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I am an ex-primary head teacher and English, Maths and History specialist. I've mostly worked in KS2, often in Year 6. Although for the last two years, I've been working in Year 1, which has been delightful! All the resources have been used successfully with children in a range of schools all over the country. I am constantly reviewing and updating my resources. Please follow me to ensure that you have the most up to date versions of the resources you buy.

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I am an ex-primary head teacher and English, Maths and History specialist. I've mostly worked in KS2, often in Year 6. Although for the last two years, I've been working in Year 1, which has been delightful! All the resources have been used successfully with children in a range of schools all over the country. I am constantly reviewing and updating my resources. Please follow me to ensure that you have the most up to date versions of the resources you buy.
Roald Dahl - the BFG - a complete half term's guided reading
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Roald Dahl - the BFG - a complete half term's guided reading

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A series of questions, answers and reading journal activity based around all areas of reading. Great alternative to SATs tests or written comprehensions. To look at how an author can drop hints about a story at the very beginning of a book. To understand how an author decides how to make up nonsense words. To understand how dialogue can be used to develop characters. To understand how an author develops a particular aspect of a fantasy world. To understand how dialogue can be used to move a plot forward. To reflect on the whole book and the way it ends
Roald Dahl - Charlie and the Chocolate Factory - complete half term's (7 weeks) guided reading.
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Roald Dahl - Charlie and the Chocolate Factory - complete half term's (7 weeks) guided reading.

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A series of questions, answers and reading journal activity based around all areas of reading. Great alternative to SATs tests or written comprehensions. LOs To understand how an author develops sympathy for a character. To understand why different fonts can be used when a book is typeset. To understand how a single event can be used to change the narrative of a story. To understand how an author brings a central character to life. To understand how an author teaches his readers. To understand how figurative speech can be used to bring an object to life. To understand how endings can be used to begin new stories.
Charles Dickens - A Christmas Carol - six sessions of Guided Reading / Whole class activities
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Charles Dickens - A Christmas Carol - six sessions of Guided Reading / Whole class activities

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This set also includes a PDF of A Christmas Carol A series of questions, answers and reading journal activities based around all areas of reading. Great alternative to SATs tests or written comprehensions. LOs To use cover, contents and preface to make predictions. To read and understand a classic text. To understand how memories can help change a person. To understand how an author can have a character changed by what he experiences first hand. To understand how knowledge of the future can help change a person. To understand the many different ways an author can show a character has changed.
Francesca Simon - Horrid Henry - 4 sessions of Guided Reading / Whole class activities
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Francesca Simon - Horrid Henry - 4 sessions of Guided Reading / Whole class activities

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A series of questions, answers and reading journal activity based around all areas of reading. Great alternative to SATs tests or written comprehensions. LOs To understand how an author introduces a character To understand how an author chooses names to help develop characters. To make predictions about a story. To be able to make predictions based on knowledge of the stories an author tells.
Anne Fine - The chicken gave it to me - 5 weeks guided reading
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Anne Fine - The chicken gave it to me - 5 weeks guided reading

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A series of questions, answers and reading journal activity based around all areas of reading. Great alternative to SATs tests or written comprehensions. LOs To understand how Anne Fine introduces the characters in the story. To identify how an author can write a story within a story. To understand how different layouts can convey different meaning To understand why Anne Fine wrote this book.
Roald Dahl - Esio Trot - 4 sessions of Guided Reading / Whole class activities
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Roald Dahl - Esio Trot - 4 sessions of Guided Reading / Whole class activities

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A series of questions, answers and reading journal activity based around all areas of reading. Great alternative to SATs tests or written comprehensions. LOs To understand how an author provides background to his characters and plot. To make predictions based on what has happened so far in a text. To be able to draw conclusions about a character’s plan. To trace ideas throughout a whole story
Greek Myths - 4 comprehensions.
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Greek Myths - 4 comprehensions.

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Four weeks of comprehension, dictionary and grammar homework based on the Greek Myths of: The birth of Zeus Theseus and the Minotaur Jason and the Golden Fleece Perseus and the Gorgon
Michael Morpurgo - The Butterfly Lion - 7 sessions of Guided Reading / Whole class activities
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Michael Morpurgo - The Butterfly Lion - 7 sessions of Guided Reading / Whole class activities

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A series of questions, answers and reading journal activity based around all areas of reading. Great alternative to SATs tests or written comprehensions. LOs To understand how an author creates a sense of mystery. To understand how Michael Morpurgo uses stories within stories To be able to empathise with the central character of a novel. To understand how two stories can have parallels with each other. To understand how a significant event affects characters in different ways. To retrieve information from the text to answer questions and form opinions. To respond to the twist in the tail of the story
Natural Disasters - comprehension homework
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Natural Disasters - comprehension homework

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A ten comprehension pack designed to support work on Natural Disasters. Each comprehension consists of glossary work on words in text, sequencing words within sentences, word recognition sentences, comprehension questions tied to each text. Comprehensions cover: An introduction to Natural Disasters Volcanoes Pompeii Earthquakes The Lisbon Earthquake The Kobe Earthquake Earthquakes Today The Richter Scale The Mercalli Scale Earthquake Prediction Earthquake Defence
Dinosaurs - four comprehensions
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Dinosaurs - four comprehensions

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A four comprehension pack designed to support work on Dinosaurs. Each comprehension consists of glossary work on words in text, sequencing words within sentences, word recognition sentences, comprehension questions tied to each text.
CS Lewis The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe 7 sessions of Guided Reading / Whole class activities
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CS Lewis The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe 7 sessions of Guided Reading / Whole class activities

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A series of questions, answers and reading journal activity based around all areas of reading. Great alternative to SATs tests or written comprehensions. LOs To understand how an author uses everyday objects as a portal to a fantasy world. To understand how an author uses familiar and unfamiliar words to create a fantasy setting. To understand how an author builds a sense of wonder. To draw conclusions based on what has been read to date. To skim and scan a text to find evidence to support opinions and answer questions. To understand how an author draws on his own life, his beliefs and his experiences. To reflect on a completed text.
A complete half term's guided reading pack - Fantasy books
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A complete half term's guided reading pack - Fantasy books

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A set of books for KS2 children studying the fantasy genre. Ideal for understanding the fantasy genre, magpie-ing ideas for their own writing as well as introducing some of the greatest children's fantasy authors of the 20th century. A sudden puff of glittery smoke / The Iron Man - LA The Worst Witch - LA / MA The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe - MA Harry Potter - HA / MA The Hobbit - HA