Three extracts from Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince with three sets of differentiated questions attached with each extract. These activities will help children work on a range of comprehension skills using a story many are already aware of and engaged with. Questions range from simple retrieval to commenting on why particular language has been used. ***The extracts used are copyright of the author J.K Rowling.

Fully planned, differentiated and resourced unit of work looking at newspapers. Included are all the slides, planning and resources needed to run each lesson, with 15-17 lessons that focus on key features of newspapers and work on different skills before completing their own independent writing. Written for Year 5 but easily adaptable between Year 3 and Year 7. Skills include: Using alliteration, punctuating speech accurately, converting direct speech to reported speech and work on pronouns. ***The extracts used are copyright of the author J.K Rowling, Roald Dahl, Trinity Media Group and News UK respectively .

Different resources that look at Bonfire Night. This includes: A PowerPoint that focusses on the history of Bonfire Night and the failed plot to kill King James I A PowerPoint that looks at how to stay safe on Bonfire Night A poster challenge to create a safety poster for Bonfire Night, including key tips for creating an effective poster A Guy Fawkes fact file to learn more about him A reading comprehension about Guy Fawkes (differentiated three way with answers included) A definition activity related to words seen in the PowerPoint about Bonfire Night/ words that relate to the plot to get children to work on using dictionaries effectively

A multiple choice quiz that children can do in teams as a fun end of term activity looking at various events over the school year from January 2016 - November 2016. Round One- Sporting events Round Two- Film questions Round Three- Picture Round Round Four- Song Round - Name the artist and name of the song with a point for each (Freedom in this round of selecting a number of songs yourself from 2016 to quiz children on) Round Five- Music Round Round Six- Television Round Round Seven- News and events

Reading comprehensions related to Pokemon to try and engage children whilst also developing their comprehension skills. Included is a fact file about Charizard with three differentiated sets of 10 questions with the answers included.

Reading comprehensions related to Pokemon to try and engage children whilst also developing their comprehension skills. Included is a fact file about Charmeleon with three differentiated sets of 10 questions with the answers included.

A fact file about Charles Darwin that is also a reading comprehension. This includes three differentiated worksheets with 10 questions each and answers included to test children's comprehension knowledge as well as learning about Charles Darwin at the same time.

Reading comprehensions related to Pokemon to try and engage children whilst also developing their comprehension skills. Included is a fact file about Mewtwo with three differentiated sets of 11 questions with the answers included.

A wordmat/ display poster for each of the openers for ISPACE with lots of different openers within each section and then examples of how they can be used in sentences. Useful for children who are struggling with varying their openers and for children who may want to find quick examples when writing.

A range of sheets with helpful descriptions for children when writing stories. These include describing different features of characters, settings and creating atmosphere through the weather and seasons. In addition to having a range of adjectives to use, these sheets also include example sentences with a range of adjectives and verbs to help give children creative ideas.

A powerpoint that looks at both metaphors and similes. This identifies what they are and how they can be used in different ways. These are backed up with examples of metaphors and similes in use and also include activities to do with children finishing sentences are writing their own sentences that involve similes or metaphors, as well as identifying whether sentences are a simile or metaphor.

A powerpoint that can be used for teaching about commas. It focuses on commas for lists and commas for different clauses, showing examples of how they can be used as well as having tasks that children can complete to check their understanding.

56 different questions for Chapter Two of Billionaire Boy. These can be used for guided reading sessions or to give children as activities. To support guided reading sessions, all questions have the relevant page numbers (paperback) and answers at the end. N.B. You will need to provide the text itself.

A fact file that looks at the origins of Mother's Day in the U.K, focussing on how it began as Mothering Sunday and the religious element of this compared with the modern day version we now celebrate and how they have been confused. Also included are three differentiated worksheets with questions related to the text they have read with the answers included. Written with Year 5/6 in mind but can be used higher up.

A fact file about Dian Fossey that is also a reading comprehension. This includes three differentiated worksheets with 10 questions each and answers included to test children's comprehension knowledge as well as learning about Dian Fossey at the same time.

A presentation that looks at what main clauses (simple sentences) are with children before getting children to identify the subject and predicate within sentences and identifying different types of nouns.

A presentation that looks at what adverbial clauses are with children before getting children to identify adverbial clauses within sentences and creating their own sentences with adverbial clauses in.