A sheet with key grammatical terms (select terms rather than all) that may come up in the KS2 GPS test that children can use to remember them. Included is a definition and some examples of these to try and support understanding.

40 different questions for Chapter Seventeen of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl that test a range of skills. These can be used for guided reading sessions or to give children as activities to support guided reading sessions/ whole class reading comprehensions. The questions follow the order of the chapter but don't have answers attached as the answers can vary depending on the child's opinion.

The song lyrics for ‘Rewrite the Stars’ from The Greatest Showman with four different comprehension activities. Each of the activities matches up to one or more of the VIPERS skills with the activities potentially providing four reading lessons from the song. The fourth comprehension may be better used after watching the video so that children who may not have seen the film are able to appreciate the views of the era.

Two lessons that can be used as introductions or as revision for subject and object and active and passive. The lessons link together with one following on from the other. Included is: A lesson that focuses on being able to identify the subject and object of a sentence. Included is the lesson presentation which includes challenge questions and a variation style question as well as an activity for children to work through and an exit task taken from a previous KS2 GPS test on identifying the subject of the sentence. A lesson that focuses on active and passive. Included is the PowerPoint with some key recap elements before working on active and passive. This will include identifying the difference, identifying subject, object and verb and changing sentences into active or passive. Also included are green challenge bubbles for children who finish the tasks whilst others are working on them. There is then an activity for children to work through and an exit question taken from a KS2 GPS test.

Three different examples of written instructions that come from creating potions in Harry Potter.

A tool that can be used to explore and develop vocabulary. Simply put a word in the middle and then get children to explore that particular word, including the definition/s, whether they can add prefix or suffixes, what word classes it belongs to, synonyms and antonyms, words they can make from it and any words that they can think that rhyme with it. Not all categories will always be relevant but it will help develop their understanding of a particular word and the branches from it.

A fact file/ knowledge organiser that can be stuck in children's books when doing the persuasive genre in writing or for a help sheet if they are writing a persuasive text in a foundation subject.

A sequence of lessons based on the closing sequence from The Greatest Showman. Included is a PowerPoint that goes through the lessons (not a set lesson but more of a fluid sequence) including tasks and examples of writing with all the supporting resources for the tasks. The writing outcome is based on the first half of the video link given to create three to four paragraphs of writing. Made with Year 6 in mind but easily adaptable to other year groups.

A simple checklist that is easy for pupils to use. Includes the key features that should be included within an discussion text for children to refer back to during independent writing to self-assess/ for teachers to then use to assess against afterwards.

A lesson that gets children to work on being able to identify the key features of a diary. Included is the presentation and two different worksheets, with the HA worksheet then getting children to think about regional dialects and rhetorical questions.

A sample of the following resource: A fact file about Tutankhamun that is also a reading comprehension. This includes three differentiated worksheets with 11 questions each and answers included to test children's comprehension knowledge as well as learning about Tutankhamun at the same time. The full resource can be found at: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/tutankhamun-reading-comprehension-11756740

A lesson that works on direct speech and being able to punctuate it accurately. Included is the lesson presentation with objectives and three differentiated worksheets.

An activity that requires children to identify missing commas within an extract. Included is an extract from Harry Potter with the commas removed and the extract with commas included.

A task sheet to try and support children with the spelling of colossal by thinking about it in different ways.

A story taken from BBC News about the need to charge people a deposit to reduce how many tents are being left at festivals aterwards. Included is the majority of the story and a comprehension activity that includes answers. Also useful for a discussion about plastic and what children think about the tents left behind and how they could be used/ how the issue could be resolved.

A set of between 4 and 5 lessons that focus on being able to write some diary extracts linked to a journey based on The Firework-Maker's Daughter. Included within the presentation are starters and the key components of the lessons, including picture activities that get children to think of vocabulary for before then writing that part of the extract. Also included are a draft and redraft sheet, draft writing models to use as part of an example model write with children as well as a peer-marking code and fact file for diary writing.

Word cards that include the different words from the statutory list of spellings for children in Years 3 and 4 as well as 5 and 6.

A sample of the following resource: A fact file about Halloween that is also a reading comprehension. This includes three differentiated worksheets with 10 questions each and answers included to test children's comprehension knowledge as well as learning about Halloween at the same time. Find the full resource at: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/halloween-reading-comprehension-11754588

Two activities for children that require them to use coordinating conjunctions. Each activity has six sentences with a gap for a coordinating conjunction where children have to decide between and, but or or.

Three different activity sheets that work on common nouns and proper nouns. One sheet includes common nouns and requires children to think of proper nouns with another sheet having proper nouns to then think of an example of a common noun. The final sheet sheet is blank for children to think of examples of both.