Need a creative task that you can use over and over again, with any book? This set of twelve creative worksheets asks students to select evidence from their reading to build an image of a specific character. Set the character for the class, give a selection to choose from, or let your students choose their own! This also works for classes where students are all reading their own novels. There are three styles to choose from, and the drawing guides are differentiated; simple outlines, realistic outlines, and no outline at all for the really confident ones! The resource comes in both US and UK document sizes, making this resource 24 pages long.

This activity focuses on the idea of a time capsule - what would your students put in a time capsule to be opened more than 100 years from now? The resource features three formats: What eight items would you put in a time capsule, and why? What six items would you put in a time capsule, and how would people react if they dug it up in 100 years? What six items would you put in a time capsule, and how would the people in the society in your novel react if they dug it up? This makes this set of worksheets suitably flexible for one-off lessons, or linked to a range of tasks and subjects, or linked specifically to the study of a dystopian or futuristic novel or story. All worksheets are provided in US letter size and UK A4 size, and also as a Google Docs editable version.

This activity focuses on the idea of a time capsule - what would your students put in a time capsule to be opened in the past? The resource features three formats: What eight items would you put in a time capsule, and why? What six items would you put in a time capsule, and how would people react if they discovered it 100 years ago? What six items would you put in a time capsule, and how would the people in the historical society in your novel or story react if they dug it up? This makes this set of worksheets suitable for one-off lessons, or linked to historical study, or linked specifically to the study of a novel or story. All worksheets are provided in US letter size and UK A4 size, and also as a Google Docs editable version.

A fun, thoughtful ‘would you rather’ slideshow for secondary school students focused on Halloween. Great for October or autumn! Encourage discussion around 20 prompt pairs, all focused on the winter season. Perfect for warm-ups, bell-ringers or brain breaks.

A fun, thoughtful ‘would you rather’ slideshow for KS3 and KS4 school students focused on winter traditions and festivals around the world. Great for Christmas! Encourage discussion around ten prompt pairs, all focused on the winter season. Perfect for warm-ups, bell-ringers or brain breaks.

Guide your students in the close reading of any quotation from any text with these Quote Marks - bookmarks with differentiated mix and match activities. Perfect for rounding off a bigger reading task! Features three options for a front side and two options for the reverse, or print any of them as single-sided bookmark tasks. Four repeated bookmarks per sheet in black and white allow for easy printing and ink-saving. Includes US letter and UK A4 document sizes, plus a quick guide for printing. Tasks include: Identifying a quote Who said it and when Meaning of quote Tone of language Key words or impact In your own words… Word group categorizing Star ratings Change a word to alter the meaning

This print and trim resource includes three differentiated bingo grids of 24 prompts for the topic: “The best part of a festive meal is…” The three levels of differentiation are a bingo grid of instructions, a bingo grid of persuasive devices, and a bingo grid of sentence starters. Print back to back versions to cover all levels of support, and laminate for repeated use; students simply cross off the squares with a dry-wipe pen! All prompts encourage students to share their opinion about the best part of a Christmas, Easter, Thanksgiving or other festive meal. Will they talk about the food, or something deeper? Great for competitive classes in middle and high school! Colour and greyscale worksheets included, and large/small printing sizes. Check out the video preview for a closer look.

Round up independent reading or book tasting sessions by asking your students to fill out the sides of a hexagon with information about their own book. Then instruct them in the creation of a whole-class hex diagram by matching the sides, drawing links between the books to make a fantastic wall display. This resource includes quick-print sheets of large, medium and small hexagons, and two differentiated versions. Version 1 has sides for protagonist, antagonist, genre, theme, favorite quote, and setting. Version 2 has sides for hero, conflict, setting, favorite moment, genre, and pages. An exciting activity that will also help your students to recommend new novels to each other!

Four reading comprehension questions focused on setting for any novel, poem or extract. Use this list of differentiated questions as ideas for lessons, or print and hand out all questions and determine which students should complete. Use the worksheet version of each question as note-making activities or visual guides. The four questions explore: gathering evidence for inferring the setting, changes in the setting, details and features of the setting, and evaluating the importance of a setting. Perfect for literature stations, lit circles, or homework tasks.

This fun descriptive writing task includes everything you need to support your less able students and stretch your gifted ones. First, students explore ideas for describing a turkey, pumpkin or pumpkin pie as individuals, or in pairs or as a class, using the visual prompts on the first sheet. Some students might wish to express some of their ideas through color as well as words. Next, share the differentiated word bank of sensory words to support and stretch your students as needed. Included are banks for sight, sound, smell and touch - taste is not included, but you could always do this as a separate bank or as another collaboration project. There is also a vocabulary bank for verbs, and space in each section for students to add ideas of their own. The outcome will be interesting and vivid descriptions of the humble turkey or pumpkin pie. Enjoy!

Decorate your classroom with this pack of nine posters showing nine different reading strategies. Each poster has the name of the strategy, a description, and visual prompts. The strategies are… Reading back and forth Close reading Empathising Inferring Predicting Questioning Scanning Skimming Visualising These posters come in both US letter and UK A4 size documents, and there are black and white versions for printing onto plain or colour paper, and versions with a pop of colour in the borders.

Engage your class with a pre-reading task by presenting the climax or outcome of the plot as a crime scene. Use this editable Word template to organise the victims, statements, evidence locker timeline, and any other information you wish to include. Add or remove sections to suit the text or your students. This starting task allows students to work in groups to work out the plot before you read the text; it also gives you a chance to flip the classroom and get them to engage themselves. It is adaptable so that you can plan for the task to last fifteen minutes or a whole lesson. You choose! Please note: This template is not for commercial use.

A challenging but differentiated grid-style frame to guide and support pupils in planning 5 paragraphs for a sophisticated close study of any literary character. Each row represents a paragraph, and each column represents a layer of understanding which boosts their understanding of a quotation or point. Simply use the pre-populated guide questions, or insert your own to tailor the essay focus to your needs. Fully editable Google App included. This resource is provided in both US letter and UK A4 size documents. Students use the stages of the planning grid to analyse: Precise quotations Character impressions Impactful words Tone Sentence structure Punctuation effects Both aspirational and differentiated - make achieving easy!

No-Prep Group Work! Just print, pass and problem-solve! A set of desk placemats to encourage groups of students to discuss and share information about quotations, characters and context linked to specific m the novel. This can either be an oracy task alone, or discussion alongside the creation of a revision map on A4 or A3 paper. Includes a double-sided ‘Thoughtpad’ sheet for students to log ideas along the way. Includes five characters, six tasks per sheet, and works well with groups of 4-8 students. Laminate for multiple use!

Support your students in structuring a story with this pre-made editable frame. This resource works as a mat or handout, and is available in A4 size format. It can also be given to older students for them to plan their own stories. The frame coaches students through five paragraphs with suggestions for content, sentence starters, vocabulary and punctuation. Want some pre-populated, ready to go frames? Check out the pre-filled versions: Primary | The Perfect Story | Narrative Frame | Guided Writing Secondary | The Perfect Narrative | Story Frame | Guided Writing If you liked the look of this, check out… Writing with Alliteration Writing with Onomatopoeia Writing with Personification Writing with Similes

Help your students to analyse the themes in any text using these printable sticky note sheets. Print prompts and questions to distribute among the class, or give full sets to students for them to evaluate and apply as individual or group work. This product includes… Base template to ensure that your sticky notes go in the right place 12 themes to be printed onto 12 sticky notes (2 pages, 6 per page) 12 themes to be printed onto full page sets of sticky notes (12 pages, 6 per page) Blank editable boxes for you to create your own information (1 page, 6 per page) All materials included are provided in US letter and UK A4 size documents.

Seven tasks on seven double-sided worksheets. Each task focuses on a quotation about loneliness, and features four points or ideas about the quotation. Students must evaluate how much they agree with the points, rank them, and explain their reasoning… but beware - one point in each four is totally inaccurate! Use individually as bell-ringers, brain breaks, or give groups of students different quotations for a more developed discussion lesson. These worksheets are double-sided and come with answer keys to show the inaccurate points. I have also provided US letter and UK A4 size documents, and spellings for both the US and the UK.

Analyse the figurative language and literary devices from eight Tiktok sound trends and viral songs seen during April 2021! Use either as a full lesson in preparation for a bigger analysis task, as individual recap tasks for skills, or as a series of engaging starters for figurative language and device lessons. Best suited to upper KS3 and KS4. This resource comes in both US and UK document sizes (letter and A4), features eight sets of lyrics (recognisable to many students who use Tiktok), colour-coded answer keys, and an additional PowerPoint version for class collaboration. If you love this resource, follow me for an update when I release the sound trend tasks for May 2021 and beyond!

Perfect for classes reading Robert Cormier’s WWII novel Heroes. This pack of questions provides 20 comprehension questions and 20 analysis questions for chapter 1 of the novel. Differentiated to four levels, set work to support learners at every access stage! Level 1 is Easy, Level 2 is Moderate, Level 3 is challenging and Level 4 is Expert. Includes: Level 1 Comprehension - 5 questions and answer guide Level 2 Comprehension - 5 questions and answer guide Level 3 Comprehension - 5 questions and answer guide Level 4 Comprehension - 5 questions and answer guide Level 1 Analysis - 5 questions and answer guide Level 2 Analysis - 5 questions and answer guide Level 3 Analysis - 5 questions and answer guide Level 4 Analysis - 5 questions and answer guide

Perfect for classes reading Robert Cormier’s WWII novel Heroes. This pack of questions provides 20 comprehension questions and 20 analysis questions for chapter 2 of the novel. Differentiated to four levels, set work to support learners at every access stage! Level 1 is Easy, Level 2 is Moderate, Level 3 is challenging and Level 4 is Expert. Includes: Level 1 Comprehension - 5 questions and answer guide Level 2 Comprehension - 5 questions and answer guide Level 3 Comprehension - 5 questions and answer guide Level 4 Comprehension - 5 questions and answer guide Level 1 Analysis - 5 questions and answer guide Level 2 Analysis - 5 questions and answer guide Level 3 Analysis - 5 questions and answer guide Level 4 Analysis - 5 questions and answer guide