These 16-page resource booklets contain a wide range of challenging and engaging comprehension activities for use throughout the reading of six of Percy Bysshe Shelley’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 a number of Geography non-fiction texts. The three sessions include the extracts/ texts and presentations for the whole class reading sessions on: -The World Book - USA, Mexico and Brazil; -Beach Explorer - How Beaches are Formed, Beach Plants and Animals -The Ordinance Survey Kids’ Adventure Book - Introduction to Maps 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 within years 3-5, 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 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.’

These 16-page resource booklets contain a wide range of challenging and engaging comprehension activities for use throughout the reading of a range of Wilfred Owen’s 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 booklets for the poems: -Dulce et Decorum Est -Anthem for Doomed Youth -Exposure -Futility -Strange Meeting 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 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 whole class reading sessions aim 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.Eagle Warrior - Gill Lewis 2.The Worst Class in the World - Joanna Nadin 3.The Train Mouse - Uwe Timm 4.To the Edge of the World - Julia Green 5.The Spybrarian - Jon Mayhew 6.The Abominables - Eva Ibbotson 7.The Lost Diary of Sami Star - Karen McCombie 8.Owen and the Soldier - Lisa Thompson 9.Contact - Malorie Blackman 10.The Outlaw Varjak Paw - S.F. Said 11.The Legend of Spud Murphy - Eoin Colfer 12.Sky Song - Abi Elphinstone 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 3 and 4. They are also suitable for home/ remote learning.

These whole class reading sessions aim to develop children’s comprehension skills when reading a range of texts related to the topic of vikings. The three sessions include the extracts/ texts and presentations for the whole class reading sessions on: -How to Train Your Dragon - Cressida Cowell -Leif Erikson - Factfile (non-fiction text) -Two Terrible Vikings - Francesca Simon 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 in years 3-5, although with minor adaptations they could feasibly be used with slightly younger and older year groups. These resources are suitable for home/ remote learning.

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.

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 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 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 engaging and thought-provoking series of lessons has been devised to provide students with a well-rounded, secure understanding of Stephen Kelman’s ‘Pigeon English.’ A double-lesson is provided for each chapter, meaning that there are 10 lessons in total. Lessons 1 and 2 - March Lessons 3 and 4 - April Lessons 5 and 6 - May Lessons 7 and 8 - June Lessons 9 and 10 - July The comprehensive and colourful PowerPoint presentations guide students through a wide range of activities, including those designed to enhance the following skills: retrieval, understanding vocabulary, inference, explanation, summarising, sequencing, analysis and deeper thinking activities. All of the resources and tried and tested in real classrooms, catalysing excellent outcomes. The resources are suitable for students in KS4, but may be used for slightly older or younger classes, depending upon the individual context of the school and students.

This lesson bundle contains all 9 of the Stig of the Dump lessons, which aid students in developing a secure understanding of each of the chapters: -Chapter 1: The Ground Gives Way -Chapter 2: Digging with Stig -Chapter 3: It Warms You Twice -Chapter 4: Gone A-Hunting -Chapter 5: The Snargets -Chapter 6: Skinned and Buried -Chapter 7: Party Manners -Chapter 8: Midsummer Night -Chapter 9: The Standing Stones 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 ‘The Iron Man’ lesson bundle contains all of ‘The Iron Man’ lessons, which 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.

These whole class reading sessions aim to develop children’s comprehension skills, whilst introducing them to the novels of popular author Katherine Rundell. The five sessions include the extracts/ texts and presentations for whole class reading sessions on: -The Explorer -The Good Thieves -Rooftoppers -Impossible Creatures -The Wolf Wilder 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 5-6, 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.

This ‘Secrets of a Sun King’ big bundle contains all of the Secrets of a Sun King lessons, plus the detailed knowledge organiser and the 22-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. -1. Chapters 1-2 -2. Chapters 3-4 -3. Chapters 5-6 -4. Chapters 7-8 -5. Chapters 9-11 -6. Chapters 12-13 -7. Chapters 14-16 -8. Chapters 17-18 -9. Chapters 19-21 -10. Chapters 22-23 The comprehensive and colourful PowerPoint presentations guide students through a wide range of activities, including those designed to enhance the following skills: retrieval, understanding vocabulary, inference, explanation, summarising, sequencing, analaysis and deeper thinking activities. Additional worksheets/ templates are provided for tasks where they are required - everything that you need to teach the lessons is here! The lessons are most suitable for children in KS2, (I originally used them with year 4/5 children) but with minor adaptations could be used with older or younger year groups.

This engaging and thought-provoking series of lessons has been devised to provide students with a well-rounded, secure understanding of Roald Dahl’s ‘The Twits.’ Each of the lessons include a wide range of activities, questions and resources for each chapter. The comprehensive and colourful PowerPoint presentations guide students through a wide range of activities, including those designed to enhance the following skills: retrieval, understanding vocabulary, inference, explanation, summarising, sequencing, analysis and deeper thinking activities. Additional worksheets and templates are also provided where needed for the creative tasks. All of the resources and tried and tested in real classrooms, catalysing excellent outcomes. The resources are most suitable for children in lower KS2, although with minor adjustments they could be used for slightly younger and older year groups.

These clear, detailed and visually-appealing resources offer a complete reference point for children learning about prominent writers - past and present. It is useful as a part of a history study of significant people over time, or an English study of famous writers. Included in this bundle are 15 knowledge organisers, spanning different eras, countries, genders and ethnicities: William Shakespeare Charles Dickens Beatrix Potter Emily Dickinson Lewis Carroll Maya Angelou George Orwell Dr Seuss Roald Dahl Oscar Wilde Geoffrey Chaucer J.K. Rowling Jane Austen Virginia Woolf William Wordsworth Each knowledge organiser contains comprehensive information about the writer, their career and their life, including sections entitled: -Overview; -Key Times in their Life; -Career -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). All images used are licensed for commercial use.

This engaging and purposeful series of lessons enables children to gradually build towards composing an effective, well-structured recount, based on a journey of their choice. This lesson bundle contains all six lessons from the series: -Lesson 1: What is a Recount? -Lesson 2: Vocabulary Building -Lesson 3: Developing Sentences -Lesson 4: Creating Cohesion -Lesson 5: Varying Sentences -Lesson 6: Editing and Redrafting In my experience, the lessons each take between 2 and 3 hours to deliver, so depending upon your own pace there is likely 12 lessons of content here. Each lesson contains an eye-catching and comprehensive PowerPoint presentation, in addition to any additional sheets, templates, or structure strips required for the lesson - everything needed to teach is included. A range of knowledge recall, think, pair, share, independent, and peer/self review activities are included to ensure that writing compositions are gradually enhanced over the course of the unit. These lessons were originally created for children in lower Key Stage 2 (Years 3 and 4), however, could easily be used for upper KS2 with only minor adaptations. The focus of the recount in these resources is a ‘journey’, but the resources have been made in a way that they can be easily adapted to your chosen topic/ subject matter.