A fun Pirate reading comp / mystery completed by a team of detectives. Students read 5 different texts (pdf, doc) and work together to discover why a ship is found abandoned at sea. Students love completing this activity in groups. Promotes teamwork, oracy and reading for meaning. Scaffold materials mean this resource can be used by Year 5 / Year 6 or in KS3 Included are: 5 texts:Newspaper report, Captain’s Log, Letters, Diary, Scaffold Questions if a group needs a little more help. Teacher Notes including ideas on how to best use this resource. Please look at my other mysteries - available on TES

A fun reading comp / mystery completed by a team of student detectives. Students read 7 different texts (pdf, doc) and work together to solve the Missing Expedition Mystery. Students love completing this activity in groups. Promotes teamwork, oracy and reading for meaning. Scaffold materials mean this resource can be used to challenge good readers in Year 5 / Year 6 or in KS3 Included are: 7 texts: Newspaper, Diary, Letters, Report, Novel extract, Biography, and scaffold questions for if a group needs a little more help. Teacher Notes including ideas on how to best use this resource. Please look at my other mysteries - available on TES

A fun Christmas reading comp / mystery completed by a team of ‘detectives’. Students read 6 different texts (pdf, doc) and work together to solve the Christmas Panto Mystery. Students love completing this activity in groups. Promotes teamwork, oracy and reading for meaning. Scaffold materials mean this resource can be used by Year 5 / Year 6 or in KS3 Included are: 6 texts: email diary note review newspaper letter Scaffold Questions if a group needs a little more help. Teacher Notes including ideas on how to best use this resource. Please look at my other mysteries - available on TES