A collection of ten comprehension extracts with questions designed to test inference skills in KS2 students. Can also be used as 11+ prep. Extracts from: 1984 by George Orwell Dustbin Baby by Jacqueline Wilson Kevin by Catherine Lim Midnight by Jacqueline Wilson The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime by Mark Haddon The Hobbit by J R R Tolkien The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins The Knife of Never Letting Go by Patrick Ness The Penalty by Mal Peet The Rise of Wolves by Kerr Thomson Extracts range in length from half a page to two pages.

Two challenging inference extracts designed to bridge the gap between KS2 and KS3. Extracts from: Dracula by Bram Stoker Monster by Walter Dean Myers

Two lessons walking students through unseen fiction analysis and evaluation questions. Includes: PowerPoint explaining analysis and evaluation questions using an extract from ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’ by Margaret Attwood. Word document with practice questions from above Powerpoint. PowerPoint explaining evaluation question using a extract from ‘Rebecca’ by Daphne du Maurier.

A complete guide to writing introductions and conclusions for all non-fiction (Paper 2) comprehension question types. Uses ‘A Dairy of a Young Girl’ by Anne Frank and ‘My Secret Diary’ by Jacqueline Wilson.

PowerPoint containing an extract from The Falcon’s Malteser by Anthony Horowitz, and a prompt/template for students to create their own detective and mystery plot.

Ideal resource for children who struggle to come up with their opening lines and get their pen moving. Works through three ways to begin a story and has many prompts for students give these methods a go.

PowerPoint introducing imaginative writing to KS2 students and giving a basic template. Good supplement/starting point for a creative writing lesson.

A collection of discussion-based lessons, each roughly half an hour, used for KS1 English Language learners to practice their spoken English and conversation skills. Topics: Animal groups (mammals, reptiles, fish, amphibians, birds) Celebrations Creating a story (using picture prompts to devise plots) Describing with compound sentences (using ‘and’ to describe pictures) Discussing pictures (answering questions about images) Endangered animals Hobbies How do you know (making inferences from pictures) Jobs Getting a pet (making decisions about the care of a hamster) Meeting new people (practicing initial conversations) Minecraft adventures (Minecraft-based ‘creative’ lesson) Morning routine Ocean adventures (underwater-based ‘creative’ lesson) Past and present (comparing images from past times to modern day) Pets Shops and restaurants (location-based conversation prompts) Similarities and differences (comparing images) Space adventures (space-based ‘creative’ lesson) Sports Subjects at school Superhero adventures (superhero-based ‘creative’ lesson) Talking about a text (short, easy comprehension) Talking about weather Weather and seasons What happened in the story? (discussing fairytale videos) What I did in the Christmas holidays