A complete lesson based on the poem ‘From a Railway Carriage’ by Robert Louis Stevenson with PPT presentation, comprehension worksheets and follow up activities. Ideal for exploring classic poetry or as part of a topic on transport. A flexible resource with the potential for extension into a short unit of work. Suitable for KS2. The 10 slide PPT contains: • The poem with supporting visual images • Background information about the poet and poem • Discussion questions • Details of follow-up activities. The resource also includes: • A copy of the poem. Useful for pupils to read, make annotations or highlight. Two differentiated worksheets. Worksheet A contains a straightforward literal task and an activity requiring pupils to visualise aspects of the poem. Worksheet B is more challenging and contains tasks linked to exploring the poet’s use of language and finding evidence.

This year 6 reading SATs revision resource is designed to help pupils develop their inference skills. To prepare pupils for reading a challenging narrative text similar in style to the texts which are often found in the third section of the KS2 reading test paper, this resource contains three high-interest extracts from the following classic stories: Aladdin The Secret Garden The Wizard of Oz Each extract has an accompanying short comprehension focused solely on inference and impressions. These comprehensions include complex questions which require evidence similar to the 2-3 mark questions commonly found on the reading SATs . Answer sheets are also provided. This resource is suitable for three reading revision sessions. Including discussion and analysis of suitable answers these sessions are likely to take around 30 minutes each.