A reading journal for secondary school students, including space for teacher comments, target setting, and information related to Accelerated Reader.

A comprehensive overview of reading in a full academic year, including the use of Accelerated Reader. These resources have been created over the past three years. As the reading co-ordinator for the school, the following resources were submitted and received acclaim for the Renaissance Reading Awards 2019 and 2020. Any other resources you may require, please do get in touch. All proceeds to go to supporting the local food bank.

A reading/listening tracker - easily adaptable for any text.

A booklet for quick progress checks at the end of each day (designed for a 1 week summer school program, but easily adaptable).

A chronological study of 10 dystopian texts, from 1909 to 2013 (featuring classics, modern texts, and an extract from a popular video game). Each week features a short extract, followed by a task sheet to capture notes (based on research to maximise reading retention).

A single lesson introducing non-fiction, with a focus on purpose, audience, text type, and annotating any non-fiction extract. MA/HA KS3.

A single lesson introducing students to adventure fiction, featuring a highly-engaging journey through different cities in the world. KS3 MA.

An introduction to imperfect worlds through discussion of dystopian fiction (a focus on utopia and dystopia). Aimed at KS3.

An engaging lesson to plan a literary party for characters studied across the year.

An enrichment spelling bee to be used as a tutor group competition.

A lesson exploring fairy tale openings through Perrault and Grimm.

Learning Challenge: Can I evaluate what makes a successful narrative opening and emulate this in my own writing? Topic focus: Fairy tales.

Learning Challenge: Can I identify the elements of a fairy tale narrative? Designed with Zoom/Teams in mind, so will need tweaking for face-to-face teaching.

A two-part lesson exploring the meeting in A1, S5 between Romeo and Juliet, building up to writing an analysis piece.

A two-part lesson building up annotation skills through an extract from Alice in Wonderland. Next, the students will complete an analysis paragraph on the extract. Aimed at KS3.

Exploring the murder of King Duncan, the role of sybmolism and how to analyse key scenes.

A sequence exploring the role of Jacobean women, linking this to ‘Macbeth’, and exploring the wider theme of masculinity in society and the play as a whole.

KS3/KS4 MA challenging extract.