A task sheet for learners in KS2 / KS3.

An English Reading Comprehension Activity. This resource gives the learner an overview of the TV show Squid Game. Learners will read the text and then answer twelve skimming and scanning questions based on this document. Answers are provided so that learners can self mark. This would suit Functional skills E3 learners.

An English Reading Comprehension Activity. This resource gives the learner an overview of the celebration: Halloween Learners will read the text and then answer ten skimming and scanning questions based on this document. There is also an extension question. Answers are provided so that learners can self mark.

The tasks are based on the book ’Hatchet’ and refer to chapter 1 of the novel. The first sheet contains two exercises: a skimming and scanning task to retrieve information and a descriptive writing task. The second page contains 10 reading comprehension questions based on chapter 1. The answers are provided on the following page.

2X Flashcard sheets that contain 15 different reading tasks that learners can complete. The tasks are based on the book ’ Hatchet’ and includes tasks such as: Article Writing Creating a Storyboard Diary Entry Writing Creating a Facebook Character Profile Creating a New Book Cover / Blurb Changing the Novel Setting Task Plus many more. These sheets are double sided ( a wilderness background on one side of the cards). Laminate and cut out and get your student to choose a task at random. These are ideal to use once the students have read the book.

Halloween Page Borders. These Halloween borders could be used for the month of October to encourage independent writing activities and drawing activities. They come in ten different designs (20 pages) in both blank and writing form.

An English Reading Comprehension Activity. This resource gives the learner an overview of the Salem Witch Trials. Learners will read the text and then answer ten skimming and scanning questions based on this document. There is also an extension question. Answers are provided so that learners can self mark.

An English Reading Comprehension Activity. This resource gives the learner an overview of the celebration: Day of the Dead. Learners will read the text and then answer ten skimming and scanning questions based on this document. There is also an extension question. Answers are provided so that learners can self mark.

This activity is based on the Roald Dahl book: The Witches. It focuses on the chapter: How to Recognize Witches. The first activity is to get learners to use their skimming and scanning skills and to extract information from the book. The second activity is an article writing task. Great for KS2 & KS3.

A fun resource for KS3 learners. This resource is based on chapter 6 of the book: Winter Pruning. This resource includes: 11 clues, an instruction and answer sheet and clue answer sheet. Split your class into teams of 4 - 6. Ideally you will need two classrooms as each team will hide the clues for the other team in a separate room. If you can only use one classroom then split the room in half. Each team will hide the other teams’ clues and then each team will have to locate all the clues in order to solve the code! For my class, I hid the clues myself. I began by reading the chapter and then gave them the instructions and asked them to find the clues around the classroom. Further Instructions • There are 11 clues hidden around the room. • You need to locate all 11 clues and then you need to solve them in order from 1 – 11. • The first 9 clues will reveal a letter of the alphabet that you must note down on your answer sheet. When you have all of the letters noted down, you will then unscramble the letters to reveal a chapter from the book (two words). • The other two clues will reveal 2 separate numbers. You will multiply these numbers to reveal a 4-digit number. This will be the last part of the code. • Once you have both codes, you will then be able to escape from Uncle Montague’s creepy house! All clues are based on this chapter if the book and learners will have to use their skimming and scanning techniques to look for the answers in their reading books.

28 X English language flashcards to help students with their transactional writing. You could get learners to pick one each at random or choose one for the whole class to write a response to. Each card has a statement and it is up to the students whether to write a piece of text that agrees or disagrees with the statement. Example: “E-learning should replace classroom learning.” Get learners to research the pros and cons of e-learning before deciding whether or not they agree with this statement. These can be used as prompt to writer either a speech, an article of even a letter which puts their opinions across. Flash cards can be laminated and there are four per A4 sheet. Card are double sided with a polka dot background on the opposite side.

A fun resource for primary school aged learners and KS3! This resource should be used on completion of the book: Gangsta Granny. This resource includes: 10 clues, an instruction and answer sheet and clue answer sheet. Split your class into teams of 4 - 6. Ideally you will need two classrooms as each team will hide the clues for the other team in a separate room. If you can only use one classroom then split the room in half. Each team will hide the other team’s clues and then each team will have to locate all the clues in order to solve the code! Further Instructions • There are 10 clues hidden around the room. • You need to locate all 10 clues and then you need to solve them in order from 1 – 10. • The first 8 clues will reveal a letter of the alphabet that you must note down on your answer sheet. When you have all of the letters noted down, you will then unscramble the letters to reveal a phrase (two words). This phrase is related to the book. • The final clues will reveal 2 separate numbers. You will multiply these numbers to reveal a 3-digit number. This will be the last part of the code. • Once you have both codes, you will then be able to escape from the Tower of London. All clues are based on the book and learners will have to use their skimming and scanning techniques to look for the answers in their reading books.

Character Analysis Sheet.

A fun task that gets learners to draw characters from the writers description and to recognize adjectives.

Fun quiz with answers: Can you name the Roald Dahl books by looking at the illustrations on their front covers?

An English booklet for KS3 age groups. Contains a dictionary skills. skimming and scanning and research task.

Write an article task.

An English Reading Comprehension Activity. This resource gives the learner an overview The English National Football Team. They will then be asked to answer 10 skimming and scanning questions based on the document and an extension question. Answers are provided so that learners can self mark.

This quiz will test your learner’s knowledge of the novel. Once they have read the entire novel, get them to grab their white boards and try to answer each multiple choice question. There are 23 questions for learners to answer which are from chapter 1 to chapter 12 of the novel.