Can you read and understand what is written?Can you sound out the words and read aloud?

What is happening?Who is speaking?When, where and how are the main events taking place?

Can you unlock what the author is saying? Think beyond just the words.What is going on? What is your opinion?What do you predict will happen?

Why has the author organised the book in this way? How does the way it is organised affect your opinion or help you read the book?

Why has the author used those words? How does the author’s writing affect you as a reader?

Who is telling the story?What do they think and feel?Who was the book written for?

What does the book tell you about people, places and history?What do you now understand or know that you didn’t before?