A free resource to share on National Poetry day that includes a variety of activities at different levels for KS2 primary, using famous poems. Activities become gradually harder as you work through the booklet. Ideal for a one off lesson or as a homework booklet/home-learning/tutoring resource.

10 x Short Writing Activities to encourage creative horror writing. Activities involve writing blurbs, using figurative language, creating characters and experimenting with tense for a spooky effect. This could be used as a standalone literacy lesson for Halloween, as a homework booklet, for Greater Depth extension work or used individually as lesson starters. Also suitable for tutoring and home learning.

Introduce your class to Roald Dahl with these skim and scan activities. Designed to improve quick recall and retrieval skills, children must locate words - like a literary word search! Included here are extracts from The Witches, The BFG, Matilda & more. My class really enjoy using a timer to try and improve their speed

This booklet includes short extracts from Austen’s six major novels (Pride and Prejudice;Sense and Sensibility; Emma; Northanger Abbey; Mansfield Park; and Persuasion). Each extract is followed by discussion questions linked to the extract. The last page requires students to compare and contrast the extracts. Discussion focuses on narrative voice, settings, protagonists, writing style, and vocabulary. Intended to be used as an introduction to Austen and writers of the long nineteenth century.

15x Reading/English activities linked to mountains for cross-curricula lessons. Includes fiction, non-fiction, poetry, posters, data and more to inspire and encourage exploration. Questions involve inference, prediction, explanation as well as speaking and listening. Ideal for starters, guided reading, group work.

5 x Reading Activities using classic American children’'s stories such as The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, Tom Sawyer and Little Women. Each extract includes a skim and scan challenge and other text related questions. Great resource to encourage quick recall and to build text scanning skills.

In this workbook, students follow 10 steps to produce an information text on mountains. Students are guided through research, planning, organisation and editing. Opportunities to explore new vocabulary and topic sentences are also included. Throughout the work book, models are provided to aid understanding.

Reading Comprehension task with a focus on compare and contrast. This activity features a table of information about 4 mountains. Students have to answer questions based on the info from basic recall to more advanced inference. Answers are included, as are extension activities.

5 x Reading activities with a mountain theme, ideal for cross-curricula teaching and learning. Each extract is taken from a diary or memoir of a mountain climber, including a report from Mount Everest, and John Muir discussing his own travels. Students have to locate a series of words within the text - like a wordsearch. My class enjoy having a time limit and seeing who can find the most. This resource could be used in Guided Reading, as an English starter or as part of a broader Geography topic to inspire the students.

10 x extracts from Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens with quick questions relating to vocab, voice and plot. Ideal for starting conversations about particular scenes in the novel and is suitable for a variety of abilities from Greater Depth UKS2 and across KS3. Students are encouraged to think about narrative voice, authorial intention, context and reader affect.

Introduce your class to a range of classic literature with these skim and scan activities. Designed to improve quick recall and retrieval skills, children must locate words - like a literary word search! Included here are 7 x extracts from classic fiction such as Black Beauty, The Wind in the Willows & many more. My class really enjoy using a timer to try and improve their speed. This is aimed at Uks2/3 although it would suit a range of abilities.

Introduce your class to a range of classic Charles Dickens’ literature with these skim and scan activities. Designed to improve quick recall and retrieval skills, children must locate words - like a literary word search! Included here are 10x extracts from classic fiction such as Oliver Twist, Great Expectations & many more. My class really enjoy using a timer to try and improve their speed. This is aimed at Uks2/3 although it would suit a range of abilities.

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.

This workbook is designed to aid revision for A Level students studying The Handmaid’s Tale. Each page has activities linked to context, plot, structure, character and theme. A range of quotes are included and a there is a focus page on the Historical Notes section. Discussion questions could be used for practice essay questions.

Using ‘Inside the Artist’s Studio’, this worksheet encourages deep thinking around poetic function. Ideal for revision.

This resource includes a copy of Browning’s poem and a series of questions aimed at understanding context, form and theme. Ideal for revision.

Four writing activities with a Christmas Theme linked to Harry Potter and the Wizarding World. Text types include: Diary, Setting Description, Instructions, and Letter-writing. Ideal for inspiration, homework, home-schooling, extension activity or whole class writing. Word banks included.

Comprehension questions with a focus on Compare and Contrast linked to WIzards. Students must read a table of information about Merlin, Gandalf (The Hobbit/ The Lord of the Rings) and Dumbledore (Harry Potter). Questions begin with basic recall and become harder. Answers and extension tasks included.

Reading activities linked to Superheroes. Students engage with images to infer, predict, explain, describe and recall.