Are you looking for a way to engage your students in Eid al-Adha? This bundle includes a presentation, reading comprehension and creative activity. Suitable for upper primary/middle school age. Included is Presentation (link to Canva template - free account needed): Explore the significance of Eid al-Adha in Islam Read a story of Ibrahim and Ishmael Explore traditions associated with Eid al-Adha Reading comprehension: Two-page realistic fiction story about Ibrahim’s faith and willingness to sacrifice Ishmael. 15 reading comprehension questions that include fact retrieval, vocabulary, literary devices, analytical and conceptual (scaffolded so more difficult questions appear on the last page - giving you the option to leave out or give to higher level students). Answers included along with a mention of which type of question it is. Creative activity: Hand template for creative activity surrounding sharing and kindness - teacher needs to include colours etc.

Are you looking for something to engage your students at the start of class? Or what about when you finish an activity sooner than planned and forgot to have a ‘Plan B’? These 15 short, 5 minute English activities will save you time and stress! They are fully editable, so you can copy and create more slides as you need. Upon purchase you will receive a link to Canva (free to sign up and use!) to an editable template (you can download the PPT file from there). The following slides are included: Word of the day (enhancing vocabulary) Riddle me this! (Deciphering riddles) Pun-tastic (re-writing sentences with puns to ‘make sense’) Mystery message (word scramble) Word wonder (making smaller words out of a bigger word) Emoji emotions (writing about emotions) Quote crew (reading quotes and writing their own) Describe it! (Using sensory words, adjective and adverbs to describe a picture) Synonym showdown (writing synonyms of common words) Awesome antonyms (thinking of opposites of common words) Grammar gallop (identifying incorrect grammar in sentences and correcting them) Figurative language fun (writing metaphors and similes from pictures) Story starter stage (5 minute short story prompts) News blast! (Writing informatively about a topic) Tongue twister time (practicing funny tongue twisters with a partner)

Ho Ho Ho! Merry Christmas! It’s that time of year when we light the world with our Christmas trees and joy. So, get ready to sleigh the holiday season with English resources that are snow joke! This festive “The Elves and the Shoemaker” story adapted from the Brothers Grimm, will have your students saying, “Yule love learning this Christmas!” This resource is best used over a number of lessons. Why not download this as part of a bundle? 5 Classic Christmas Stories Reading Comprehension Bundle What’s included? 2 x A4 Page Story 3 x Pages of Vocabulary Worksheets • Vocabulary word bank with meanings • Fill in the gap activity • Word association grid • Write own sentences 3x Pages of Scaffolded Reading Comprehension Questions • Remembering and Understanding: Fact retrieval (Questions 1-6) • Analysing and Applying: Character, setting, theme and figurative language analysis (Questions. 7-12) • Evaluating and Creating (Questions 13-15) ANSWERS INCLUDED What about some of these other resources? Christmas 6 Christmas English Activity Bundle 6 x Christmas English Writing Bundle 7 Christmas Figurative Language English Workbook Bundle 5 Christmas Bitesize Reading Comprehension Bundle General Language 9 Essential Spelling Skills for Upper Primary Verbal Reasoning Ultimate English Bundle 7 Autumn / Fall Figurative Language English Workbook Bundle Reading Strategies Pair of Resources Ultimate Literature Circle Bundle 13 English Classroom Display Bundle Greek Mythology English Reading, Vocabulary and Activity Bundle

Ho Ho Ho! Merry Christmas! It’s that time of year when we light the world with our Christmas trees and joy. So, get ready to sleigh the holiday season with English resources that are snow joke! This festive “A Kidnapped Santa Claus” story adapted from L. Frank Baum, will have your students saying, “Yule love learning this Christmas!” This resource is best used over a number of lessons. Why not download this as part of a bundle? 5 Classic Christmas Stories Reading Comprehension Bundle What’s included? 2 x A4 Page Story 3 x Pages of Vocabulary Worksheets • Vocabulary word bank with meanings • Fill in the gap activity • Word association grid • Write own sentences 3x Pages of Scaffolded Reading Comprehension Questions • Remembering and Understanding: Fact retrieval (Questions 1-6) • Analysing and Applying: Character, setting, theme and figurative language analysis (Questions. 7-12) • Evaluating and Creating (Questions 13-15) ANSWERS INCLUDED What about some of these other resources? Christmas 6 Christmas English Activity Bundle 6 x Christmas English Writing Bundle 7 Christmas Figurative Language English Workbook Bundle 5 Christmas Bitesize Reading Comprehension Bundle General Language 9 Essential Spelling Skills for Upper Primary Verbal Reasoning Ultimate English Bundle 7 Autumn / Fall Figurative Language English Workbook Bundle Reading Strategies Pair of Resources Ultimate Literature Circle Bundle 13 English Classroom Display Bundle Greek Mythology English Reading, Vocabulary and Activity Bundle

Ho Ho Ho! Merry Christmas! It’s that time of year when we light the world with our Christmas trees and joy. So, get ready to sleigh the holiday season with English resources that are snow joke! This festive “The Fir-Tree” story adapted from Hans Christian Andersen, will have your students saying, “Yule love learning this Christmas!” This resource is best used over a number of lessons. Why not download this as part of a bundle? 5 Classic Christmas Stories Reading Comprehension Bundle What’s included? 1.5 x A4 Page Story 3 x Pages of Vocabulary Worksheets • Vocabulary word bank with meanings • Fill in the gap activity • Word association grid • Write own sentences 3x Pages of Scaffolded Reading Comprehension Questions • Remembering and Understanding: Fact retrieval (Questions 1-6) • Analysing and Applying: Character, setting, theme and figurative language analysis (Questions. 7-12) • Evaluating and Creating (Questions 13-15) ANSWERS INCLUDED What about some of these other resources? Christmas 6 Christmas English Activity Bundle 6 x Christmas English Writing Bundle 7 Christmas Figurative Language English Workbook Bundle 5 Christmas Bitesize Reading Comprehension Bundle General Language 9 Essential Spelling Skills for Upper Primary Verbal Reasoning Ultimate English Bundle 7 Autumn / Fall Figurative Language English Workbook Bundle Reading Strategies Pair of Resources Ultimate Literature Circle Bundle 13 English Classroom Display Bundle Greek Mythology English Reading, Vocabulary and Activity Bundle

Ho Ho Ho! Merry Christmas! It’s that time of year when we light the world with our Christmas trees and joy. So, get ready to sleigh the holiday season with English resources that are snow joke! This festive “The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus” story adapted from L. Frank Baum, will have your students saying, “Yule love learning this Christmas!” This resource is best used over a number of lessons. Why not download this as part of a bundle? 5 Classic Christmas Stories Reading Comprehension Bundle What’s included? 2 x A4 Page Story 3 x Pages of Vocabulary Worksheets • Vocabulary word bank with meanings • Fill in the gap activity • Word association grid • Write own sentences 3x Pages of Scaffolded Reading Comprehension Questions • Remembering and Understanding: Fact retrieval (Questions 1-6) • Analysing and Applying: Character, setting, theme and figurative language analysis (Questions. 7-12) • Evaluating and Creating (Questions 13-15) ANSWERS INCLUDED What about some of these other resources? Christmas 6 Christmas English Activity Bundle 6 x Christmas English Writing Bundle 7 Christmas Figurative Language English Workbook Bundle 5 Christmas Bitesize Reading Comprehension Bundle General Language 9 Essential Spelling Skills for Upper Primary Verbal Reasoning Ultimate English Bundle 7 Autumn / Fall Figurative Language English Workbook Bundle Reading Strategies Pair of Resources Ultimate Literature Circle Bundle 13 English Classroom Display Bundle Greek Mythology English Reading, Vocabulary and Activity Bundle

Ho Ho Ho! Merry Christmas! It’s that time of year when we light the world with our Christmas trees and joy. So, get ready to sleigh the holiday season with English resources that are snow joke! This festive “A Christmas Carol” Scaffolded Reading Comprehension (Adapted from Charles Dickens’ Christmas Story) will have your students saying, “Yule love learning this Christmas!” This resource is best used over a number of lessons. Why not download this as part of a bundle? 5 Classic Christmas Stories Reading Comprehension Bundle What’s included? 2 x A4 Page Story 3 x Pages of Vocabulary Worksheets • Vocabulary word bank with meanings • Fill in the gap activity • Word association grid • Write own sentences 3x Pages of Scaffolded Reading Comprehension Questions • Remembering and Understanding: Fact retrieval (Questions 1-6) • Analysing and Applying: Character, setting, theme and figurative language analysis (Questions. 7-12) • Evaluating and Creating (Questions 13-15) ANSWERS INCLUDED Are you looking for other English resources and activities this holiday season? Christmas 6 Christmas English Activity Bundle 6 x Christmas English Writing Bundle 7 Christmas Figurative Language English Workbook Bundle 5 Christmas Bitesize Reading Comprehension Bundle General Language 9 Essential Spelling Skills for Upper Primary Verbal Reasoning Ultimate English Bundle 7 Autumn / Fall Figurative Language English Workbook Bundle Reading Strategies Pair of Resources Ultimate Literature Circle Bundle 13 English Classroom Display Bundle Greek Mythology English Reading, Vocabulary and Activity Bundle

Are you looking for a way to easily assess your class’ English levels at the end of Term 1 (Winter)? This diagnostic test will help you out A WHOLE LOT! Suitable for 10-11 year olds, this test contains the following sections and question types. Please note, that the volume of this test is large and is better completed over about 2-3 lessons (perhaps a section per lesson!) This is best used after completing the Start of Year English Diagnostic Test. Section 1 - Reading Comprehension Text 1 - Non-fiction: The Winter Sleepers – How Animals Hibernate Questions 1-4 Literal Comprehension Questions 5-6 Inference Question 7 Summary Question 8-9 Vocabulary Question 10 Text Features Text 2 - Fiction: Winter’s Whisper Questions 1-4 Literal Comprehension Questions 5-6 Inference Question 7-8 Summary Question 9-10 Vocabulary Section 2 - Writing Part 1 - Spelling Question 1 (6 elements) - correct the spelling Question 2a. Find incorrect spellings in paragraph (x5 words) Question 2b. Correct the incorrect words from paragraph (x5 words) Part 2 - Punctuation Question 3 (5 elements) - add missing punctuation at the end of sentences Question 4 (2 elements) - identify incorrect used punctuation in sentences Part 3 - Grammar: Parts of Speech (2 elements each) Question 5 - nouns Question 6 - adjectives Question 7 - verbs Question 8 - pronouns Question 9 - prepositions Question 10 - articles Question 11 - adverbs Part 4 - Freewriting Question 12 Prompt: “Imagine you are going to the North Pole, where Santa Claus is rumoured to live. Write a note to a friend describing your trip. What do you expect to see and do there? How do you feel about visiting such a magical place?” Section 3 - Language Part 1 - Synonyms and Antonyms Question 1 - Synonyms (3 elements) Question 2 - Antonyms (3 elements) Part 2 - Prefixes and Suffixes Question 3 (7 elements) - mixed prefixes and suffixes questions Part 3 - Figurative Language Question 4 (4 elements) - highlighting figurative language in a sentence Question 5 (4 elements) - naming figurative language Answers included Are you looking for some Christmas resources? 6 x Christmas English Writing Bundle 7 Christmas Figurative Language English Workbook Bundle 5 Christmas Bitesize Reading Comprehension Bundle 6 Christmas English Activity Bundle 5 Classic Christmas Stories Reading Comprehension Bundle

Are you looking for a way to easily assess the English levels of your new students at the start of the year? This diagnostic test will help you out A WHOLE LOT! Suitable for 10-11 year olds, this test contains the following sections and question types. Please note, the volume of this test is large and is better completed over about 2-3 lessons (perhaps a section per lesson!) Section 1: Reading Comprehension. 1 x Non-fiction text: “Our Warming Planet” 1 x Fiction text: “The Mysterious Attic” 10 x Questions for EACH text covering: literal comprehension, inference, vocabulary, summarising and text features Section 2: Writing Spelling: both identifying incorrect words and spelling correctly (16 questions) Punctuation: completing end marks of sentences and identifying incorrect punctuation (7 questions) Parts of Speech Grammar: highlighting nouns, adjectives, verbs, adverbs, pronouns, prepositions and articles in context (14 questions) Free writing with prompt Section 3: Language Synonyms and antonyms: identifying Prefixes and suffixes: identifying and using Figurative language: identifying Answers included

Are you looking for a way to engage your students in fiction and historical myths? This is the perfect resource pack that will account for many hours of reading focusing on critical thinking. Question types include vocabulary, figurative language, story sequencing, character analysis, opinion and more! Do you want to save money? Buy this resource as part of a bundle and get 30% off! Greek Mythology English Reading, Vocabulary and Activity Bundle What’s included? 12 x Stories + Introduction 5 x Critical Thinking Questions per story + illustration box 3-4 Pages Per Story/Questions Creative Writing Opportunity (create your own “labour” at the end) Stories: Hercules and the Nemean Lion Hercules and the Nine-Headed Hydra Hercules and the Ceryneian Hind Hercules and the Beast of the Mountain Hercules and the Mountain of Muck Hercules and the Stymphalian Birds Hercules and the Cretan Bull Hercules and the Man-Eating Mares Hercules and the Queen of Warriors Hercules and the Three-Bodied Giant Hercules and the Golden Apples of Hesperides Hercules and the Hound of Hades 49 pages including answers. Answers are included as a guide.