This resource has been downloaded over 7089 times. Ideal comprehension for teaching explicit reading skills (in particular assessment domains 2a and 2b). Perfect for guided reading, intervention, literacy lessons or homework. Wonderful and rich language to expose children to. £2.

By far my favourite writing/reading resources! Scott of the Antarctic’s last letter addressed: To my widow. A great piece of writing during Scott’s tragic last hours and days in the South Pole. Ideal for an English lesson, whole class reading/guided reading, homework, tuition or intervention. The comprehension questions focus on assessment domains 2B (retrieval questions) and 2D (inferential questions). Includes flashcards of key words and phrases to help with explicit vocabulary teaching. The flashcards come with pictures drawn by a professional children’s illustrator, contextualised sentences, definitions from the Oxford dictionary, word origins, root words, prefixes, suffixes, synonyms, antonyms, word family, phrases/idioms and word classes. FREE additional writing stimuli for Scott’s wife’s response.

This resources has been recommended by the TES resource team. It has been downloaded 8,096 times. It comes with 10 questions and a detailed mark scheme. There is a 3 mark extension questions. Ideal for a literacy lesson, guided reading or homework. I used a video from the film The Impossible (the wave scene on Youtube) about the 2004 Christmas Tsunami and the children were gripped (plus they actually knew what a tsunami was like) £2.

Sir Ernest Shackleton, one of the most inspirational figures of the 20th century. This resource is ideal for an English lesson, whole class reading/guided reading, homework, tuition or intervention. The 13+ comprehension questions focus on assessment domains 2B (retrieval questions), 2D (inferential questions) and 2A (word in context). Includes flashcards of key words and phrases to help with explicit vocabulary teaching. The flashcards come with pictures drawn by a professional children's illustrator, contextualised sentences, definitions from the Oxford dictionary, word origins, root words, prefixes, suffixes, synonyms, antonyms, word family, phrases/idioms and word classes.

Wonderful First Aid leaflet full of amazing vocabulary and language. Ideal for guided reading, literacy or homework. My favourite comprehension, children always want to keep a copy of the first aid leaflet and take it home. 14 questions and a detailed mark scheme. Could save someone's life one day...£2. Child friendly leaflet. Year 5, 6 or 7.

This resources has been recommended by the TES resource team. It has been downloaded 8,096 times. It comes with 13 questions and a detailed mark scheme. There are two 3 mark extension questions. Ideal for a literacy lesson, guided reading or homework. The text covers three great earthquakes: Japan, San Francisco and Peru. Great language and vocabulary.

Example of a newspaper report on a heist at HSBC bank with a self-assessment checklist. Great for going over the features of a newspaper report: strap line, introduction, witness statement, official statement and re-orientation, key phrases e.g. It appears that, it is believed that etc. Ideal for 'hooking' boys into writing, I got some great pieces of writing from my class and in particular the boys who thoroughly enjoyed the role-play and drama. This resources has been downloaded over 6,194 times. Selling for £2.

Rated outstanding in a recent Ofsted inspection. This UK floods newspaper report is ideal for writing and/or reading lesson/s . Differentiated comprehension whith extension questions and a comprehensive mark scheme full of 3,2,1 marks questions. A great flip chart (Smart and ActivInspire) that analyses puns, word play and language of Hurricane Sandy and other floods/storms in the USA and UK . This resource has been recommended by the TES resource team and been downloaded more than 84,686 times. IF YOU CAN, PLEASE LEAVE REVIEWS

In preparation for our trip to London Zoo we completed this comprehension. Ideal for guided reading, an English lesson (Looking at discursive writing) or just homework. Great real-life text which makes Literacy lessons relevant and purposeful.. It comes with a mark detailed mark scheme. This resource has been downloaded 12,803 times and just £2. Enjoy!

Rated outstanding in a recent Ofsted inspection. This UK floods newspaper report is ideal for writing and/or reading lesson/s . Comprehension with extension questions and a comprehensive mark scheme full of 3,2,1 marks questions. A great flip chart (Smart and ActivInspire) that analyses puns, word play and language of Hurricane Sandy and other floods/storms in the USA and UK . This resource has been recommended by the TES resource team and been downloaded more than 84,686 times. PLEASE DOWNLOAD FROM THE LINK £2 https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/flood-newspaper-report-with-comprehensions-ks2-11448690

Example of a newspaper report on a bank robbery in HSBC. This was used in Literacy lessons to help inspire the Year 6 boys with their writing.