The Reading Cannon is designed to be enjoyable and offers a range of independent reading, teacher modelling and small group reading opportunities in each lesson. Students should read a chapter and then answer the comprehension questions for that chapter- the questions are not analytical or evaluative they are intended to develop students AO1 abilities, predominantly the identification of information and use inference skills. The accompanying PowerPoint can be used to peer-assess and complete gap filling activities.
Following each chapter’s comprehension questions there is a creative ‘love of reading activity’ which is equally as important as the comprehension questions which fosters a love of reading in our students. Opportunities to share and celebrate students’ creative responses also supports this love of reading.
The Reading Cannon is designed to sit alongside the core KS3 curriculum with one lesson per week dedicated to reading. Students can either complete the questions and creative responses in the booklet provided. Students can also use the reading cannon novels as part of their accelerated reader quizzing when they have finished them
The Reading Cannon is designed to be enjoyable and offers a range of independent reading, teacher modelling and small group reading opportunities in each lesson. Students should read a chapter and then answer the comprehension questions for that chapter- the questions are not analytical or evaluative they are intended to develop students AO1 abilities, predominantly the identification of information and use inference skills. The accompanying PowerPoint can be used to peer-assess and complete gap filling activities.
Following each chapter’s comprehension questions there is a creative ‘love of reading activity’ which is equally as important as the comprehension questions which fosters a love of reading in our students. Opportunities to share and celebrate students’ creative responses also supports this love of reading.
The Reading Cannon is designed to sit alongside the core KS3 curriculum with one lesson per week dedicated to reading. Students can either complete the questions and creative responses in the booklet provided. Students can also use the reading cannon novels as part of their accelerated reader quizzing when they have finished them.
This 4 week fully resourced SOL including all lessons in PowerPoint form, an accompanying Medium-Term Plan document, all resources and assessments will develop students narrative and descriptive writing abilities and introduce them to new strategies for success in the Creative Prose Writing sections of the English Language GCSE.
Built around a ‘full marks’ narrative which is dissected throughout the unit to highlight the skills and strategies taught including:
• SMART Narratives
• A range of four-story opening methods
• A range of four-story resolution methods
• 4-part planning
• Moral messages & Purpose
• Common SPAG errors Assault Course
• Using punctuation for effect in a narrative
• Using sentences variety for effect in a narrative
• Playing with chronology for effect in a narrative
• Developing flat and rounded characters
Challenge lesson also included covering aspect, tense and active/passive voice
The Reading Cannon is designed to be enjoyable and offers a range of independent reading, teacher modelling and small group reading opportunities in each lesson. Students should read a chapter and then answer the comprehension questions for that chapter- the questions are not analytical or evaluative they are intended to develop students AO1 abilities, predominantly the identification of information and use inference skills. The accompanying PowerPoint can be used to peer-assess and complete gap filling activities.
Following each chapter’s comprehension questions there is a creative ‘love of reading activity’ which is equally as important as the comprehension questions which fosters a love of reading in our students. Opportunities to share and celebrate students’ creative responses also supports this love of reading.
The Reading Cannon is designed to sit alongside the core KS3 curriculum with one lesson per week dedicated to reading. Students can either complete the questions and creative responses in the booklet provided. Students can also use the reading cannon novels as part of their accelerated reader quizzing when they have finished them.
Reading Cannons Included:
The Grimm Tales
Holes
Refugee Boy
The Hunger Games
Kes
This 4 week fully resourced SOL including all lessons in PowerPoint form, an accompanying Medium-Term Plan document, all resources and assessments will develop students non-fiction writing abilities and introduce them to new strategies for success in the transactional writing section of the English Language GCSE.
Built around a model collections of five non-fiction formats including articles, leaflets, letters, speeches and reviews which are dissected throughout the unit to highlight the skills and strategies taught, including:
Writing for audience, purpose and form
Effective Planning
Writing to persuade, inform, argue, entertain and explain
Using sentence variety for effect in NF writing
Using punctuation for variety in NF writing
Common SPAG errors assault course
Active and passive voice
Opportunity ‘create a campaign’ by writing a range of text types
Gambits and Openings
Effective article closing
GCSE English Language Component 1: Reading - Guided Exam Practice covering every question step by step AO1 - 4.
Built around a mock exams these practice papers with question by question practice and outcome driven peer-assessment supported by indicative content and modelling will fully prepare and enable students to develop and progress towards their success in the summer examinations.
Tailored to Educas exam specs however EASILY ADAPTABLE to AQA and Edexcel.
Duration: 10 -12 lessons (depending on ability/stage in the course.)