Developing Reading Comprehension Skills Years 56 Classic Poetry is a flexible teaching resource designed to give children a greater understanding of poems and to increase their confidence in answering questions about poems in the KS2 SATs. Itampampnbspintroduces children in upper Key Stage 2 to carefully selected classic poems whichampampnbsphave stood the test of time. Their meaning is universal and timeless as true now as it was when they were first written.ampampnbspThe resource will help pupils to develop a love of poetry by introducing themampampnbspto a world where playing with language is the norm and there areampampnbspa multitude ofampampnbspright answers.ampampnbspThrough exploring the language and themes of the poems pupils willampampnbspfind out more about themselves and the world around them.The activities help to guide children through the poems providing them with opportunities toampampnbspunderstand the poets choice ofampampnbspvocabulary widen their knowledge of synonyms develop understanding of challenging language devices and practise their reading comprehension skills.ampampnbspAll the activities are linked to the eightampampnbspquestion types for the reading content domainampampnbspthat appear in the KS2 Reading SATs papers vocabulary retrieval summary inference prediction text meaning authors use of language and compare and contrast.