“A Difficult Customer” serves as an engaging and thought-provoking resource to teach reading comprehension skills to students. Through the story’s intriguing plot and relatable characters, students can practice critical thinking, analyze character motivations, improve vocabulary and develop a deeper understanding of narrative elements. By actively engaging with the story and participating in various activities, students will enhance their reading comprehension abilities, becoming more proficient readers and thinkers. This download includes: SESSION 1: SETTING Pair-Share: Vocabulary check Ask-Write: Identifying setting elements of the given story Write-Advance: Describing the setting of the story Differentiated Tasks: Setting related comprehension questions Plenary: Selecting best option to answer setting questions SESSION 2: CHARACTERS Pair-Share: Identifying one of the main character’s elements in the story Ask-Write: Making a character sketch Write-Advance: Making a character description Differentiated Tasks: Characters related comprehension questions Plenary: Selecting best option to answer characterisation questions SESSION 3: PLOT Pair-Share: Identifying plot elements of the story Ask-Write: Identifying plot description elements in the story Write-Advance: Developing the plot of the story Differentiated Tasks: Plot related comprehension questions Plenary: Selecting the best option to answer plot questions SESSION 4: STORY ANALYSIS Pair-Share: Identifying story elements by answering questions Ask-Write: Identifying story elements of the story Write-Advance: Making a critical appreciation of the story Differentiated Tasks: Story analysis related comprehension questions Plenary: Selecting the best option to answer story components questions SESSION 5: SUMMARY Pair-Share: Identifying summary elements Ask-Write: Writing the summary of the story Write-Advance: Identifying RTC elements for the given lines Write-Progress: Explaining the line with reference to context Differentiated Tasks: Finding the context of the famous quotes Plenary: Summary related comprehension questions Home Learning: Answering inferential questions

This resource is designed to help students develop their reading comprehension abilities through a series of activities and discussions. By delving into the story, students will practice various reading strategies, such as inferencing, making predictions, identifying main ideas, analyzing characters and drawing conclusions. “The Dinner Party” by Mona Gardner - Reading Comprehension Resource offers an immersive reading experience that challenges students’ comprehension abilities while promoting critical thinking, empathy, and cultural awareness. Through this resource, students will sharpen their reading skills while gaining a deeper appreciation for diverse perspectives and the power of control in moments of crisis. This download includes: SESSION 1: SETTING Pair-Share: Vocabulary check Ask-Write: Identifying setting elements of the given story Write-Advance: Describing the setting of the story Differentiated Tasks: Creating story setting Plenary: Selecting best option to answer setting questions SESSION 2: CHARACTERS Pair-Share: Identifying one of the main character’s elements in the story Ask-Write: Making a character sketch Write-Advance: Making a character description Differentiated Tasks: Creating characters for the story Plenary: Selecting best option to answer characterisation questions SESSION 3: PLOT Pair-Share: Identifying plot elements of the story Ask-Write: Identifying plot description elements in the story Write-Advance: Developing the plot of the story Differentiated Tasks: Making a story plot Plenary: Selecting the best option to answer plot questions SESSION 4: STORY ANALYSIS Pair-Share: Identifying story elements by answering questions Ask-Write: Identifying story elements of the story Write-Advance: Making a critical appreciation of the story Differentiated Tasks: Writing a story Plenary: Selecting the best option to answer story components questions SESSION 5: SUMMARY Pair-Share: Identifying summary elements Ask-Write: Writing the summary of the story Write-Advance: Identifying RTC elements for the given lines Write-Progress: Explaining the line with reference to context Differentiated Tasks: Finding the context of the famous quotes Plenary: Reading the story to answer comprehension questions Home Learning: Answering inferential questions

This comprehensive resource is meticulously crafted to enhance essential reading comprehension skills. By delving into the depths of this timeless tale, students will develop a profound understanding of its themes, literary techniques and the author’s craft. This resource empowers students to engage with the text on multiple levels. By cultivating retrieval skills, analysing the author’s intent and language, recognising structural devices, exploring elements of fiction and decoding figurative language, students will develop a profound appreciation for the art of storytelling and deepen their reading comprehension abilities. After attempting these activities, your students will be able to: Retrieval:Locate and extract specific information from the text. Author’s Intent: Unveil the author’s purpose and intended message. Author’s use of Language: Dig into the author’s masterful manipulation of language. Structural Devices: Examine the story’s structural elements and narrative techniques. Elements of Fiction: Investigate the fictional aspects of the story. Simple Inference: Make logical connections and draw conclusions based on explicit information within the text. Complex Inference: Delve deeper into implicit messages conveyed in the story. Figurative Language: Explore the figurative language techniques employed by the author.

“Harry” by Rosemary Timperley offers a captivating tale that engages readers while providing ample opportunities to enhance their reading comprehension skills. By analysing the author’s intent, exploring language use, and examining structural devices and elements of fiction, students will gain a deeper understanding of the story’s themes and messages. Through this comprehensive resource, students will develop essential reading comprehension skills and cultivate a love for analysing literature. After attempting these activities, your students will be able to: Retrieval: Locate and extract specific information from the text. Author’s Intent: Unveil the author’s purpose and intended message. Author’s use of Language: Dig into the author’s masterful manipulation of language. Structural Devices: Examine the text’s structural elements and narrative techniques. Elements of Fiction: Investigate the fictional aspects of the story. Simple Inference: Make logical connections and draw conclusions based on explicit information within the text. Complex Inference: Delve deeper into implicit messages conveyed in the text. Figurative Language: Explore the figurative language techniques employed by the author. Language Analysis: Analyse the author’s use of language.

“The Three Questions” by Leo Tolstoy is a captivating short story that explores important philosophical concepts through a thought-provoking narrative. This comprehensive reading comprehension resource is designed to enhance students’ understanding of the story while developing essential reading comprehension skills. It covers various aspects of the text, including setting, characters, plot, story analysis and the summary. The resource is structured to target specific reading comprehension skills like retrieval, author’s intent, author’s use of language, structural devices, elements of fiction, simple inference, complex inference, figurative language, language analysis, and engage students in meaningful discussions and activities. It provides a wide range of activities, including comprehension questions, discussion prompts, analysis exercises, and writing tasks, to support students in developing their reading comprehension skills while engaging with the rich content of “The Three Questions” by Leo Tolstoy.

“Persuasive Writing Masterclass: Unlocking the Power of Words” is a comprehensive resource that aligns with the domains of Bloom’s taxonomy, designed to teach students the art of persuasive writing. This resource offers a systematic approach to mastering persuasive techniques, understanding the structure of persuasive essays, critically analysing persuasive texts, evaluating arguments, and ultimately creating original persuasive works. This resource not only equips students with a solid understanding of persuasive writing but also empowers them to apply, analyse, evaluate, and create persuasive arguments effectively. With a focus on both foundational knowledge and practical application, this resource supports students in becoming skilled and confident persuasive writers.

“Mastering Argumentative Writing” is an engaging and comprehensive resource designed to teach students the art of constructing persuasive arguments. Aligned with Bloom’s Taxonomy, the resource focuses on developing students’ skills across various levels of cognitive understanding, from remembering key components to creating well-structured and compelling essays. The learning objectives and student outcomes cover a range of cognitive levels, progressing from basic recall and understanding to higher-order skills like analysis, evaluation, and creation, in alignment with Bloom’s Taxonomy. This resource includes writing tasks that are differentiated based on the performance of learners in CAT4, GL, and NGRT assessments and tailored to address learner-specific needs and abilities. These tasks help educators provide targeted support and challenges to meet the diverse needs of learners and promote their growth in writing proficiency.

“Mastering Argumentative Writing” is an engaging and comprehensive resource designed to teach students the art of constructing persuasive arguments. Aligned with Bloom’s Taxonomy, the resource focuses on developing students’ skills across various levels of cognitive understanding, from remembering key components to creating well-structured and compelling essays. The learning objectives and student outcomes cover a range of cognitive levels, progressing from basic recall and understanding to higher-order skills like analysis, evaluation, and creation, in alignment with Bloom’s Taxonomy. This resource includes writing tasks that are differentiated based on the performance of learners in CAT4, GL, and NGRT assessments and tailored to address learner-specific needs and abilities. These tasks help educators provide targeted support and challenges to meet the diverse needs of learners and promote their growth in writing proficiency.

“Persuasive Writing Masterclass: Unlocking the Power of Words” is a comprehensive resource that aligns with the domains of Bloom’s taxonomy, designed to teach students the art of persuasive writing. This resource offers a systematic approach to mastering persuasive techniques, understanding the structure of persuasive essays, critically analysing persuasive texts, evaluating arguments, and ultimately creating original persuasive works. This resource not only equips students with a solid understanding of persuasive writing but also empowers them to apply, analyse, evaluate, and create persuasive arguments effectively. With a focus on both foundational knowledge and practical application, this resource supports students in becoming skilled and confident persuasive writers.

A Presentation on 41 Critical Thinking Activities to Think Differently which can be used as Starters, Middles, and Plenaries in a Classroom. Teachers can use these to enhance the critical thinking and problem-solving skills of the learners and to help them to think differently.

A ready to use unit lesson plan that presents teaching and learning resources of a grammar lesson on sentence kinds according to function based on New Bloom’s Taxonomy. This download includes: EXERCISE 1: Compare and contrast a phrase, clause and sentence. Use subject, verb and complete thought as criteria to differentiate. Use YES and NO to identify the difference. EXERCISE 2: Run through the slideshare presentation on Kinds of Sentences According to Function and name the kinds of sentences by function with an example each. EXERCISE 3: Watch the video on Kinds of Sentences by Function and identify the function of the given sentences. Provide an end punctuation to each of the sentence and state their type. EXERCISE 4: Match the sentence types (1-4) with their meanings (A-D). EXERCISE 5: Provide an end punctuation to each given sentence and state their function. EXERCISE 6: Think of varied sentences – declarative, interrogative, imperative, exclamatory - to go with the given pictures, end punctuation and functions. EXERCISE 7: Identify the emotion expressed by each of the emoji. EXERCISE 8: Match each of the expression with the given punctuation. EXERCISE 9: Answer questions to recognise the difference between the sentence kinds by function. EXERCISE 10: Answer questions to examine the functions of sentence kinds. EXERCISE 11: Answer questions to identify varied sentences used in writing. EXERCISE 12: Answer questions to demonstrate the use of sentences based on their function. EXERCISE 13: Assess and verify the correct use of sentence kinds by function in writing. EXERCISE 14: After reading the story, brainstorm things you would like to know about it, and then create four interrogative sentences (questions) with answers. EXERCISE 15: Demonstrate your knowledge of SENTENCE BY FUNCTION by attempting one of the following tasks. EXERCISE 16: Highlight by coloring declarative (black), interrogative (green), imperative (blue) and exclamatory (red) sentences in the story below. EXERCISE 17: Change the given sentences (without changing their meaning) as directed. Punctuate the sentences correctly. EXERCISE 18: Identify the sentences as: Declarative, Imperative, Interrogative or Exclamatory. EXERCISE 19: Add the correct end punctuation, and identify the function of each sentence. EXERCISE 20: Transform declarative sentences to interrogative and declarative sentences to exclamatory. EXERCISE 21: Transform declarative sentences to imperative and exclamatory sentences to declarative.