A series of questions, answers and reading journal activity based around all areas of reading. Great alternative to SATs tests. LOs: To make deductions and predictions based on the first chapter of a novel. To be able explain how layout contributes to the information being provided in a text. To be able to understand how dialogue can be used to describe something or someone To understand how an author can reveal his personal opinions and experiences through the way he portrays his characters. To consider how the author can make us understand that Witches are not like real people.

A series of questions, answers and reading journal activities based around all areas of reading. Great alternative to SATs tests or written comprehensions. LOs To be able to use inference and deduction to make predictions about the plot of a shorter story. To understand the different techniques an author uses to tell a traditional tale. To consider the way that new chapters relate back to previous chapters and traditional ideas. To understand the way that an author can use book conventions to convey added meaning to a text. To be able to reflect on a completed text.

A series of questions, answers and reading journal activity based around all areas of reading. Great alternative to SATs tests or written comprehensions. LOs To understand how an author introduces principle characters To understand how change affects people in different ways. To understand relationships in a new family unit To try to emphasize with how change affects individuals To understand how different children react in different situations. To reflect on a whole story

A series of questions, answers and reading journal activity based around all areas of reading. Great alternative to SATs tests or written comprehensions. LOs To be able to use clues to decide what a new book will be about. To understand that stories can be told from different points of view. To form opinions about characters and justify these. To understand how an author can describe feelings using a character’s actions. To understand how an author builds tension. To reflect on the whole story.

A series of questions, answers and reading journal activity based around all areas of reading. Great alternative to SATs tests or written comprehensions. This resources covers 9 selected chapters. LOs: To understand how a book differs from a film, and how a famous book requires no introduction To emphasize with the main character and understand how an author tantalises with hints To understand how the author uses italics and capitals for different purposes in her writing. To understand how the author develops the relationship between key characters into a novel. To reflect on the whole story.

A series of questions, answers and reading journal activity based around all areas of reading. Great alternative to SATs tests or written comprehensions. LO To read a book for simple information, events and ideas To compare two simple stories and state preferences.

A series of questions, answers and reading journal activity based around all areas of reading. Great alternative to SATs tests or written comprehensions. LOs To understand how we can use clues like blurb, contents and covers to decide what a book is about To understand how an author can update a traditional theme or idea. understand how an author can communicate character’s feelings and opinions

A series of questions, answers and reading journal activity based around all areas of reading. Great alternative to SATs tests or written comprehensions. LOs To emphasis with a central character placed in a strange situation. To understand how an author develops her characters through their interaction. To understand how a character reacts to a dilemma. To be able to predict the outcome of a short story.

A series of questions, answers and reading journal activity based around all areas of reading. Great alternative to SATs tests or written comprehensions. LOs To understand how an introductory chapter often sets the scene, To understand how an author can use characters to show different viewpoints. To reflect on a complete text,

Resources linked to Assertive Mentoring Grammar Hammer 4 criteria. Display includes: - 33 connectives taught in GH4, -16 pairs of homophones, - 44 fronted adverbials sorted into 5 different types, and - Wordle style word clouds for eight commonly used synonyms.

A resource for all teachers using the Assertive Mentoring Grammar Hammer system A flipchart for use with Promethean whiteboard Simply carry out the first Grammar Hammer test mark it and put this up on Whiteboard. Children can then carry out corrections for any part of the test they got wrong. There are challenge activities for children getting everything correct. NB it is recommended that no child corrects more than 5 questions.

A series of questions, answers and reading journal activity based around all areas of reading. Great alternative to SATs tests or written comprehensions. LOs To make comparisons between similar experiences today and those in the past. To be able to understand the conventions of a non-fiction text. To be able to skim and scan for information in a whole text

A resource for all teachers using the Assertive Mentoring Grammar Hammer system An Interactive Whiteboard file for use with Smart's notebook. Simply carry out the first Grammar Hammer test mark it and put this up on Whiteboard. Children can then carry out corrections for any part of the test they got wrong. There are challenge activities for children getting everything correct. NB it is recommended that no child corrects more than 5 questions.

A series of questions, answers and reading journal activity based around all areas of reading. Great alternative to SATs tests or written comprehensions. LOs To be able to identify key features of a diary. To be able to understand how the main characters interact. To use inference and deduction to understand a character better To be able to understand how the main characters interact. To be able to identify features of the (comedy) horror genre To be able to describe alternatives to a story’s plot

A series of questions, answers and reading journal activity based around all areas of reading. Great alternative to SATs tests or written comprehensions. LOs To use recall and retrieve evidence to describe the main characters in a short novel. To be able to emphasis with the main characters of a story. To be use information within a text to predict what will happen in a story. To use inference and deduction to explain the different characters’ behaviour. To consider whether or not it is ever acceptable to steal To explore how the layout and language of a book contributes to its meaning.

A series of questions, answers and reading journal activity based around all areas of reading. Great alternative to SATs tests or written comprehensions. LOs To understand how we can use clues like blurb, contents and covers to decide what a book is about. To understand how Anne Fine introduces the characters in the story. To understand how words and effects like italics can contribute to a story. To understand how stories can be written from different viewpoints. To understand how a writer uses language and punctuation to help convey a character’s feelings.

A series of questions, answers and reading journal activity based around all areas of reading. Great alternative to SATs tests or written comprehensions. To understand how Roald Dahl creates truly loathsome characters To see how an author builds suspense. To understand how an author can use poetry features to make his book more enjoyable. To empathise with the main characters of a novel. To make predictions based on the text. To understand how an author brings a story to a close.