These clear, detailed and visually-appealing resources offer a complete reference point for children learning about activists and activism. It is useful as a part of a history study of significant people over time, or a PSHE/ Citizenship study of different activists and how they have changed the world. Included in this bundle are 8 knowledge organisers, spanning different eras, countries, genders and ethnicities: 1.Nelson Mandela 2. Mahatma Gandhi 3. Florence Nightingale 4. Dr. Martin Luther King 5. Rosa Parks 6. Greta Thunberg 7. Guy Fawkes 8. Emmeline Pankhurst Each knowledge organiser contains comprehensive sections entitled: Overview; Key Times in their Life; Important Vocabulary; Timeline of their Life; Answers to the Important Questions; Top Ten Facts. The resources are designed to be printed onto A3 or A4, and are provided as both PDF and Word versions (so that you can edit if you want to). They are most suitable for children in KS2 and KS3. All images used are licensed for commercial use.

These whole class reading sessions aim to develop children’s comprehension skills, whilst introducing them to the novels of popular children’s author Eva Ibbotson. The three sessions include the extracts/ texts and presentations for the whole class reading sessions on: -Journey to the River Sea -The Abominables -The Ogre of Oglefort Each whole class reading session contains a series of activities aiming to develop children’s retrieval, explanation, inference, prediction and summarising skills. There is also a vocabulary check immediately after each extract is read to clarify any unfamiliar/ difficult language. The tasks are comprised of quick-check questions, solo thinking, pair/ group discussions and deeper thinking activities. The sessions are best suited for children with years 4-6, although with minor adaptations they could feasibly be used with slightly younger and older year groups. The resources are also suitable for home/ remote learning.

These 16-page resource booklets contain a wide range of challenging and engaging comprehension activities for use throughout the reading of a range of Maya Angelou’s poems. Teachers have found the activities particularly useful throughout teaching, or for exam revision or guided reading sessions. They are perfect for aiding the progress of students towards meeting the key English Literature assessment objectives - suitable for all examining bodies. Students have found these resources extremely engaging, and it is clearly highlighted within each task regarding which assessment strands the task is designed to demonstrate. The resources are provided in both Word (to allow for easy editing) and PDF (to ensure for consistency of formatting between computers). Activities within each booklet include (amongst many others): ‘Analysing Context’ - helping students to ‘Show understanding of the relationships between texts and the contexts in which they were written.’ ‘Analysing Subject Matter, Language and Structure’ - to help students to ‘Analyse the language, form and structure used by a writer to create meanings and effects, using relevant subject terminology where appropriate.’ ‘Diary Entry’ - to help students to ‘Use a range of vocabulary and sentence structures for clarity, purpose and effect, with accurate spelling and punctuation. Make an informed personal response, recognising that other responses to a text are possible and evaluating these.’ ‘The Speaker’ - to help students to ‘Read, understand and respond to texts. Students should be able to: maintain a critical style and develop an informed personal response use textual references, including quotations, to support and illustrate interpretations.’

These 16-page resource booklets contain a wide range of challenging and engaging comprehension activities for use throughout the reading of a range of Emily Dickinson’s poems. Teachers have found the activities particularly useful throughout teaching, or for exam revision or guided reading sessions. They are perfect for aiding the progress of students towards meeting the key English Literature assessment objectives - suitable for all examining bodies. Students have found these resources extremely engaging, and it is clearly highlighted within each task regarding which assessment strands the task is designed to demonstrate. The resources are provided in both Word (to allow for easy editing) and PDF (to ensure for consistency of formatting between computers). Activities within each booklet include (amongst many others): ‘Analysing Context’ - helping students to ‘Show understanding of the relationships between texts and the contexts in which they were written.’ ‘Analysing Subject Matter, Language and Structure’ - to help students to ‘Analyse the language, form and structure used by a writer to create meanings and effects, using relevant subject terminology where appropriate.’ ‘Diary Entry’ - to help students to ‘Use a range of vocabulary and sentence structures for clarity, purpose and effect, with accurate spelling and punctuation. Make an informed personal response, recognising that other responses to a text are possible and evaluating these.’ ‘The Speaker’ - to help students to ‘Read, understand and respond to texts. Students should be able to: maintain a critical style and develop an informed personal response use textual references, including quotations, to support and illustrate interpretations.’

These whole class reading sessions aim to develop children’s comprehension skills, whilst introducing them to the novels of popular children’s author Emma Carroll The three sessions include the extracts/ texts and presentations for the whole class reading sessions on: -Secrets of a Sun King -Letters from the Lighthouse -Frost Hollow Hall Each whole class reading session contains a series of activities aiming to develop children’s retrieval, explanation, inference, prediction and summarising skills. There is also a vocabulary check immediately after each extract is read to clarify any unfamiliar/ difficult language. The tasks are comprised of quick-check questions, solo thinking, pair/ group discussions and deeper thinking activities. The sessions are best suited for children with years 4-6, although with minor adaptations they could feasibly be used with slightly younger and older year groups. The resources are also suitable for home/ remote learning.

These 16-page resource booklets contain a wide range of challenging and engaging comprehension activities for use throughout the reading of a range of Lord Byron poems. Teachers have found the activities particularly useful throughout teaching, or for exam revision or guided reading sessions. They are perfect for aiding the progress of students towards meeting the key English Literature assessment objectives - suitable for all examining bodies. Students have found these resources extremely engaging, and it is clearly highlighted within each task regarding which assessment strands the task is designed to demonstrate. The resources are provided in both Word (to allow for easy editing) and PDF (to ensure for consistency of formatting between computers). Activities within each booklet include (amongst many others): ‘Analysing Context’ - helping students to ‘Show understanding of the relationships between texts and the contexts in which they were written.’ ‘Analysing Subject Matter, Language and Structure’ - to help students to ‘Analyse the language, form and structure used by a writer to create meanings and effects, using relevant subject terminology where appropriate.’ ‘Diary Entry’ - to help students to ‘Use a range of vocabulary and sentence structures for clarity, purpose and effect, with accurate spelling and punctuation. Make an informed personal response, recognising that other responses to a text are possible and evaluating these.’ ‘The Speaker’ - to help students to ‘Read, understand and respond to texts. Students should be able to: maintain a critical style and develop an informed personal response use textual references, including quotations, to support and illustrate interpretations.’

These 16-page resource booklets contain a wide range of challenging and engaging comprehension activities for use throughout the reading of a range of Thomas Hardy’s poems. Teachers have found the activities particularly useful throughout teaching, or for exam revision or guided reading sessions. They are perfect for aiding the progress of students towards meeting the key English Literature assessment objectives - suitable for all examining bodies. Students have found these resources extremely engaging, and it is clearly highlighted within each task regarding which assessment strands the task is designed to demonstrate. The resources are provided in both Word (to allow for easy editing) and PDF (to ensure for consistency of formatting between computers). Activities within each booklet include (amongst many others): ‘Analysing Context’ - helping students to ‘Show understanding of the relationships between texts and the contexts in which they were written.’ ‘Analysing Subject Matter, Language and Structure’ - to help students to ‘Analyse the language, form and structure used by a writer to create meanings and effects, using relevant subject terminology where appropriate.’ ‘Diary Entry’ - to help students to ‘Use a range of vocabulary and sentence structures for clarity, purpose and effect, with accurate spelling and punctuation. Make an informed personal response, recognising that other responses to a text are possible and evaluating these.’ ‘The Speaker’ - to help students to ‘Read, understand and respond to texts. Students should be able to: maintain a critical style and develop an informed personal response use textual references, including quotations, to support and illustrate interpretations.’

These whole class reading sessions aims to develop children’s comprehension skills through a reading of extracts from a range of modern fiction texts. Included is everything that you need to teach 12 whole class reading sessions, based on the following texts: 1.The Unadoptables - Hana Tooke 2.The Lion Above the Door - Onjali Q. Rauf 3.Arctic Star - Tom Palmer 4.Boy Underwater - Adam Baron 5.Boy in the Tower - Polly Ho-Yen 6.The Abominables - Eva Ibbotson 7.Scavengers - Darren Simpson 8.Wolf Brother - Michelle Paver 9.The Silver Arrow - Lev Crossman 10.Wonder - R.J. Palacio 11.The Good Thieves - Katherine Rundell 12.The Boy Who Sailed the Ocean in an Armchair - Laura Williamson Each resource pack includes the extract and all of the activities for the session, which the class are guided through via a comprehensive PowerPoint presentation. The reading is followed by a series of activities aiming to develop children’s retrieval, explanation, inference, prediction and summarising skills. It also contains a vocabulary check immediately after the extract is read to clarify any unfamiliar/ difficult language. The tasks are comprised of quick-check questions, solo thinking, pair/ group discussions and deeper thinking activities. The sessions are best suited for children in years 5 and 6. They are also suitable for home/ remote learning.

These 16-page resource booklets contain a wide range of challenging and engaging comprehension activities for use throughout the reading of a range of classic poems from British poets. Teachers have found the activities particularly useful throughout teaching, or for exam revision or guided reading sessions. They are perfect for aiding the progress of students towards meeting the key English Literature assessment objectives - suitable for all examining bodies. Students have found these resources extremely engaging, and it is clearly highlighted within each task regarding which assessment strands the task is designed to demonstrate. Included are 15 booklets, based on the poems: -Wilfred Owen - Dulce et Decorum Est -Percy Bysshe Shelley - Ozymandias -William Blake - The Tyger -John Betjemen - Slough -William Ernest Henley - Invictus -William Shakespeare - Shall I Compare thee to a Summer’s Day? -Alfred, Lord Tennyson - The Charge of the Light Brigade -Siegfried Sassoon - Suicide in the Trenches -William Wordsworth - I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud -Lewis Carroll - The Jabberwocky -Lord Byron - Don Juan -Dylan Thomas - Fern Hill -Alfred Noyes - The Highwayman -Rudyard Kipling - If -Rupert Brooke - The Soldier The resources are provided in both Word (to allow for easy editing) and PDF (to ensure for consistency of formatting between computers). Activities within each booklet include (amongst many others): ‘Analysing Context’ - helping students to ‘Show understanding of the relationships between texts and the contexts in which they were written.’ ‘Analysing Subject Matter, Language and Structure’ - to help students to ‘Analyse the language, form and structure used by a writer to create meanings and effects, using relevant subject terminology where appropriate.’ ‘Diary Entry’ - to help students to ‘Use a range of vocabulary and sentence structures for clarity, purpose and effect, with accurate spelling and punctuation. Make an informed personal response, recognising that other responses to a text are possible and evaluating these.’ ‘The Speaker’ - to help students to ‘Read, understand and respond to texts. Students should be able to: maintain a critical style and develop an informed personal response use textual references, including quotations, to support and illustrate interpretations.’

These 16-page resource booklets contain a wide range of challenging and engaging comprehension activities for use throughout the reading of a range of World War I poems. Teachers have found the activities particularly useful throughout teaching, or for exam revision or guided reading sessions. They are perfect for aiding the progress of students towards meeting the key English Literature assessment objectives - suitable for all examining bodies. Students have found these resources extremely engaging, and it is clearly highlighted within each task regarding which assessment strands the task is designed to demonstrate. Included are 14 booklets, based on the poems: -Wilfred Owen - Dulce et Decorum Est -Wilfred Owen - Anthem for Doomed Youth -Wilfred Owen - Exposure -Wilfred Owen - Futility -Wilfred Owen - Strange Meeting -Siegfried Sassoon - Aftermath -Siegfried Sassoon - Base Details -Siegfried Sassoon - Suicide in the Trenches -Siegfried Sassoon - They -Laurence Binyon - For the Fallen -Philip Larkin - MCMXIV -Isaac Rosenberg - Break of Day in the Trenches -Rupert Brooke - The Soldier -John McCrae - In Flanders Fields The resources are provided in both Word (to allow for easy editing) and PDF (to ensure for consistency of formatting between computers). Activities within each booklet include (amongst many others): ‘Analysing Context’ - helping students to ‘Show understanding of the relationships between texts and the contexts in which they were written.’ ‘Analysing Subject Matter, Language and Structure’ - to help students to ‘Analyse the language, form and structure used by a writer to create meanings and effects, using relevant subject terminology where appropriate.’ ‘Diary Entry’ - to help students to ‘Use a range of vocabulary and sentence structures for clarity, purpose and effect, with accurate spelling and punctuation. Make an informed personal response, recognising that other responses to a text are possible and evaluating these.’ ‘The Speaker’ - to help students to ‘Read, understand and respond to texts. Students should be able to: maintain a critical style and develop an informed personal response use textual references, including quotations, to support and illustrate interpretations.’

This bundle includes the four ‘Writing Recounts’ lessons and the ‘Writing Recounts’ knowledge organiser. These engaging and purposeful lessons enable children to gradually build towards composing an effective, well-structured recount. Whilst this series guides children towards writing a recount about an imaginary African safari, the resources could be reasonably adapted to suit your own chosen topic. The lessons included are: -Lesson 1: What are Recounts? -Lesson 2: Vocabulary Building -Lesson 3: Writing the Opening -Lesson 4: Creating Cohesion Each lesson contains an eye-catching and comprehensive PowerPoint presentation, in addition to any worksheets/ templates needed (in both Word and PDF). These lessons were originally created for children in lower Key Stage 2 (Years 3 and 4).

THIS BUNDLE CONTAINS THREE DOUBLE-LENGTH WONDER LESSONS, IN ADDITION TO THE COMPREHENSION BOOKLET, THE WHOLE CLASS READING SESSION AND THE KNOWLEDGE ORGANISER! This engaging, varied, and informative scheme of learning is designed to help students gain understanding, assessment skills, and key interpretations of J.P. Palacio’s ‘Wonder.’ Made up of a wide-range of interesting and exciting lessons, students should complete this scheme having gathered vital skills in: interpreting the significant meanings of the text, understanding the writer’s ideas within the text, identifying the traits of key characters, settings, and themes, and understanding structural and language devices. Stimulating, visual, and easily adaptable, these lessons provide suggested learning objectives and outcomes for students of a wide-range of abilities - The vast majority of tasks are differentiated to allow for different abilities and needs in your classroom. Each lesson loosely follows this logical learning journey to ensure that students learn in bite-size steps: Engaging Defining/ Understanding Identifying/Remembering Analysing/ Creating Peer or self evaluating. The lessons included focus on: -The Theme of Appearances; -Via Pullman; -Auggie’s Development All of the lessons are interactive, employ a variety of different teaching and learning methods and styles, and are visually-engaging. Resources, worksheets, and lesson plans are all provided.

These detailed and visually-appealing resources offer complete reference points for students learning or revising knowledge relating to Medieval England as a part of their history study. There are 8 knowledge organisers in total. The organisers included are: -The Romans; -The Anglo Saxons; -The Norman Conquest; -Thomas Becket and Henry II; -The Peasants’ Revolt; -The Crusades; -King John and the Magna Carta; -Everyday Life in the Middle Ages. Key words and ideas are underlined for easy reference. The resources are best suited for students in Key Stage 3. They are designed to be printed onto A3, and are provided in both PDF and Word versions (so that you can edit if you want to).

This engaging and purposeful series lessons enables children to gradually build towards a well-structured historical fiction composition. The lessons build up an Ancient Egyptian historical fiction story, but could reasonably be adapted to aid children in constructing historical fiction pieces based on different eras. This resource contains all of the six lessons in the series. They are focused on: -Introduction to Historical Fiction; -Setting the Scene; -Developing Characters; -Narrative Structure; -The Climax; -Editing and Redrafting. The comprehensive PowerPoint presentations guide teachers and learners through a logical step-by-step learning journey - these include SPAG starters, individual/ partner/ group activities, modelled examples, and extended written opportunities (following clear objectives and success criteria. All of the worksheets and activity resources are provided (in both Word and PDF). These lessons were originally created for children in lower Key Stage 2 (Years 3 and 4).

These whole class reading sessions aim to develop children’s readng fluency and comprehension skills, whilst simultaneously building their understanding of castles. The three sessions include the extracts/ texts and presentations for the whole class reading sessions on: -The Tower of London (non-fiction text); -Colchester Castle (non-fiction text); -The Castle Old and Grey (poem); Each whole class reading session contains a series of activities aiming to develop children’s retrieval, explanation, inference, prediction and summarising skills. There is also a vocabulary check immediately after each text is read to clarify any unfamiliar/ difficult language. The tasks are comprised of quick-check questions, solo thinking, pair/ group discussions and deeper thinking activities. The sessions are best suited for children across lower KS2, although with minor adaptations they could feasibly be used with slightly younger and older year groups. The resources are also suitable for home/ remote learning.

These whole class reading sessions aim to develop children’s readng fluency and comprehension skills, whilst simultaneously building their understanding of castles. The three sessions include the extracts/ texts and presentations for the whole class reading sessions on: -Alfred the Great Non-Fiction Reading; -Deadly Dangerous Kings and Queens - Karl Shaw; -Queen Elizabeth II Factfile Reading. Each whole class reading session contains a series of activities aiming to develop children’s retrieval, explanation, inference, prediction and summarising skills. There is also a vocabulary check immediately after each text is read to clarify any unfamiliar/ difficult language. The tasks are comprised of quick-check questions, solo thinking, pair/ group discussions and deeper thinking activities. The sessions are best suited for children across lower KS2, although with minor adaptations they could feasibly be used with slightly younger and older year groups. The resources are also suitable for home/ remote learning.

This engaging and thought-provoking series of lessons has been devised to provide students with a well-rounded, secure understanding of Mark Hatton’s 'The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time. The entire novel is broken down in to 7 double lesson packs, meaning that there is a total of 14 individual activity sets here. The Opening Chapters (2-19); Chapters 23 to 47 Chapters 53 to 83 Chapters 89 to 113 Chapters 127 to 157 Chapters 163 to 197 The End of the Novel (199 to 233). The comprehensive and colourful PowerPoint presentations guide students through a wide range f activities, including those designed to enhance the following skills: retrieval, understanding vocabulary, inference, explanation, summarising, sequencing, analaysis and deeper thinking activities. The lessons are suitable for students in either KS3 or KS4, depending upon the individual context of the school and students.

This engaging and thought-provoking series of lessons has been devised to provide students with a well-rounded, secure understanding of Michelle Magorian’s 'Goodnight Mister Tom.’ The entire novel is broken down in to 10 double (and in some cases triple) lesson bundles, meaning that there is a total of 23 individual activity sets here - one for each chapter of the text. -Chapters 1-2 - Meeting and Little Weirwold -Chapters 3-4 - Saturday Morning and Equipped -Chapters 5-6 - Chamberlain Announces and Zach -Chapters 7-8 - An Encounter Over Blackberries and School -Chapters 9-10 - Birthday Boy and The Case -Chapters 11-13 - Friday, The Show Must Go On and Carol Singing -Chapters 14-15 - New Beginnings and Home -Chapters 16-17 - Search and Rescue -Chapters 18-20 - Recovery, The Sea and Spooky Cott -Chapters 21-23 - Back to School, Grieving and Postscript The comprehensive and colourful PowerPoint presentations guide students through a wide range f activities, including those designed to enhance the following skills: retrieval, understanding vocabulary, inference, explanation, summarising, sequencing, analaysis and deeper thinking activities. The lessons are suitable for students in either KS3 or upper KS2, depending upon the individual context of the school and students.

This ‘The Iron Man’ big bundle contains all of The Iron Man lessons, plus the detailed knowledge organiser and the 20-page comprehension activities booklet! The engaging and thought-provoking lessons aid students in developing a secure understanding of each of the chapters: -Chapter 1: The Coming of the Iron Man -Chapter 2: The Return of the Iron Man -Chapter 3: What’s to be Done with the Iron Man? -Chapter 4: The Space-Being and the Iron Man -Chapter 5: The Iron Man’s Challenge. In each lesson, children are guided through the lesson via a colourful and comprehensive PowerPoint presentation, which includes a range of thought-provoking activities and model examples/ answers. The tasks are comprised of retrieval, vocabulary, inference, summarising, explaining and deeper thinking activities. Templates are also provided for a number of the creative activities. There’s a lot in the each lesson and so you may wish to either select the content that is pertinent to you/ your class or spread each lesson resource over two sessions. The resources are ideally pitched for children in lower KS2, but could feasibly be used with slightly older or younger children, depending upon the individual context of the school and students.

This ‘Goodnight Mister Tom’ big bundle contains all of the Goodnight Mister Tom lessons, plus the detailed knowledge organiser and the 20-page comprehension activities booklet! The entire novel is broken down in to 10 double (and in some cases triple) lesson bundles, meaning that there is a total of 23 individual lesson activity sets here - one for each chapter of the text. -Chapters 1-2 - Meeting and Little Weirwold -Chapters 3-4 - Saturday Morning and Equipped -Chapters 5-6 - Chamberlain Announces and Zach -Chapters 7-8 - An Encounter Over Blackberries and School -Chapters 9-10 - Birthday Boy and The Case -Chapters 11-13 - Friday, The Show Must Go On and Carol Singing -Chapters 14-15 - New Beginnings and Home -Chapters 16-17 - Search and Rescue -Chapters 18-20 - Recovery, The Sea and Spooky Cott -Chapters 21-23 - Back to School, Grieving and Postscript The comprehensive and colourful PowerPoint presentations guide students through a wide range f activities, including those designed to enhance the following skills: retrieval, understanding vocabulary, inference, explanation, summarising, sequencing, analaysis and deeper thinking activities. The lessons are suitable for students in either KS3 or upper KS2, depending upon the individual context of the school and students.