27 Fiction Extracts with Literacy Activities (includes PPT with answers)

This resource is fantastic for starters and/or plenaries. It includes a variety of engaging fictional extracts followed by either short comprehension tasks and/or SPaG correction activities. There are score sheets at the back of the booklet which will help you to keep track of progress.

The PPT includes answers, which can be used to assist with self/peer assessment.

In order of appearance, texts included are:

• Machine Gunners by Robert Westall
• The Magician’s Nephew by C. S. Lewis
• Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone by J. K. Rowling
• The Prisoner by James Riodan
• The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
• Great Expectations by Charles Dickens
• The Woman in Black by Susan Hill
• Wonder by R. J. Palacio
• The Scandal by Fredrik Backman
• Percy Jackson by Rick Riordan
• A Monster Calls by Patrick Ness
• Private Peaceful by Michael Morpurgo
• Stormbreaker by Anthony Horowitz
• Narnia by C. S. Lewis
• Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J. K. Rowling
• Percy Jackson by Rick Riordan
• Matilda by Roald Dahl
• Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl
• About A Boy by Nick Hornby
• Machine Gunners by Robert Westall
• 1984 by George Orwell
• James and the Giant Peach by Roald Dahl
• After the Fire by Will Hill
• Skellig by David Almond
• Holes by Louis Sachar
• Cuckoo Song by Francis Hardinge