Useful cards that can be deployed to pupils who are working at or towards Greater Depth in reading. Great way to have them think outside the box

Direct retrieval and inference questions relating to The Giant's Necklace Suitable for year 5/6 Latter questions target justification objectives

Year 5/6/7/8 Extended Writing opportunity picture resources within Great independent activity for more able in Guided Reading

Differentiated using the Chilli Challenge method Suitable for Year 5/6 Designed to meet Year 5/6 English Curriculum Objectives

Differentiated using chilli challenge Questions relating to the opening scene of Macbeth Suitable for Year 5/6

Suitable for Year 5/6 Covers all planning objectives within the English Curriculum Planning sheet that supports gathering of vocabulary along with dissecting each point of planning in relation to A Christmas Carol.

Chapter 1 Direct Retrieval questions Has additional challenge at the end of the questions Covers Year 5/6 reading objectives

Varying starter or mini task cards relating to GPS questions Suitable for Year 4/5/6

Challenging questions for Year 6 Differentiated using the chilli challenge

This is a series of resources that I put together to form an English Curriculum in response to the 2014 Curriculum. It encourages dedicating a week of Reading, GPS then Writing. Through completing a week of Reading and GPS you are able to gather a wealth of knowledge and resources that will all apply to the final writing completed at the end of week 3. This has proven results for all abilities.

A variety of GPS SATs style questions for Year 5/6

2 Week unit of work for The Highwayman Designed for Year 6 but can be adapted Covers Speaking and Listening Included is a Speaking and Listening Record Sheet which I put together for the Local Authority and is very simple and not time consuming (It is applicable to all year groups) - this I always stuck into pupil books as a great way of showing a lesson with drama or speaking and listening objectives.

These are designed to be given as the highest level of differentiation for your More Able/G&T pupils in English lessons. The concept is that they are given the chance to pick out a card as a luck dip and it reflects how they have to approach the challenge/activity. For example whilst others are answering comprehension questions the more able are given the task of rewriting the scene from another point of view etc. The cards are very self explanatory. I have included an editable version to allow freedom to adapt for your own pupils. These have worked really well in my class and are a great carrot and stick activity for those who don't always challenge themselves.

Complete planning for 3 week unit on Kensuke's Kingdom Suitable for Year 5/6/7/8

Grammar (GPS) broken down for each year group into simple grids.

Can be used for display or prompt in books

A worksheet for pupils to decide on true or false but practice showing how they formed that decision

Suitable for year 5/6/7/8 KS2 SATs style

A guide to how to fit in GPS and other elements to each genre. Has been used to plan out weeks prior to final writing to ensure GPS coverage

Images to support writing