3 whole class reading comprehension lessons based on No Refuge by Patrice Aggs and Joe Brady.

This text includes themes about fleeing war and persecution, separation from parents, and leaving home and starting over, which may be sensitive for some pupils.

Cross Curricular Links: Lots of opportunity for discussion, debate and empathy building by inviting children to put themselves into the shoes of a refugee by imagining fleeing their home in the UK.

Vocabulary, whole class reading, paired reading, shared and independent comprehension tasks, exploration of the features of graphic novels, and inference.

Based on an extract from the story.

27-page PowerPoint, 3 x printable PDFs

NB: Extract not included but available at lovereading4kids.

Suitable for ages 9+