Perfect for classes reading Robert Cormier’s WWII novel Heroes. This pack of questions provides 20 comprehension questions and 20 analysis questions for chapter 3 of the novel. Differentiated to four levels, set work to support learners at every access stage!
Level 1 is Easy, Level 2 is Moderate, Level 3 is challenging and Level 4 is Expert.
Includes:
Level 1 Comprehension - 5 questions and answer guide
Level 2 Comprehension - 5 questions and answer guide
Level 3 Comprehension - 5 questions and answer guide
Level 4 Comprehension - 5 questions and answer guide
Level 1 Analysis - 5 questions and answer guide
Level 2 Analysis - 5 questions and answer guide
Level 3 Analysis - 5 questions and answer guide
Level 4 Analysis - 5 questions and answer guide
Perfect for classes reading Robert Cormier’s WWII novel Heroes. This pack of questions provides 20 comprehension questions and 20 analysis questions for chapter 4 of the novel. Differentiated to four levels, set work to support learners at every access stage!
Level 1 is Easy, Level 2 is Moderate, Level 3 is challenging and Level 4 is Expert.
Includes:
Level 1 Comprehension - 5 questions and answer guide
Level 2 Comprehension - 5 questions and answer guide
Level 3 Comprehension - 5 questions and answer guide
Level 4 Comprehension - 5 questions and answer guide
Level 1 Analysis - 5 questions and answer guide
Level 2 Analysis - 5 questions and answer guide
Level 3 Analysis - 5 questions and answer guide
Level 4 Analysis - 5 questions and answer guide
This Silent Discussion pre-reading activity for Steinbeck’s novella Of Mice and Men prompts students to collaborate on vintage book covers and movie posters with their thoughts, opinions, interpretations and predictions. Resources include two lesson formats with instructive slideshows.
Includes:
10 pages of cover and poster prompts for a seated silent discussion
10 pages of cover and poster prompts for a gallery walk silent discussion
Duplicate of the gallery version in A3 size for ease of writing
Slideshow with instructions for seated silent discussion
Slideshow with instructions for gallery walk silent discussion
This Silent Discussion pre-reading activity for F Scott Fitzgerald’s novel Of The Great Gatsby prompts students to collaborate on vintage book covers images with their thoughts, opinions, interpretations and predictions. Resources include two lesson formats with instructive slideshows.
Includes:
18 pages of cover image prompts for a seated silent discussion
18 pages of cover image prompts for a gallery walk silent discussion
Duplicate of the gallery version in A3 size for ease of writing
Slideshow with instructions for seated silent discussion
Slideshow with instructions for gallery walk silent discussion
Follow up activity - do your students think that any of the covers belong to the same novel? Why?
Prepare to read Sharon M Draper’s timely novel Tears of a Tiger with this printable pre-reading activity. Silent Discussion, Collaborative Predictions, Written Debate… whatever you call it, these image prompts and instructions have you covered!
Simply print and go - includes 15 image prompts connected to the plot. Students move around a gallery of the images or pass the sheets from person to person leaving annotations, comments and observations on every sheet.
Includes:
15 US letter size printable prompt sheets
15 A3 size printable prompt sheets
7 slides of instructions for classroom and lesson use
2 slides of holistic follow-up activities
Gingerbread house for sale! Students step into an estate agent role and use their persuasive and descriptive writing skills to sell a gingerbread house.
19 differentiated versions of the sheet allow you to mix and match fronts and backs to make custom worksheets for your students.
Blank versions allow students to design their gingerbread houses from scratch, whilst versions with images give your students a springboard.
More able students may opt to design a floor plan, whilst other students might choose to bring humor to the pros and cons of their ‘property’.
Printable sticker labels to help you give fast, individualised feedback based on the needs of each student. Save time and give higher-quality feedback in one go!
Each sticker explains the punctuation or grammar error, outlines the rules for use, models the correct usage and suggests an improvement task. The stickers are laid out in printable sheets of 8, with colourful headings and dyslexia-friendly font. Four sets included to give a choice of colour backgrounds to meet your school’s marking policy or your marking style. Choose from pink, blue, green or yellow!
This pack now includes feedback sticker sheets for:
Possessive apostrophes
Omissive apostrophes
Capitalisation of the word I
Capital letters
Single commas
Parenthetic commas
Connectives
Conjunctions
Full stops
Semi colons
Speech marks
Question marks
Improving vocabulary choices
Ellipses
Here/Hear
It’s/Its
There/Their/They’re
Too/To/Two
Where/Were/Wear/We’re
Whose/Who’s
Your/You’re
Paragraphing
Synonyms
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This booklet of nine extracts from classic fiction is a great flexible resource for sports fiction or units to engage students with sporting interests.
Wide-spaced for easy annotation and including activity sheets for single extracts, paired extracts and multiple extracts, you can adapt the pack to your secondary school students’ needs.
Each extract is heavy in description and can be differentiated towards MAT students.
Coach your students through discussion and note-taking for the characters of any novel, short story or play. Then instruct them in the creation of a hex diagram by matching the sides, drawing links between characters and explaining their reasons.
Allow more able students to work independently on the hexagon diagram pieces.
This resource includes US letter and UK A4 size versions.
This differentiated quotation analysis task requires students to look closely at quotes from chapters 14 to 18 of Louis Sachar’s novel Holes and pick out the figurative language, devices and techniques Sachar has used.
This is followed by the opportunity to analyse the quotations for meaning and impact.
There are three levels of differentiation within the lists of writing techniques included, plus a double sided worksheet of fifteen quotations. Answer key also included.
All versions come in both US letter and UK A4 document size.
Use WW1 poetry to bring November 11th into your lessons.
Includes both UK and US terminology - Remembrance Day or Veteran’s Day - and document sizes.
Analyse the structure and literary devices in the poem For the Fallen by Laurence Binyon through graphic organizers, summary tables and a one-pager template.
Includes:
Poem handout
Context handout
Structural comprehension
Differentiated literary device comprehension
One-pager template
Answer keys
A single page writing organiser, frame or scaffold to guide KS2 and KS3 pupils through planning a five-section descriptive piece of writing. The page features five sections for planning five paragraphs with written and visual prompts for using the senses. Differentiated and designed in several different ways for visual learners, this resource comes in ten different styles, including with and without writing guidelines.
This resource comes in both UK A4 and US letter document sizes. That’s 20 sheets in one!
Aimed at KS2 and KS3, use this figurative language worksheet as a starter, main, fast finisher or homework task in October! Use the Halloween theme to build your students’ understanding of alliteration, similes, personification, and onomatopoeia.
This resource comes in US letter and UK A4 size, with a link to a Google Apps editable version. Black and white and colour versions provided.
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Coach your students through the close reading and annotation of the opening description from the play An Inspector Calls by JB Priestley, then instruct them in the use of the differentiated essay frames to challenge and stretch pupils at all levels.
The extract and annotation sheet includes focused instructions, and the essay frame shows a clear route of progress with a built-in example and extension column to model development of ideas. Full answer key and suggestions provided.
Engage your class with a problem-solving task for your unit on Homelessness or Global Issues. Use this differentiated activity to promote discussion and critical thinking - if you had $100 or £100, how would you help a homeless person?
US and UK currency versions included, plus appropriate document sizes. Either select items from a tabled list of resources, or use the image-based list. Quick bellringer task version provided, plus a vocab word search for fast finishers.
This task also includes editable Google Docs versions for online learning or homework tasks. Please note: The images on the second page are not editable or moveable due to the terms of use.
This proofreading activity for KS2 and KS3 is a great bellringer, brain break or or exit ticket.
6 errors on each slide are differentiated by outcome - an error to spot for all levels of ability!
Introduce your students to ten examples of classic literature whilst also correcting errors in spelling, punctuation and grammar. The café theme and quick, close reading skills needed makes this perfect for your book tasting event! Answer key included.
Four activities and a booklet containing the short story of The Yellow Wallpaper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman.
Explore the symbolism of color in a pre-reading activity
Introduce the vocabulary of the text
Recreate the wallpaper with traditional art materials, or use the Easel version for students to add their digital art
Study the characters through hexagon diagrams (large and small provided)
Great for Halloween!
This fun descriptive writing task includes everything you need to support your less able students and stretch your gifted ones.
First, students explore ideas for describing a pumpkin, bat or skeleton as individuals, or in pairs or as a class, using the visual prompts on the first sheet.
Some students might wish to express some of their ideas through colour as well as words.
Next, share the differentiated word bank of sensory words to support and stretch your students as needed.
Included are banks for sight, sound, smell and touch - taste is not included, but you could always do this as a separate bank or as another collaboration project. There is also a vocabulary bank for verbs.
US letter and UK A4 size documents included.
The outcome will be interesting and vivid descriptions of the humble pumpkin, misunderstood bat and spooky, scary skeleton. Enjoy!
This pack of four activities about Capulet and Paris in Act 1.2 of Romeo and Juliet can be used individually or as a set to build understanding.
Assess Capulet’s use of creative and persuasive language in Act 1.2 of the play.
Consider Paris’ character and motives, and create his dating profile based on what you know.
US and UK document sizes and terminology provided.
This editable pack of three activities about Romeo’s use of language in Acts 1.4 and 1.5 of Romeo and Juliet promotes close study of the play.
Assess Romeo’s emotions
Analyze his positive and negative language
Read closely into his use of themes and semantics
Categorize his speech
US and UK document sizes and terminology provided, plus fully editable Google Docs version.