High school librarian, expertise in Reading for Pleasure, SEND, and reluctant readers. I sell resources that encourage reading for pleasure, promote whole school literacy, and fun book related activities and quizzes.
High school librarian, expertise in Reading for Pleasure, SEND, and reluctant readers. I sell resources that encourage reading for pleasure, promote whole school literacy, and fun book related activities and quizzes.
An epic emoji book quiz - test their book knowledge! 4 rounds, 6 questions per round (24 questions total). Can they guess the book from the emojis?
Perfect for end of term fun or World Book Day.
Suitable for Years 6 - Year 10!
Rounds:
Children’s Books (e.g. Matilda)
Classic Literature (e.g. Dracula)
Popular Fiction (e.g. Boy at the Back of the Class)
Popular Series (e.g. How to Train Your Dragon)
THREE booklets included (Year 7, Year 8, Year 9)
50+ pages per booklet
16 sets of homework per booklet
A mix of fiction and non-fiction
Each homework is as follows:
Excerpt of book (1-2 pages long)
Comprehension section (3-5 questions, occasional language technique work)
Vocabulary section (definitions and application or grammar work)
Reflection (space to reflect on what they’ve read, wider ideas or themes in excerpt)
A fun Poetry or Pop quiz with answers! A great spark to get kids thinking about poetry, music, rhyme, and free verse and get their creative juices flowing!
10 questions
Each slide shows an extract from a poem or pop song
Answers shown after the 10 questions
Answers include poem name and author or song name and artist
28 podcast recommendations for pupils: all of these podcasts can be found online for free - no subscriptions or payments needed! Smartly presented, grouped by topic, with short summaries - this PDF download includes clickable links which take you straight to the source.
AGE:
KS3-KS4 with certain pods flagged for ‘older pupils’.
GROUPINGS:
STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Maths)
Short Stories
Serialised Stories (like an audiobook, but in chunks)
Critical Thinking
Five Minute Focus
News Worthy (news for kids)
For Curious Minds
History
For Older Listeners
TED Pods for Older Listeners
Reading for Pleasure Booklets - 3 included! Diffrentiated for Year 7, Year 8, and Year 9.
Includes:
30 pages!
Various genre matching activities
Various activities on compelling book openings
Creative tasks e.g. redesigning book covers
Book review templates (including planning and examples)
Autobiography vs biography work
Space for book tracking, personal challenges and recommendations
Read Harry Potter and don’t know what to read next? Mad about David Walliams but need to branch out? Look no further, perfect for KS3-KS4.
Includes:
A Popular Author Map (Michael Morpurgo, Jaqueline Wilson etc.)
A Popular Genres Map (Dystopian, Detective, Romance etc.)
A Popular Series (How to Train Your Dragon, Percy Jackson etc.)
All books listed are popular and well-known children’s and Young Adult novels that can be found in most libraries and book shops. Designed for pupils 11-15 Years. Perfect for encouraging Reading for Pleasure, classroom displays, reading challenges and more!
This is a fully resourced 20 lesson SOW for a novel study of October, October by Katya Balen (Winner of the Yoto Carnegie Medal 2022). Aimed at Year 7, but could easily be tweaked for a Year 6 or Year 8 class as well.
Includes: PowerPoint (210 slides), SOW document included National Curriculum justification and teacher notes.
Activities include writing from a analytic paragraphs, a range of close readings, character mapping, and creative writing and also activities based on language analysis. Scheme also includes references to a non-fiction Victorian source on Mudlarking and The Lost Words by Robert McFarlane.
Final assessment piece is for students to write a their own story using the skils demonstrated throughout SOW for effective creative writing.
Optional/additional six tasks at the end. Four of which can be applied at any point whilst reading the text. Including comparisons to Gone to The Woods by Gary Paulsen and Diary of a Young Naturalist by Dara McAnulty.
Vast opportunities for cross-curriculum learning:
Geography: Environment, Urban/Nature landscapes, human geography, protecting wildlife
PSHE: seperated parents, neurodivergence, emotional wellbeing, sick/injured parent, new school/starting school, empathy, identity, resilience
Critical Thinking
Two book reviewing templates WITH EXAMPLES; one simpler and shorter one for LA pupils and one longer and more challenging. Both include example reviews of Punching the Air by Ibi Zoboi and Yusef Salaam.
LA 1x templates per A4 paper - portrait
HA 1x template per A4 paper - landscape
8 Posters of Famous Black Poets for Displays/Black History Month Celebrations.
Featuring an image and quotes from their famous works. Age appropriate quotes only!
Maya Angelou
Gwendolyn Brooks
Caleb Femi
Warsan Shire
Audre Lorde
Momtaza Mehri
Langston Hughes
Benjamin Zephaniah
Representation - 50/50 split between American and British, 5 Women and 3 Men, 2 LGBT+ individuals, 3 Young Poets.
7 Bookish Quizzes included in this bundle!
Emoji Book Quiz
Hip Hop or Shakespeare Quiz
Roald Dhal Quiz
One Square Inch Quiz (book cover guessing game)
Poetry or Pop Quiz
Book Quiz - Upper Years (multiple choice, general knowledge)
Book Quiz - Lower Years (multiple choice, general knowledge)
A bumper pack of recommended reading for KS3, containing HUNDREDS of hand picked books. Well laid out for display with brief blurbs, organised by genre.
INCLUDES:
Recommended Reads for Year 7 - FIVE book suggestions with brief blurbs for EACH of the following genres; Adventure, Realistic Fictions, Historical, Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Funny, Mystery, Horror, Biographies, Graphic Novels, Animal Stories, Sports, Romance, Popular Series, Classics, Non-Fiction. 3 book suggestions for Poetry, Short Story collections, and Gifted Readers.
Recommended Reads for Year 8 - same format as above.
*** Recommeded Reads for Year 9** - same format as above.
Boy Reluctant Readers - 9 short books for reluctant readers, particularly aimed at boys. Short, gripping, and fast paced reads.
Realistic Fiction for Girls - a guide to realistic fiction books aimed at girls. 18 books recommeded for EACH year group; Year 7, Year 8, Year 9.
Realistic Fiction for Boys - a guide to realistic fiction books aimed at boys. 18 books recommeded for EACH year group; Year 7, Year 8, Year 9.
10 pages of ‘If you liked … try …’ with additional recommendations to ‘age up’ their reading. i.e If you liked How to Train your Dragon try A Darkness of Dragons. Age Up by trying Eragon.
7 pages of reccomended reads after finishing the following popular series; One of Us Is Lying, Alex Rider, Noughts and Crosses, Gone, Twilight, Divergent, The Hunger Games.
‘So, You Think You Know Your Greek Myths’ is a fun 10 question, multiple choice quiz designed for recapping general Greek mythology knowledge.
10 Questions
Mutliple Choice - A, B, C
Answers clearly displayed at quiz end
Perfect for UKS2 and KS3.
A fun literary halloween/gothic book quiz!
12 questions, a mix of multiple choice and fill in the blank.
A mix of classics, popular children’s horror, and yes even a Diary of a Wimpy Kid question!
Answers have individual reveal slides at the end of the ppt.
A fun quiz to spark some interest/discussion around popular UKS2/KS3 reads!
How many do your pupils know?
HOW IT WORKS:
The screen will show one square segment of a famous book cover
Guess what book you think it’s from
There are 15 rounds
The answers are revealed in order by showing the whole book cover
Featuring fan favourites such as The Boy at the Back of the Class and Once!
Two Bookish Quizzes - 10 questions and answers with each. All multiple choice, a fun easy quiz to do with any class.
Recommended:
Lower - Years 5, 6, 7, 8
Upper - Years 8, 9, 10, 11
How well do you know Roald Dahl’s books? Test your knowledge with these mind-bending questions!
Answers included
10 questions
Multiple choice for each question
Perfect for UKS3 or Year 7
Three posters with book recommendations for KS3 readers based on various circumstances to practice empathy.
Five book recommendations for:
Neurodiversity
Racism
War and Conflict
Refugees
Immigration
LGBT+
Physical Disability
and 10 book recommendations on different Home Life situations including: incarcerated parent, loss of a sibling, young carer etc.
A wider reading list of dystopian novels for A-Level Literature students. Ordered by length.
INCLUDES:
Book cover
Brief outline
Length of book
32 books!