Elevate Resources present an article on ‘Halloween around the world’ looking at festivities in Scotland, Ireland, Japan, Italy, Mexico and Guetamala, followed by 16 SATs style reading comprehension questions from assessment focuses: Word Meaning, Retrieval, Summarising, Inference, Choice of Words to Enhance Meaning, & Comparisons. Complete with answers. Perfect for spooky season!

Elevate Resources presents this article comparing the celebration of La Toussaint (or all saints day) and Halloween in the US and France. Complete with 18 SATs style reading comprehension questions from assessment focuses: Word Meaning, Retrieval, Summarising, Inference, Prediction, Choice of Words to Enhance Meaning, & Comparisons. Ideal to accompany work on religious festivals and the Halloween season.

Elevate Resources presents this 3-page article on ‘Earth Day’ (Introduction, Become a waste warrior, Plant a tree, Turn off the lights, Limit your water usage, Offer your time, Spread the massage, Be a planet hero!) accompanied by 15 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!

SATs style questions covering the full range of assessment focuses / reading strands for use with individual, groups or whole classes of children when studying 'Midnight Fox' by Betsy Byars - particularly useful in preparation for end of KS2 Reading assessments.

Twenty-eight VIPERS (vocabulary, inference, prediction, explanation, retrieval, summarising) / SATs style reading comprehension questions on song lyrics from 'Three Lions ‘96’ (football’s coming home) and a journalistic/newspaper report on England’s 2-0 victory over Sweden in the semi-finals of the 2018 world cup. Suitable for UKS2/ KS3 reading comprehsnion / English lessons. Answers included.

War Horse – Michael Morpurgo (2017 edition publication) Part 1 (Ch1-11) Reading Comprehension Questions Vipers KS2 KS3 Reading comprehension questions following the ‘VIPERS’ format (Vocabulary, Inference, Prediction, Explanation, Retrieval, Summarise) ideal for SATs preparation, whole class KS2 reading sessions as well as KS3 English lessons. Full set of VIPERS questions for each chapter with 122 questions in all with accompanying answers! Also fantastic for history lessons or as part of commemorations for the 100th anniversary of the end of World War 1.

Free sample of Elevate Resources reading comprehension on ‘Halloween Around the World’.

Free sample of Elevate Resources Reading Comprehension on the history of women’s football.

A free preview of Elevate Resources article and reading comprehension questions on The Day of the Dead festival.

Elevate Resources presents an article on the origins of Guy Fawkes Day/Bonfire Night and the rhyme ‘Remember, Remember…’ accompanied by 22 SATs style reading comprehension questions from assessment focuses: Word Meaning, Retrieval, Summarising, Inference & Choice of Words to Enhance Meaning.

Elevate Resources presents this four page article on TikTok accompanied by 19 SATs style reading comprehension questions from assessment focuses: Word Meaning, Retrieval, Summarising, Inference, Prediction, Choice of Words to Enhance Meaning, & Comparisons. Ideal for grabbing the attention of your students and enthusing them to answer comprehension questions!

Marking 25 years since the passing of Princess Diana, this biography of her life is accompanied by SATs style questions covering word meaning, retrieval, summarising, inference and choice of words to enhance meaning.

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!

Elevate Resources presents this 8-page biography of Charles Dickens (Early Life, Beginnings of a Literary Career, Dickens in the United States, Master Novelist, Journalist and Reformer, Dark Times, Theatre & Public Reading, & Final Novels), complete with 19 SATs style reading comprehension questions from assessment focuses: Word Meaning, Retrieval, Summarising, Inference, Prediction, & Choice of Words to Enhance Meaning, AND answers.

Elevate Resources presents this 4-page article on Autism Awareness Day (History, Components, Themes, Onesie Wednesday, Outcomes in the USA, Did You Know?, & Timeline) 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 4-page story & article on St George (The Man, The Legend, The Legacy) accompanied by 18 SATs style reading comprehension questions from assessment focuses: Word Meaning, Retrieval, Summarising, Inference, Choice of Words to Enhance Meaning… AND Answers.

Twenty-eight maths questions and activities all linked to the Qatar World Cup! Suitable & adaptable for children across KS2. Topics include: calculation, statistics, averages, shape, measurement, ordering and investigation.

Elevate Resources presents this X page article on recent changes made by Comic Relief to their Red Nose Day event. Includes 18 SATs style reading comprehension questions from assessment focuses: Word Meaning, Retrieval, Summarising, Inference, Prediction, Choice of Words to Enhance Meaning, & Comparisons AND answers.

Elevate Resources presents this five page article on Christmas traditions in Spain, including: Meals, Mass, Innocent Saints, NYE, Epiphany, Parades, Christmas in the Basque country and Catalonia. This fascinating article is accompanied by 20 SATs style reading comprehension questions from assessment focuses: Word Meaning, Retrieval, Summarising, Inference, Choice of Words to Enhance Meaning, & Comparisons - and answers! A great resource for the festive season!