Some ideas and resources for planning a Literacy unit for KS1 based on Superworm by Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler. Some ideas for lessons based on the book - can be adapted for any class. Includes worksheets suitable for pupils working below Year 1 or 2 standard. If you find this useful, please leave a review!

Planning ideas plus ready-to-use resources for a Literacy unit based on Room on the Broom. Suitable for KS1, but all ideas are flexible and can be adapted for other classes. If this is useful to you, please leave a review!

Celebrate the world's greatest stortyteller! Suitable for Key Stage 1 and lower Key Stage 2. Powerpoint to introduce the character, with whole-class and paired activities to reinforce language, plus template for writing children's own description. This could be done in one lesson or two. Powerpoint has notes with each slide giving tips for teaching. If you like this, please leave feedback!

Planning ideas plus ready-to-use resources for a Literacy unit based on The Smartest Giant in Town. Suitable for KS1, but all ideas are flexible and can be adapted for other classes. If this is useful to you, please leave a review!

Lots of ideas for a Literacy unit using the book Katie in London by James Mayhew, plus worksheets and teaching resources. Created for a Year 3 class but could be adapted for other year groups. Please leave a review if this is helpful to you.

Planning ideas plus ready-to-use resources for a literacy unit on Giraffes Can’t Dance. Suitable for Key Stage 1. All ideas are flexible and can easily be adapted for any class. If this is useful to you, please leave a review!

A ready-to-use full lesson powerpoint on writing a newspaper report, aimed at lower KS2, but easily adaptable for any class. Based on Mrs Twit Goes Ballooning Up and Mrs Twit Comes Ballooning Down from The Twits by Roald Dahl. Includes starter activity on past tense verbs, model text, identifying features activity, comprehension questions and 2 printable blank templates for children to write their own report. I’ve set it in Scarborough, but you can edit it to include the name of your town and local landmarks!

Here are lots of ideas for teaching the book Paddington by Michael Bond, aimed particularly at Year 1. These ideas are not prescriptive in any way, and can be adapted/changed to suit any class. The series of lessons can be done over any period of time from a couple of lessons to a few weeks, depending on the interests of the class. If you find any of these ideas useful, please leave a review!