This is a 2 week cycle of reading for year 2, complete with PPT planning, lesson by lesson slides with accompanying comprehension questions and resources day by day. The unit starts with text annotation. The story is analysed page by page with vocabulary defined for each page. Children can answer questions on the slides together and then in their books. There is partner practice and opportunities to write summaries and a brief diary entry. This is very prescriptive and detailed and will be a life saver for those covering this story.

This is a 2 week cycle of reading for year 2, complete with PPT planning, lesson by lesson slides with accompanying comprehension questions and resources day by day. The unit starts with text annotation. The story is analysed page by page with vocabulary defined for each page. Children can answer questions on the slides together and then in their books. There is partner practice and opportunities to write summaries and a brief diary entry. This is very prescriptive and detailed and will be a life saver for those covering this story.

This is a 2 week cycle of reading for year 2, complete with PPT planning, lesson by lesson slides with accompanying comprehension questions and resources day by day. The unit starts with text annotation. The story is analysed page by page with vocabulary defined for each page. Children can answer questions on the slides together and then in their books. There is partner practice and opportunities to write summaries and a brief diary entry. This is very prescriptive and detailed and will be a life saver for those covering this story.

This is a 3 week cycle of reading for year 2, complete with PPT planning, lesson by lesson slides with accompanying comprehension questions and resources day by day. The unit starts with text annotation for the legend of King Arthur and a non-fiction text annotation. The story is analysed page by page with vocabulary defined for each page. Children can answer questions on the slides together and then in their books. There is partner practice and opportunities to write summaries and a brief diary entry. This is very prescriptive and detailed and will be a life saver for those covering this story.

This is 3 week’s worth of planning for the text, ‘Beegu’ by Alexis Deacon. There is a 3 week planning document which can be tweaked and annotated to suit your needs, plus some useful worksheets for the accompanying activites, hand made by myself. These are also editable.

This is 2 weeks worth of planning for the text, ‘The Proudest Blue,’ by Ibtihaj Muhammed. There is a 2 week planning document which can be tweaked and annotated to suit your needs, plus some useful worksheets for the accompanying activites, hand made by myself. These are also editable.

This PPT can be used as a stimulus for both KS 1 and KS 2 English lessons. LO: To describe a setting. It can be adapted and edited to suit your needs and contains images of different fantasy worlds that children can describe using powerful language or to use their senses to describe. You could even add questions or instructions and print off the slides for children to describe individually. The front cover of the PPT is animated and you can activate it by clicking the play button on the image prior to putting it on slide show mode.

3 PowerPoints to aid with visual literacy in KS2. Both suitable for class guided reading, comprehension or as a visual stimulus in lessons. PPT1 “The Wizard of Oz”- slides with text and pictures PPT2 “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory” - slides with text and pictures. PPT3 “Wizard of Oz” Story mountain PPT which can be used for any text and is fully editable. Can be used alongside class book or independently.