Year 6 Reading Assessment – Fiction: Moonfleet
Year 6EnglishReading assessment8 pages
A Year 6 reading assessment based on two extracts from J. Meade Falkner's Moonfleet, an 18th-century smuggling adventure set on the south coast of England. The reading booklet holds the extracts; the answer booklet holds 12 questions (18 marks) for pupils to answer in writing.
What it covers
- Retrieval and vocabulary (e.g. finding a word for a shallow stretch of water)
- Inference about characters and setting
- Explaining figurative language ('My heart was in my mouth…')
- Using evidence from more than one paragraph
- Giving and justifying an opinion with evidence
Who it's for
Year 6 children (age 10–11) preparing for the KS2 SATs reading paper, and able Year 5 readers.
How to use it
Allow around 30–40 minutes. No mark scheme is included – a Harringtons tutor can mark it with your child.
Want help with this?
Our tutors can work through it with your child and fill any gaps.
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