KS2 SATs English Reading - Thoughts and Feelings - Worksheet

The KS2 SATs English Reading worksheet is designed to enhance children's comprehension skills, specifically their ability to discern and articulate the thoughts and feelings of characters within a text. The worksheet utilises an extract from the timeless tale 'The Wizard of Oz', where Dorothy and her companions encounter challenges while on their journey to the Emerald City. Students are prompted to underline parts of the text that provide insight into the characters' emotions, laying the groundwork for answering questions focused on thought bubbles. This exercise not only prepares students for the Reading SATs paper but also encourages critical thinking and empathy as they consider the perspectives of the Cowardly Lion, Tin Woodman, Scarecrow, and Dorothy.

Two questions follow the extract, each one inviting the students to step into the shoes of the Tin Woodman and the Cowardly Lion respectively. The questions are structured to prompt detailed responses, asking for specific sentences that reflect panic, worry, sadness, and the characters' reactions to their predicaments. For the Tin Woodman, students must express his mixed emotions as he witnesses the Scarecrow being swept away, including his concern about rusting from his tears. For the Cowardly Lion, students are to convey his initial shock, his struggle against the water, his determination to save his friends, and his relief upon reaching safety. These questions aim to deepen students' understanding of narrative events and character development, while also practicing sentence structure by incorporating conjunctions like 'because' and 'if'.