EVOLUTION A Day in the Life of Fossils, Fire and Other Fantastic Finds

Resource Details

Year Group:

Year 6

Reading Skills:

Clarify, Infer, Retrieve, Summarise, Visualise, Writer Style

Genres:

Non Fiction, Diary, Funny

Topics:

adaptation, evolution and inheritance, Scientists

Text Type:

diary, Graphic Novel/Comic, non-fiction

Whole Class Reading Comprehension Resources to accompany:

A Day on the Life of Fossils, Fire and Other Fantastic Finds
pages 84-86
  • Author: Mike Barfield
  • Illustrator: Jess Bradley
  • Publisher: Buster Books
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Topic: Evolution & Inheritance, Darwin and Wallace

Whole class reading comprehension resources based on selected pages from A Day in the Life of Fossils, Fire and Other Fantastic Finds by Mike Barfield.

22-page PowerPoint

6-page PDF document

Extracts included:

Wallace’s diary

Darwin’s discovery and publishing of On the Origin of the Species

Vocabulary

Mixture of independent, paired and group comprehension activities.

Closely linked to NC objectives

Recommended age 9+

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