poppins by Pamela Lyndon Travers
The Field Mouse by Cecil Frances Alexander
Little Red Cap by The Brothers Grimm
Heidi by Johanna Spyri
The River by Valerie Bloom
The River by James Carter
This series is also supported by high quality Guided Reading CPD training.
The Author:
John is a recognised specialist in developing children’s reading and comprehension.
An independent Reading consultant, he aims to support schools to improve their performance and secure best practice. His training focuses on the teaching, learning and enjoyment of reading.
You can learn more about John: his training, his consultancy work and his best-selling reading resources by visiting his website:
www.johnmurraycpd.co.uk
