When I came across Literacy Alive and realised that it used Harry Potter and Dumbledore as the characters to help children recognise and use
figurative language, which is a
skill our children needed to develop, we decided it was the perfect fit.»
They measures students» attainment of
skills such as understanding story events, drawing conclusions, making predictions, identifying the main idea, using vocabulary strategies, identifying supporting details, identifying point of view, evaluating ideas, understanding features that distinguish genres, and using
figurative language to interpret text.