This resource allows the class teacher to lead a session whereby: -children learn what synonyms are children read to chapter 22-23 of Land of Roar (included) children learn how to retrieve synonyms for reading tests children practise retrieving synonyms from these chapters before marking their answers as a class. This resource will help children prepare for SATS questions as the activities follow the same style/structure.

This resource allows the class teacher to lead a session where: children complete a fun A-Z adjective task children read chapters 4-5 of Land of Roar -children start to make inferences about Arthur and Rose children draw the characters of Rose and Arthur and retrieve evidence for their ideas

This is a 1 week writing unit focusing on figurative language. I would say this is suitable for Year 6/5. From my experience, the children really enjoy this and produce some great pieces of writing!

This is a year 3/4 whole-class reading lesson using Roald Dahl’s Revolting Rhymes: Little Red Riding Hood. The children discuss their existing knowledge of Little Red Riding Hood, read the new version, discuss, and then summarise the story. HAPS will be pushed to discuss the differences between different tales. My reading lessons focus on the explicit reaching of 1-2 reading skills from the VIPERS skill set, to allow children to build on their understanding of different reading strands. All texts belong/created by Roald Dahl, no copyright infringement intended

This year 6 writing mat covers the essential features needed for a newspaper. I give this to children when they are writing newspaper articles and/or editing them. It is up to the children to use the mat to edit their work so it is in line with the expectations for that genre.

This lesson works on the skills of vocabulary/explanation. children learn about shades of meaning and practise some quick but effective activities through a video children read chapters 35-36 of Land of Roar children learn how to explain the effect of specific words children answer differentiated questions about specific vocabulary from chapters 35-36 These resources will help year 5/6 students get used to SATS-style questions.

This resource allows the class teacher to lead a session where: -children learn what an inference is and have a practise making inferences using a picture -children read chapters 9-11 of Land of Roar read the first chapter of Land of Roar children make inferences about Arthur’s feelings using a short passage of the text, RETRIEVING evidence too. (good for 3 mark q practise)

This is a year 3/4 whole-class reading lesson using David Litchfield’s picture book The Bear and the Piano All texts belong/created by David Litchfield no copyright infringement intended

This is a year 5/6 lesson using chapters 23-24 of The Highland Falcon Thief, working on the skills of retrieval. Questions are differentiated by three levels - mild, spicy and hot, and ANSWERS are included. You just need a copy of the book. The lesson uses Activinspire.

This is a year 5/6 lesson using chapter 29 of The Highland Falcon Thief, working on the skills of retrieval and explanation. Questions are differentiated by three levels - mild, spicy and hot, and ANSWERS are included. You just need a copy of the book. The lesson uses Activinspire.

This is a year 5/6 lesson using chapter 17 of The Highland Falcon Thief, working on the skills of retrieval and explanation. Questions are differentiated by three levels - mild, spicy and hot, and ANSWERS are included. You just need a copy of the book. The lesson uses Activinspire.

This is a year 5/6 lesson using chapter 7 of The Highland Falcon Thief, working on the skill of RETRIEVAL. ANSWERS included. EVERYTHING you need to teach this lesson is included and good to go. The lesson uses Activinspire.

This is a year 5/6 lesson using chapter 12 of The Highland Falcon Thief, working on the skills of retrieval and explanation. ANSWERS included. You just need a copy of the book. The lesson uses Activinspire.

Lessons focus on one to two skills maximum per lesson. I paired these lessons with some writing-based lessons and the children loved this book. You would need a copy of the book of photocopies of some pages. These reading lessons focus specifically on these pages: prologue, 17-26, 48-56, 56-63, 92-97, 188-193, 206-216. The lessons are all retrieval-based but one lesson also looks at inference.

These lessons have been planned so that children engage with The Boy Who Grew Dragons while learning about summary/retrieval/vocabulary skills. There is ALSO a lesson using the picture book ‘Tell Me a Dragon’ to kickstart your dragon unit. The lessons focus specifically on the prologue, chapter 1, chapter 4, chapter 8, chapter 15, chapter 19, chapter 21, and chapter 27, you will need to read the rest of the book outside of these lessons. Everything you need to teach these lessons is included and good to go apart from an audiobook/copy of reading material (for copyright purposes).