Free Sample of Elevate Resources article and reading comprehension questions on St. Patrick’s Day.

Elevate Resources presents this four page article on Diwali explaining the festival of light, its many meanings in different lands and for different faiths, as well as how it is celebrated. Accompanied by 18 SATs style reading comprehension questions (and answers) from assessment focuses: Word Meaning, Retrieval, Summarising, Inference, & Comparisons. Ideal for cross curricular Reading/RE work!

Elevate Resources presents this 2-page article on Easter (including the origins of the name and dating) AND 8-page story of Easter. This is accompanied by 20 SATs style reading comprehension questions for non-fiction text from assessment focuses: Word Meaning, Retrieval, Summarising, Inference, Choice of Words to Enhance Meaning, & Comparisons, AND answers!

Elevate Resources presents this six page article on The Black Death / Bubonic Plague (how it started, symptoms, how it spread, understanding the disease, how it’s treated, religion, flagellants, how it ended, & the disease today) accompanied by 19 SATs style reading comprehension questions for non-fiction text from assessment focuses: Word Meaning, Retrieval, Summarising, Inference, Prediction, & Choice of Words to Enhance Meaning AND answers!

SATs style comprehension questions for each chapter of David Almond's 'Skellig'. Accompany the use of the novel as an independent or class reader with these 1, 2 &3 mark questions which require pupils to use skills from a full range of reading 'strands' or assessment focuses.

This writing prompt provides a stimulus for the writing of a mystery story based upon 'The Facts in the Case of Mister Hollow'. Students imagine receiving an envelope dated 3rd November 1933 which is pushed under the door of their office from a ‘Johnny Hollow’. The envelope contains some old newspaper clippings, references to an ancient Greek goddess of death named Keres, and a faded photograph which the letter tells them to look at closely Pupils receive prompts regarding 'Where you will go', 'Who you will meet', 'What will happen', 'The mysterious atmosphere' and 'How to end the scene' as well as a WAGOLL story starter.

War Horse – Michael Morpurgo (2017 edition publication) Reading Comprehension Questions Vipers KS2 KS3 Reading comprehension questions following the ‘VIPERS’ format (Vocabulary, Inference, Prediction, Explanation, Retrieval, Summarise) ideal for SATs preparation, whole class KS2 reading sessions as well as KS3 English lessons. Full set of VIPERS questions for each chapter with 210 questions in all with accompanying answers!

Reading comprehension questions following the ‘VIPERS’ format (Vocabulary, Inference, Prediction, Explanation, Retrieval, Summarise) ideal for SATs preparation, whole class KS2 reading sessions as well as KS3 English lessons. Every hit song from ‘The Greatest Showman’ covered with 81 questions and accompanying answers in all.

Lesson plan & resources to introduce/revise persuasive writing features to be used in the creation of a cross curricular (English/Geography) holiday brochure for Qatar. Includes LO/SC, information of features of persuasive writing, example holiday brochure WAGOLLs, ‘boxing up’ planning sheet & WAGOLL for Kolkata. Ideal for use in connection with the Qatar World Cup.

Elevate Resources presents this fascinating article on Mardi Gras (When is Mardi Gras?, What is Mardi Gras?, What does Mardi Gras Mean?, New Orleans Mardi Gras, & Mardi Gras Around the World) accompanied by 18 SATs style reading comprehension questions from assessment focuses: Word Meaning, Retrieval, Summarising, Inference, Choice of Words to Enhance Meaning, & Comparisons… AND answers!

Free sample of Elevate Resources reading comprehension on world and British myths and legends.

Free sample of Elevate Resources reading comprehension on the holocaust.

Elevate Resources presents an article on the history of the ‘cold war’ followed by19 SATs style reading comprehensions from assessment focuses: Word Meaning, Retrieval, Summarising, Inference, Prediction, Choice of Words to Enhance Meaning, & Comparisons.

August 2022 marks the 75th anniversary of independence of India and Pakistan from British rule. This reading comprehension contains information about the history of Britain’s rule, the build up to independence and the aftermath of the partition leading to the formation of Pakistan. Accompanying SATs style questions cover assessment focuses including word meaning, retrieval, summarising and inference.

A report highlighting a brief history of women’s football in England followed by SATs style reading comprehension questions from a range of assessment focuses including word meaning, retrieval, summarising, inference and prediction.

Match report from England Lionesses V Germany Euro '22 final followed by eighteen SATs style questions covering word meaning, retrieval, summarising, inference, prediction and comparison.

With the Rugby League World Cup around the corner, this resource includes an article on how the Nazis conspired with the Vichy regime in France to cripple the game there. Comprehension questions cover a wide range of assessment focuses created in the style of SATs examinations.

Article looking at the impact of the discovery of the tomb of Tutankhamun on fashion, culture and the media at the time accompanied by 16 SATs style questions from assessment focuses: Word Meaning, Retrieval, Summarising, Inference, and Choice of Words to Enhance Meaning. Ideal for UKS2, Y5/6 guided reading lessons!