Elevate Resources presents this 4-page article on the origins of St. Valentine’s Day (Why we celebrate; How it became a romantic holiday; Who St. Valentine was & How people celebrate) accompanied by 19 SATs style reading comprehension questions from assessment focuses: Word Meaning, Retrieval, Summarising, Inference, Prediction, Choice of Words to Enhance Meaning, & Comparisons + Answers!

Elevate Resources presents this fascinating article on the origins and celebration of St. David’s day, followed by 17 SATs style reading comprehension questions from assessment focuses: Word Meaning, Retrieval, Summarising, Inference, & Choice of Words to Enhance Meaning. Complete with answers, this is a great resource to teach your students about this special Welsh day!

Elevate Resources presents this 5 page article which may be used as part of work around Safer Internet Day. The article examines the balance between children’s online freedom and safety factors, and is followed by 16 SATs style reading comprehension questions for non-fiction text from assessment focuses: Word Meaning, Retrieval, Summarising, Inference, Prediction, & Choice of Words to Enhance Meaning.

Elevate Resources presents this 5-page article on Presidents’ Day (Washington’s Birthday, Uniform Monday Holiday Act, What Presidents are Celebrated on Presidents’ Day?, What is Closed on Presidents’ Day?, Presidents’ Day Celebrations and Traditions) accompanied by 17 SATs style reading comprehension questions from assessment focuses: Word Meaning, Retrieval, Summarising, Inference, & Choice of Words to Enhance Meaning.

Elevate Resources presents this 9-page pair of articles on Fairtrade Fortnight and a selection of Fairtrade products that are available. These are accompanied by 18 SATs style reading comprehension questions from assessment focuses: Word Meaning, Retrieval, Summarising, Inference, Prediction, Choice of Words to Enhance Meaning, & Comparisons. A great resource to accompany any unit on Fairtrade!

Elevate Resources presents this 2-page article on Easter (including the origins of the name and dating) AND 8-page story of Easter. This is accompanied by 20 SATs style reading comprehension questions for non-fiction text from assessment focuses: Word Meaning, Retrieval, Summarising, Inference, Choice of Words to Enhance Meaning, & Comparisons, AND answers!

Elevate Resources presents this child-focused four-page article on the fighting between Russia and Ukraine (background, history, how the war began, NATO involvement, worldwide response & aid) accompanied by 19 SATs style reading comprehension questions from assessment focuses: Word Meaning, Retrieval, Summarising, Inference, Choice of Words to Enhance Meaning, & Comparisons.

Elevate Resources presents this six page article on The Black Death / Bubonic Plague (how it started, symptoms, how it spread, understanding the disease, how it’s treated, religion, flagellants, how it ended, & the disease today) accompanied by 19 SATs style reading comprehension questions for non-fiction text from assessment focuses: Word Meaning, Retrieval, Summarising, Inference, Prediction, & Choice of Words to Enhance Meaning AND answers!

Elevate Resources presents this six-page article on the WWF’s Earth Hour (the event’s origins, history, facts, achievements, etc…) accompanied by 18 SATs style reading comprehension questions from assessment focuses: Word Meaning, Retrieval, Summarising, Inference, Prediction, & Choice of Words to Enhance Meaning… + Answers!

Elevate Resources presents this four-page article on Mother’s Day Around the World (featuring USA, UK, India, Japan, Thailand, Ethiopia, France, China, Mexico, Russia & Egypt) accompanied by 19 SATs style reading comprehension questions from assessment focuses: Word Meaning, Retrieval, Summarising, Inference, Choice of Words to Enhance Meaning, & Comparisons.

Elevate Resources presents this fascinating article on Mardi Gras (When is Mardi Gras?, What is Mardi Gras?, What does Mardi Gras Mean?, New Orleans Mardi Gras, & Mardi Gras Around the World) accompanied by 18 SATs style reading comprehension questions from assessment focuses: Word Meaning, Retrieval, Summarising, Inference, Choice of Words to Enhance Meaning, & Comparisons… AND answers!

Elevate Resources presents this 6-page article on Lent and Shrove Tuesday/Pancake Day (including traditions, origins, recipes, races and even ‘mob football’) accompanied by 19 SATs style reading comprehension questions from assessment focuses: Word Meaning, Retrieval, Summarising, Inference, Choice of Words to Enhance Meaning, & Comparisons AND answers!

Elevate Resources presents this unit of work guiding students towards writing their own anti-racist speech modelled on Martin Luther King Jr.’s ‘I Have a Dream’ speech. Using apartheid in South Africa as a stimulus, but easily adaptable to other anti-racist themes, the unit covers: Understanding of arguments around apartheid Glean features of a persuasive speech Compare two persuasive speeches Understanding use of punctuation for effect. Organise the structure of a speech Plan a persuasive speech Writing a persuasive speech Resources include: Speeches (edited and full) by Winston Churchill, Martin Luther King Jr., Tony Blair, Abraham Lincoln & Earl Spencer. ‘Boxing up’ planning sheet. WAGOLL speech. Axis of emotion & venn diagrams for comparing speeches. Success criteria for final piece. A great cross curricular unit which will lead students to producing their own fantastic speeches!

A non-chronological report about Qatar, hosts of the 2022 World Cup, accompanied by 18 SATs style reading comprehension questions from assessment focuses including word meaning, retrieval, summarising, inference, prediction and comparisons.

Ideal for use alongside Qatar reading comprehension, includes features of non-chronological reports, note taking research/planning spider-diagram, example facts/figures/statistics, differentiation prompts & up-levelling writing quick wins sheet.

Lesson plan & resources to introduce/revise persuasive writing features to be used in the creation of a cross curricular (English/Geography) holiday brochure for Qatar. Includes LO/SC, information of features of persuasive writing, example holiday brochure WAGOLLs, ‘boxing up’ planning sheet & WAGOLL for Kolkata. Ideal for use in connection with the Qatar World Cup.

Thirty-four SATs/VIPERS (Vocabulary, Inference, Prediction, Explanation, Retrieval, Summary) questions on each verse of ‘The Highwayman’ by Alfred Noyes. Great for use as a one off lesson, or part of a longer unit on the narrative poem. With questions of varying difficulty to cut and paste for differentiation and suitable for students in UKS2 / KS3.

This writing prompt provides a stimulus for the writing of a mystery story based upon 'The Facts in the Case of Mister Hollow'. Students imagine receiving an envelope dated 3rd November 1933 which is pushed under the door of their office from a ‘Johnny Hollow’. The envelope contains some old newspaper clippings, references to an ancient Greek goddess of death named Keres, and a faded photograph which the letter tells them to look at closely Pupils receive prompts regarding 'Where you will go', 'Who you will meet', 'What will happen', 'The mysterious atmosphere' and 'How to end the scene' as well as a WAGOLL story starter.

This writing prompt provides a stimulus for the writing of a journalistic report or biography based upon 'The Facts in the Case of Mister Hollow'. Contains writing stimulus in the form of a letter from ‘Johnny Hollow’ and key features of writing genres for task (journalistic writing and biographies).

An example of a WAGOLL of good writing for a detective/mystery story using 'The Falcon's Malteser' by Anthony Horowitz as a stimulus.