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Titanic Skim and Scan
Reading activities for UKS2 that aids quick recall and other helpful reading skills. Good revision for KS2 SATS. Children enjoy working against a timer (I recommend between 3-5 minutes) and then trying to beat their score. A quick but valuable activity.
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Ancient Greeks: English Bundle
A variety of English activities to support teaching Ancient Greece through English Lessons. Bundle includes:
Skim and Scans
Reading Comprehensions
Writing Tasks
Speaking and Listening Activities
Guided Reading Tasks
Ancient Greeks: Guided Reading Activities
Assorted tasks for guided reading using Greek Myths. Different skills required such as inference, prediction, and explanation etc. Some activities are text based; other use images to suit a range of levels.
Ancient Greeks: Writing Activities
A series of creative writing activities linked to the Ancient Greeks. Each prompt is accompanied by support for vocab, grammar, and form. Activities include fiction and non-fiction and cover a range of Ancient Greek subjects such as Mythology, the Olympics, War, and Democracy.
Ancient Greece: Speaking & Listening
This resource features a range of Speaking and Listening tasks using Bloom’s Taxonomy. Subjects include mythology, philosophy, architecture, Sparta, & the Gods. Used as starters for English or History lessons or as a whole class Sp&L lesson.
Ancient Greece Reading Comprehensions
This resource includes 3 different reading comprehensions: a simple retrieval task based on the Gods and Goddesses of Mount Olympus, a comprehension based on the myth of Persephone, and another on the philosopher, Socrates.
Ideal to use in cross-curricula English lessons. Answers are supplied.
Ancient Greek Myths Skim and Scan
Included here are 5 different Myths with Skim and Scan challenges to aid quick reading recall. There are a variety of different length texts and difficulties. Students often enjoy being challenged against a timer to make it even more fun!
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Monarchy: KS2 English Bundle
Collected here are the paid for resources created for my Monarchy series which seeks to supply cross curricula reading activities that support the KS2 History topic on Monarchy. With that in mind, I have tried to use sources that refer to a range of Kings and Queens of England.
This bundle includes Speaking and Listening activities, reading comprehensions for different abilities, and activities that link to National Curriculum reading objectives.
Monarchy: Reading Comprehensions
Three reading comprehensions linked to the KS2 History topic on Monarchy.
1 x SAT style Reading Comprehension on ‘The Princes in the Tower’
1 x Greater Depth reading comprehension using Shakespeare’s Henry V
1 x Comprehension with a retrieval focus on the abdication.
Answer guides provided.
Changing Monarchy: Compare and Contrast
Factfile providing information on six kings and queens of England including: Richard III, Henry VIII, Charles II, George III, Victoria, Elizabeth II. Features information about different aspects of their reign.
1 x worksheet of retrieval questions
1 x compare and contrast questions
Monarchy: Reading Activities
Six assorted reading activities linked to the Six Wives of Henry VIII:
1 x Reading Comprehension
1 x Greater Depth Reading Activity using Shakespeare’s Henry VIII
1 x Visual Comprehension using Portraits
1 x Skim and Scan
1 x Fact File with retrieval questions
1 x Compare and Contrast Activity
Resources use a mixture of fiction, plays, and primary resources.
Monarchy: Comprehension
A KS2 Reading Comprehension based on Queen Victoria’s diary entry for the day of her Coronation. Questions are SAT style and an answer guide is provided.
Monarchy: Speaking & Listening
PowerPoint presentation with 20 slides featuring speaking and listening activities for KS2 children studying the British Monarchy. A range of Kings and Queens of England are included, with references to Magna Carta, The War of the Roses, the abdication of 1936, and WW2. A range of sources are also included to encourage children to think about their importance. Reference is made here to Shakespeare, Hamilton, and 18th century propaganda.
Non Fiction Skim & Scan
Nine Skim and Scan activities based on a range of historical sources such as Tutankhamen’s Tomb, Zeus, Titanic and the Blitz.
Students are required to read a short extract and then locate a range of words within a time limit - just like a wordsearch! These have proven very popular with my class and helps with speedy retrieval skills in preparation for the SATs.
Remembrance Day - Reading Activity
Using ‘In Flanders Field’, this worksheet includes a skim and scan activity to encourage rapid word location; questions on vocabulary and punctuation; poetry analysis. Could be used as a guided reading activity or as part of a lesson on Remembrance Day.
Guy Fawkes Reading Activity
A fictional last confession from Guy Fawkes, the night before his execution. (This could be used as a model). Students have a skim and scan activity, encouraging a quick response to locating words within the text. This is followed by a series of vocabulary and language questions, similar to SATs style reading questions.