Year 4 Summarise Main Ideas Reading Challenge Activity

Teacher Specific Information

This Year 4 Summarise Main Ideas Reading Challenge Activity includes diary entries written over three days which tell the story on an alien encounter. The activity includes 4 questions designed to check pupils’ ability to understand and summarise the information provided in a text. Pupils will will describe the author, describe the behaviour of another person who appears in the diary, identify the purpose of the diary and order the events in the whole text.

If you would like to access additional resources which link to this reading comprehension you can purchase a subscription for only £5.31 per month on our sister site, Classroom Secrets.

National Curriculum Objectives

The questions in this activity cover the following content domains:
2c Summarise main ideas from more than one paragraph.