Two weeks worth of fully planned and resourced reading planning (based on 4 lessons in a week) from ‘Diary of a Killer Cat’ with 8 lessons overall. Both weeks follow a similar structure. Week one includes: Included in the resource are the full set of resources, including lesson PowerPoints, activities for each day and answer sheets where appropriate. The only thing required is a copy of Monday and Tuesday (chapters one and two) for children to access. The week includes: Lesson 1 - Focus on vocabulary Lesson 2 - Sequencing events Lesson 3 - Retrieval Lesson 4 - Explaining answers using because Everything is uploaded as PowerPoints so that any tweaking or adapting can be done as necessary to respond to needs in your class. Week two includes: A weeks worth of fully planned and resourced reading planning (based on 4 lessons in a week) from ‘Diary of a Killer Cat’. This is the second week following a week of lessons on the Monday and Tuesday extracts. Included in the resource are the full set of resources, including lesson PowerPoints, activities for each day and answer sheets where appropriate. The only thing required is a copy of Wednesday and Thursday (chapters three and four) for children to access. The week includes: Lesson 1 - Focus on vocabulary Lesson 2 - Sequencing events Lesson 3 - Retrieval Lesson 4 - Explaining answers using because Everything is uploaded as PowerPoints so that any tweaking or adapting can be done as necessary to respond to needs in your class.

A bundle of PowerPoint's that can be used for various lessons on determiners. Included are demonstrative, quantifying, numerical, ordinal, possessive and the, a and an. Each presentation focuses on examples of these determiners. This then extends to showing different examples of them in use before getting children to think about their position in relation to the noun and identify determiners themselves in a sentence.

A set of three differentiated reading comprehension each including over 20 questions and answers that get children to practise using information texts and their layout to help them answer questions. Written for Year 5 in mind but easily useable between Year 4 and 7.

Two fully planned and resourced schemes of work for writing information texts. Included are: Fully planned, differentiated and resourced unit of work looking at information texts, writing an information text about the white elephant from The Firework-Maker's Daughter. Included are all the slides, planning and resources needed to run each lesson, with 10 lessons that focus on key features of information texts and work on different skills before completing their own independent writing. Written for Year 5 but easily adaptable between Year 3 and Year 7. Skills include: planning, reading comprehension, using generalisers, peer-assessing writing, creating a glossary and structuring a text with sub-headings and a topic phrase. Fully planned, differentiated and resourced unit of work looking at information texts. Included are all the slides, planning and resources needed to run each lesson, with 14-15 lessons that focus on key features of information texts and work on different skills before completing their own independent writing. Written for Year 5 but easily adaptable between Year 3 and Year 7. Skills include: researching and planning, reading comprehension, using generalisers, creating a glossary and structuring a text with sub-headings and a topic phrase. Also included are a set of guided reading activity cards.

Six reading comprehension lessons that focus on The Firework-Maker's Daughter. Each lesson follows the same style, focusing on reading the chapter before looking at any vocabulary children are unsure of. Children will then be shown how to pick out key words from questions as well as looking at what question words are looking for. Finally, children will be able to work through one of three differentiated worksheets that check their comprehension skills/ deeper understanding.

A bundle of resources/ unit of work that focus on The Firework-Maker's Daughter. Included are: Six whole class reading comprehension sessions based on chapters from the Firework-Maker's Daughter. The session focuses on reading the chapter before looking at any vocabulary children are unsure of. Children will then be shown how to pick out key words from questions as well as looking at what question words are looking for. Finally, children will be able to work through one of three differentiated worksheets that check their comprehension skills/ deeper understanding. 519 different questions for The Firework-Maker's Daughter by Philip Pullman that test a range of skills. These can be used for guided reading sessions or to give children as activities to support guided reading sessions/ whole class reading comprehensions. The questions follow the order of the chapter but don't have answers attached as the answers can vary depending on the child's opinion. Fully planned, differentiated and resourced unit of work looking at information texts, writing an information text about the white elephant from The Firework-Maker's Daughter. Included are all the slides, planning and resources needed to run each lesson, with 10 lessons that focus on key features of information texts and work on different skills before completing their own independent writing.