With 16 years of experience as an English teacher, preceded by a 5-year tenure as a graduate librarian, I've had the privilege of teaching and working with all key stages and abilities. I take pride in developing original and high-quality resources. Should you have any specific requests, please feel free to reach out. wildpoppyfieldsart@gmail.com
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With 16 years of experience as an English teacher, preceded by a 5-year tenure as a graduate librarian, I've had the privilege of teaching and working with all key stages and abilities. I take pride in developing original and high-quality resources. Should you have any specific requests, please feel free to reach out. wildpoppyfieldsart@gmail.com
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OLYMPICS 2024 - READING COMPREHENSION - PARISIAN BOOKSELLERS
Paris 2024 Olympics Controversy - Bookseller Clash. Explore tradition vs. security, cultural heritage, and global event challenges. Ideal for teachers and students.
This comprehensive teaching resource delves into the clash surrounding the relocation of historic bookseller stalls during the Games.
Unpack critical themes such as cultural heritage, global event challenges, and the delicate balance between tradition and modernization.
Engage your students with in-depth analysis using four levels of engaging questions. Foster critical thinking, cultural awareness, and debate in your classroom.
An ideal resource for history, social studies, and cultural studies. Easily adaptable for independent student exploration or guided classroom discussions. Access detailed answers and enhance your teaching with this thought-provoking resource.
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**Reading Passage "Chinese New Year 2024: year of the Dragon. Lunar New Year study. Explore traditions and test your students’ knowledge with the MCQ Quiz. **
A FREE INTERACTIVE MCQ QUIZ ACCOMPANIES THIS RESOURCE!
The resource contains a comprehensive reading passage about Chinese New Year 2024, covering:
historical roots
cultural significance
preparations
customs
environmental considerations
family reunions
and festivities.
Additionally, it includes an MCQ Quiz with eight questions, testing understanding and knowledge of the festival’s details.
The quiz assesses students on topics such as:
the start date
zodiac symbolism
family preparations
environmental changes
and cultural practices during Chinese New Year
This resource aims to provide teachers with a well-rounded tool for teaching about Chinese New Year in an engaging and informative manner, as well as giving students some much needed reading practice.
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ST AGNES FEAST DAY - READING COMPREHENSION - WITH DIFFERENT LEVELS OF READING COMPREHENSION QUESTIONS
Feast of St. Agnes: Reading passage & comprehension questions on martyrdom, traditions, and cultural significance. Explore the liturgical calendar and the link to John Keats’s poem.
Explore the Feast of St. Agnes with a comprehensive reading resource.
Covering:
historical significance
customs
and symbolic traditions
It includes six levels of questions to enhance critical thinking. Ideal for developing key skills in:
information retrieval
comprehension
application
analysis
synthesis
and evaluation.
Engage students with a resource that combines history, literature, and cultural exploration.
Suitable for group or independent work in the classroom to foster a deeper understanding of the Feast of St. Agnes and its enduring relevance.
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St George of England -Reading Comprehension - Differentiated Questions with answers.
Use as a stand alone resource or as part of a lesson on St George’s Day.
Students can work independently on the questions but it might be more fun to work as a team where the weaker ones are supported by the more able.
A great way to combine necessary reading skills with finding out about the history of St. George of England.
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OLYMPICS 2024 - NON-FICTION READING COMPREHENSION WORKBOOKS
This comprehensive resource bundle covers multiple aspects of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, from it’s 2nd hosting in 1924; the evolution and symbolism of the Olympic rings and their significance today; the controversy over the opening ceremony with the Parisian Booksellers on the Seine right up to the present day - Paris Olympics 2024.
The Evolution of the PARALYMPICS is a FREE resource that is included here so you don’t miss it.
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A day that is associated with love and romance, is also synonymous with the bloodiest crime in America in the 1930s. These two reading comprehension workbooks, comprise reading passages and differentiated questions, complete with answers.
A resource that appeals to opposite sides of the human sentiment.
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THE HISTORY OF CHOCOLATE EASTER EGGS - READING COMPREHENSION WORKBOOK -
This comprehensive resource on the History of the Easter Egg is a fascinating journey into what has become not only a popular Easter treat, but a very lucrative market.
INCLUDED:
PASSAGE
MCQS
CLOZE PARAGRAPH
DISCUSSION QUESTIONS
CREATIVE TASK - MARKETING
INTERACTIVE PPT QUIZ
ANSWERS
The resource can be used in a number of ways: as a stand alone reading comprehension OR as a springboard for discussion or a creative marketing project as included.
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7 COMPLETE READING COMPREHENSION WORKBOOKS COVERING A RANGE OF TOPICS:
VALENTINE’S DAY
CHINESE NEW YEAR
HISTORY OF THE EASTER EGG
ST. GEORGE OF ENGLAND
SHAKESPEARE’S GLOBE THEATRE
DIWALI ON TRAFALGAR SQUARE
PARIS 2024 OLYMPICS
DEVELOP READING AND COMPREHENSION SKILLS WITH THESE ACCESSIBLE PASSAGES AND TEST THEIR UNDERSTANDING THROUGH A SELECTION OF DIFFERENTIATED MCQs AND/OR TRUE-FALSE / FREE RESPONSE QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS.
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THE RESOURCE PROVIDES YOU WILL FULL ANNOTATIONS OF THE EVE OF ST AGNES POEM ALONGSIDE 6 DISCUSSION QUESTIONS, WITH ANSWERS.
ALSO INCLUDED:
CREATIVE WRITING TASK
** This creative writing exercise encourages KS5 students to explore different aspects of Madeline’s character and provide them with an opportunity to bring their unique perspectives to the narrative in the poem.**
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THIS COMPREHENSIVE RESOURCE CONTAINS:
THE FULL ANNOTATION OF
LAMIA I&II
ISABELLA, OR THE POT OF BASIL
EVE OF ST. AGNES
AS WELL AS CAREFULLY CRAFTED DISCUSSION QUESTIONS FOR THE FOLLOWING:
LAMIA I&II
EVE OF ST. AGNES
ISABELLA
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The activity encourages students to reflect the themes of allure, desire, and temptation from the original poem while re-imagining Lamia’s experiences in a modern context.
Through this exercise, students engage in creative storytelling, connecting timeless themes with a contemporary setting, offering a fresh perspective on a classical literary character.
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KEATS’ LAMIA I&II FULLY ANNOTATED
LAMIA DISCUSSION QUESTIONS WITH POSSIBLE ANSWERS
ALSO INCLUDED:
FREE : LAMIA CREATIVE WRITING ACTIVITY.
This activity encourages students to reflect the themes of allure, desire, and temptation from the original poem while re-imagining Lamia’s experiences in a modern context.
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THESE THREE CREATIVE TASKS ALLOW KS5 STUDENTS TO EXPLORE THE THREE AOT KEATS POEMS FROM A DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE. IN DOING SO, THEY WILL GAIN A DEEPER UNDERSTANDING OF THE POEMS.
LAMIA - MODERN CITYSCAPE - STUDENTS ARE GIVEN THEMED PROMPTS FROM THE ORIGINAL POEM TO INTERPRET INTO A MODERN CONTEXT.
EVE OF ST. AGNES - CREATIVE WRITING - STUDENTS HAVE A CHOICE OF 7 WRITING PROMPTS TO CHOOSE FROM, INCLUDING PROPHORYO’S PERSPECTIVE, MADELINE’S JOURNAL ENTRY AND AN EPISTOLARY REFLECTION - WRITTEN EITHER IN KEATS’ POETIC LANGUAGE OR IN MODERN LANGUAGE.
ISABELLA -CREATE A VISUAL/ARTISTIC REPRESENTATION OF THE SYMBOLISM OF THE BASIL PLANT IN THE POEM - CROSS CURRICULAR.
THESE CREATIVE TASKS ARE NOT ONLY ANOTHER APROACH TO STUDYING THE POEMS BUT THEY WILL ALSO FOSTER A PERSONAL INTERPRETATION AND UNDERSTANDING.
THEY CAN BE USED AS PART OF THE STUDY OR AS INDEPENDENT REVISION.
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THESE COMPREHENSIVE READING PASSAGES ARE SUPPORTED BY A RANGE OF COMPREHENSION QUIZZES - MCQ, T/F & FREE RESPONSE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS.
INCLUDED:
INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY
DICKENS - A CHRISTMAS CAROL
SWIMMING (SEN) FREE
OLYMPICS 2024
PARALYMPICS 2024 FREE
ST. GEORGE OF ENGLAND
ST. VALENTINE’S DAY
SHAKESPEARE’S GLOBE THEATRE
EASTER - HISTORY OF THE EASTER EGG
WHAT’S AN ODE?
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THESE READING PASSAGES (FICTION/NON-FICTION) ARE SUPPORTED BY A RANGE OF COMPREHENSION QUIZZES - MCQ, T/F & FREE RESPONSE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS.
INCLUDED:
DOYLE - HOUND OF THE BASKERVILLES
GILMAN - THE YELLOW WALLPAPER
JAMES - PORTRAIT OF A LADY
LONDON - CALL OF THE WILD
STEINBECK - NAVIGATING DOUBT
SHAKESPEARE - LEGACY
ORWELL - LEGACY
ANGELOU - LEGACY
ST. GEORGE AND THE DRAGON
ST. GEORGE OF ENGLAND
ST. VALENTINE’S DAY MASSACRE
ST. VALENTINE’S DAY
EASTER - HISTORY OF THE EASTER EGG
CHINESE NEW YEAR
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THESE READING PASSAGES (FICTION/NON-FICTION) ARE SUPPORTED BY A RANGE OF COMPREHENSION QUIZZES - MCQ, T/F & FREE RESPONSE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS.
INCLUDED:
INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY
DIWALI ON TRAFALGAR SQUARE
DOLYE- HOUND OF THE BASKERVILLES
LONDON - CALL OF THE WILD
OLYMPICS PARIS 2024
ST. GEORGE OF ENGLAND
CHOCOLATE EASTER EGG HISTORY
EOSTRE - MYSTERIOUS EASTER GODDESS
LEFTOVERS - SCRAPS INTO TASTY MEALS
SHAKESPEARE’S GLOBE
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INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY 2024 - A FREE INTERACTIVE MCQ QUIZ ACCOMPANIES THIS READING/WRITING/SPEAKING RESOURCE:
The passage provides information about the significance of International Women’s Day, the challenges faced in achieving gender equality, and the importance of investing in women to accelerate progress. It outlines key areas where efforts are needed to ensure gender equality and suggests practical solutions to address these challenges.
Included
Reading passage
10 MCQs
Discussion Question
Letter Writing Prompt
Answers
A 11min 12 sec context video on the history of IWD
interactive quiz which corresponds with the MCQ questions
This reading comprehension resource can be used as a standalone or as a springboard for a creative task such as a poster promoting IWD, or a lead in to a class discussion about the significance of commemorating International Women’s Day and supporting women’s rights worldwide.
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Explore the captivating city of Dubai through this engaging reading passage tailored for CEFR C1 learners.
Delve into Dubai’s unique blend of urban sophistication and cultural fusion, from its iconic skyscrapers to its historic neighbourhoods and bustling souks.
Perfect for learners interested in expanding their English comprehension skills while discovering the allure of one of the world’s most dynamic cities.
Includes:
Reading passage
MCQs
Answers
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