This activity booklet supports writing a winter poem in just SIX steps. Images are included as well as a word bank to support children who may need it. All steps are modelled and students follow the format to produce their own poem. Could be used in class, as homework, or for home schooling. Suitable for KS2+.

A free resource to share on National Poetry day that includes a variety of activities at different levels for KS2 primary, using famous poems. Activities become gradually harder as you work through the booklet. Ideal for a one off lesson or as a homework booklet/home-learning/tutoring resource.

Introduce your class to Roald Dahl with these skim and scan activities. Designed to improve quick recall and retrieval skills, children must locate words - like a literary word search! Included here are extracts from The Witches, The BFG, Matilda & more. My class really enjoy using a timer to try and improve their speed

5 x Skim and Scan activities to aid quick retrieval skills. Ideal prep for KS2 Reading SATs to support students finding information speedily. My class enjoyed using these with a timer. Children have a series of words to locate and circle within the extract - a textual word search! Each extract comes from a children’s book set in a fantasy world as part of the Fictional World collection of resources.

5 x Reading Activities using classic American children’'s stories such as The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, Tom Sawyer and Little Women. Each extract includes a skim and scan challenge and other text related questions. Great resource to encourage quick recall and to build text scanning skills.

This booklet includes short extracts from Austen’s six major novels (Pride and Prejudice;Sense and Sensibility; Emma; Northanger Abbey; Mansfield Park; and Persuasion). Each extract is followed by discussion questions linked to the extract. The last page requires students to compare and contrast the extracts. Discussion focuses on narrative voice, settings, protagonists, writing style, and vocabulary. Intended to be used as an introduction to Austen and writers of the long nineteenth century.

Using ‘Inside the Artist’s Studio’, this worksheet encourages deep thinking around poetic function. Ideal for revision.

This resource includes a copy of Browning’s poem and a series of questions aimed at understanding context, form and theme. Ideal for revision.

A selection of Harry Potter Skim and Scan activities to aid speed reading, recall and vocabulary. Could be used in tandem with VIPERS and further comprehension work. Suitable for KS2+ Each sheet has a section of text followed by words to locate. Children can complete the task independently or as a timed activity.

Six activities to aid drama and/or speaking and listening. These can all be utilised quickly and with minimal resources. Easily adapted to a range of themes. Used with KS2 but relevant to wide range of ages.

Using an extract from Charles Dickens’ ‘A Christmas Carol’, students have a series of comprehension questions to answer. Questions focus on vocabulary, inference, recall etc. Suitable for SATs revision and prep. Answers included.

Based on the 2021 Christmas John Lewis Advert, this includes a range of questions to be used before, during and after watching. Questions are linked to recall, inference, prediction, summary, explanation. Also includes ideas for further activities. Could be used in whole class Guided Reading or as a stand alone Christmas English lesson. Opportunities for speaking and listening.

Included here are 5 different Myths with Skim and Scan challenges to aid quick reading recall. There are a variety of different length texts and difficulties. Students often enjoy being challenged against a timer to make it even more fun!

Skim and Scan activity to aid quick retrieval. Children need to locate ten words (bonus task included). Suitable for UKS2. Guided reading resource.

Reading activities linked to Superheroes. Students engage with images to infer, predict, explain, describe and recall.

Reading Comprehension based on an extract from the original The Snow Queen by Hans Christian Anderson. Aimed at UKS2. Answers included. Questions based on Vocabulary, Recall, Inference, etc.

Using ‘In Flanders Field’, this worksheet includes a skim and scan activity to encourage rapid word location; questions on vocabulary and punctuation; poetry analysis. Could be used as a guided reading activity or as part of a lesson on Remembrance Day.

Nine Skim and Scan activities based on a range of historical sources such as Tutankhamen’s Tomb, Zeus, Titanic and the Blitz. Students are required to read a short extract and then locate a range of words within a time limit - just like a wordsearch! These have proven very popular with my class and helps with speedy retrieval skills in preparation for the SATs.

Five Halloween themed activities based around images, suitable for guided reading. Encourages children to use reading skills: infer, predict, summarise, vocab. Uses images from film and books. Powerpoint can be edited for use with whole class or printed out as independent activity sheets.

Skim and Scan activity to aid speedy retrieval skills using an extract from The Secret Garden Children have to locate a series of words within the text, similar to a wordsearch. My class enjoy using an IWB timer to see how quickly then can locate all the words. Additional vocabulary extensions activity included.