Warm-up PowerPoint introducing students to ordered instructions and possible features of an instructional text. Can be used before a reading or writing task.

Opening extract of The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins with discussion questions and PEEL paragraph task.

A complete guide to writing introductions and conclusions for all non-fiction (Paper 2) comprehension question types. Uses ‘A Dairy of a Young Girl’ by Anne Frank and ‘My Secret Diary’ by Jacqueline Wilson.

Ideal resource for children who struggle to come up with their opening lines and get their pen moving. Works through three ways to begin a story and has many prompts for students give these methods a go.

PowerPoint using the opening of Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone to demonstrate an exciting opening and provide students with a template for creating their own.

The opening extract from Clarice Bean Don’t Look Now by Lauren Child, split up into three sections each with discussion questions. Especially useful for practicing summarising texts. Good for younger or lower ability KS2 and has also been used with very able Year 2.

Resource pack for Oscar Wilde’s ‘The Happy Prince’ and ‘The Nightingale and The Rose’. Pack includes: ‘The Happy Prince’ guided reading - text broken up with discussion questions ‘The Nightingale and the Rose’ guided reading - text broken up with discussion questions. ‘The Happy Prince’ comprehension paper (25 questions) ‘The Nightingale and the Rose’ comprehension paper (16 questions) Text comparison activity

A Series of Unfortunate Events: The Bad Beginning by Lemony Snicket chapter 1 and 2 resources: Chapter 1 broken up into short extracts with discussion questions Chapter 2 broken up into short extracts with discussion questions Chapter 1 comprehension questions Chapter 2 comprehension questions Suitable for KS2

PowerPoints teaching analysis, evaluation and comparison for non-fiction GCSE questions (specifically Edexcel Language Paper 2). Includes: Analysis and Evaluation lesson using ‘Women Don’t Owe You Pretty’ by Florence Given Comparison lesson using ‘A Vindication of the Rights of Women’ by Mary Wollstonecraft and ‘Women Don’t Owe You Pretty’ by Florence Given Comparison lesson using ‘Notes From a Small Island’ by Bill Bryson and extracts from the diary of Michael Macdonagh

Suitable for higher KS2 and lower KS3. Perfect homework activities or extra lesson tasks, compliments wider study of the text well.

Challenging comprehension extracts designed to bridge the Yr6/Yr7 gap. Extracts from: Frankenstein by Mary Shelley Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens The Red Room by H G Wells Extracts all approximately a page in length.

Comprehension tasks targeted at lower ability/younger KS2 students, focused on developing inference skills. Extracts from: Dragon Rider by Cornelia Funke Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone by J K Rowling Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by J K Rowling Matilda by Roald Dahl Extracts range from 200-600 words approximately.

A pack of four comprehension tasks for lower ability/younger KS2 students. Extracts from: A Miscellany of Magical Beasts (Giants) by Simon Holland A Miscellany of Magical Beasts (The Pheonix) by Simon Holland Charlotte’s Web by E. B. White The Long Winter by Laura Ingalls Wilder Extracts range from approximately 200-400 words.

Four extracts with ‘right there’ questions testing students’ ability to pick out relevant information from the text. Extracts from: The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas by John Boyne Never Say Die by Anthony Horowitz The Outlaw Varjack Paw by S F Said Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone by J K Rowling

Full text of The Magic Treehouse: Dinosaur’s Before Dark with comprehension questions attached to each chapter. Also includes a creative writing prompt based on the text at the end of the document. Perfect for KS1 class reading or for younger KS2 students.

A warm-up, reading task, and writing task based around ‘The Ugly Duckling’. Includes: PowerPoint with warm up game in which students guess fairy stories from clues, speed thinking activity, and bingo activity. Word document with ‘The Ugly Duckling’ split up with discussion questions, and writing task in which students plan their own story with the same moral as ‘The Ugly Duckling’. Suitable for capable Year One students or Year Two, but probably a little advanced for Reception.

Two lessons walking students through unseen fiction analysis and evaluation questions. Includes: PowerPoint explaining analysis and evaluation questions using an extract from ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’ by Margaret Attwood. Word document with practice questions from above Powerpoint. PowerPoint explaining evaluation question using a extract from ‘Rebecca’ by Daphne du Maurier.

Five lesson templates for a unit in which KS2 students create another world and write a story that takes place there. Lesson 1: Descriptive Writing - Students write a description of their world using the five senses and including imagery. Lesson 2: A Guide For Living - Students create a guidebook for living in their world, thinking about the history of the world and the way society functions. Lesson 3: Heroes and Villains - Students create a hero and villain for their story and write diary entries for them. Lesson 4: Planning a story - Students plot a quest story that takes place in their world. Lesson 5: Side characters (optional) - Students create side characters to develop their plot. These templates can be adapted with warm-ups/texts to suit class texts or topics.

Pack of six poems with challenging comprehension questions for KS3 or possibly even more able KS2 pupils. Includes: I have been one acquainted with the night - Robert Frost My mistress’ eyes are nothing like the sun (Sonnet 130) - William Shakespeare Those Sunday Mornings - Robert Hayden I like to see it lap the miles - Emily Dickinson Ozymandias - Percy Shelley The Red Wheelbarrow - William Carlos Williams

A complete introduction to descriptive writing, spanning three lessons. Lesson 1: Sensory language Lesson 2: Similes and Metaphors Lesson 3: Tone and Sentence Structure Also includes an extension/homework task for each lesson.