Reading comprehension questions related to Chapter 2 of 'Why the Whales Came' by Michael Morpurgo. Relevant for Y 5 - 7.

This uses the weather data for Beijing, China and Ply mouth, UK to compare and draw a line graph. It can be adapted to use your own local weather data. It extends the students' knowledge of drawing line graphs as they need to use 2 opposite axis and design a key to clarify.

SDL (self-directed learning) resource for Years 5 - 7. A presentation to encourage self directed learning/enterprise in relation to the China/Shang Dynasty topic.

A differentiated reading comprehension to accompany the book ‘The Lion’s Slave - Greek Tales’ by Terry Deary. I have used this to link to our study of ‘Living on an Island’ as we are looking at the Ancient Greeks and the Greek islands.

Some evidence cards for use in History, Shang Dynasty era - print out cards and set at different tables. Children can either start at one table and rotate, making notes and gathering evidence as they go, or each table can make notes on the card on their table and feedback, discussing if the evidence is the same or different. The evidence cards are differentiated for this.

Y 5 - 7, the teacher has decided to cut PE time in order to catch up on missed work - pupils to write a persuasive letter to change the teacher's mind - text giving reasons why PE is good for children, includes some statistics - to use in persuasive writing. Use to highlight and revise persuasive features, for note-taking and towards planning.

Reading Comprehension for the fiction text ‘An Adventure in the Ancient Shang Dynasty’ by Jo Ellen Hemmings - a time slip story where a young girl becomes an elite warrior in King Tang’s battle against his neighbours.

Looking at whether an object/document in primary or secondary evidence Differentiation - second sheet for lower ability pupils

2 resources to help with the topic ‘Living on an Island’. The first I used to link to Geography and English writing task. The pupils, prior to this, undertook their own research into what an island is and how the different types of islands around the world were formed. The resource was used as a model text to look at features of an information text, edit and improve. The second resource is to be used for the pupils to select a Greek island to find out more about. The end task will be for them to design their own island and write an informative, persuasive leaflet to encourage visitors.

Reading comprehension for The Fable of the Elephant and The Mouse by Jo Ellen Hemmings. A small mouse becomes a hero for the forest animals who want to use the puddle.

Investigation into dissolving - looking at dissolving sugar into water, explaining the terms 'solution', 'dissolving', 'solute', 'solvent' and 'saturated'. In Word, so that it can be adapted as required, e.g. the amount of time stirring, amount of liquid, etc.