The Explorer - Katherine Rundell - Complete Lesson Bundle!

These engaging and thought-provoking lessons aid students in developing a secure understanding of every chapter of Katherine Rundell’s ‘The Explorer!’

The double and triple-lesson resources are well-sequenced, and include:

1. Chapters 1-2 - ‘Flight’ and ‘The Green Dark’
2. Chapters 3 and 4: ‘The Den’ and ‘The River’
3. Chapters 5 to 7: ‘Food (Almost)’, ‘Fire’ and ‘The Raft’
4. Chapters 8 to 10: ‘Maiden Voyage’ to Abacaxi’
5. Chapters 11-13: ‘The Monkeys and the Bees’ to ‘Smoke’
6. Chapters 14-16: ‘On the River’ to ‘The Ruined City’
7. Chapters 17-19: ‘The Explorer’, ‘The Trap’ and ‘Tarantulas’
8. Chapters 20-22: ‘Twice-Fried Osieau Spectacle’ to ‘The Vow’
9. Chapters 23-26: ‘Explorer School’ to ‘Behind the Vines’
10. Chapters 27-31 - ‘The Green Sky’ to the End of the Story

Each session includes a range of retrieval, vocabulary, inference, explanation and deeper thinking activities. A clear, colourful and comprehensive PowerPoint presentation guides students through the learning for each lesson. Worksheets/ templates are also included where needed (both as Word and PDF documents). Each lesson also includes an answer key for the retrieval questions, and model answer ideas for the more detailed responses.

The lessons are suitable for students across KS2 (with only minor adaptations, I have used the resources in the past with children from years 3 to 5).