These quick fire retrieval style questions will help children to increase speed and accuracy when answering 1 mark questions. They are ideal for KS2. They are based on the free extract from the book ‘Survival in Space - The Apoollo 13 mission’ by David Long available on lovereading4kids website.

Linked to the book ‘The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe’ this short WAGOLL will help the children see how personification can be used when writing to add depth and creativity. Figurative language helps to engage the reader and enhances the writing.

This unit plan is based on the book ‘The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe’. It includes an overview of 16 lessons to teach including suggested learning objectives, lesson examples and WAGOLLs. It includes 2 main pieces of work - a persuasive letter and a recipe.

Suitable for year 3/4. Reading comprehension question based on the free extract available on lovereading4kids book ‘A robot girl ruined my sleepover’.

These reading comprehension questions are based on the extract about Mozart from the book ‘Pets and their Famous Humans’. The extract is available for free on lovereading4kids. Suitable for year 5 or 6 children.

The questions are based on chapter 1 and 2 of the book ‘The Train Mouse’. A free extract is available to view at lovereading4kids. The questions are suitable for year 4 or lower ability year 5.

I used this alongside the Jungle Book to support my year 5 class in writing their non-chron report about plastic pollution. The unit includes a wagoll and overviews for 6 lessons. It also includes an example plan.

The purpose of this unit is to re-write the Jungle Book story in the children’s own words. The unit makes use of visual aids through some youtube videos. There are 17 lesson overviews for this unit and examples of what the children could produce are included to give you an idea of expectations and these can also be used to aid shared writing. This is a good unit to do at the start of the year in either year 5 or 6 as it helps the children to focus on the skills of writing in detail, writing shorter sections each day as opposed to writing a full piece over 1 or 2 lessons. Everything needed to teach this unit is included in the pack or is linked to except the Jungle Book story itself, which can be downloaded online or a physical copy purchased.

Talking to the moon by S E Durrant. SATs style questions and suggested answers. Please note: Text not included but is based on the free excerpt that can be downloaded on love reading 4 kids.

Suitable for Year 6. Where the World Turns Wild questions and suggested answers based on chapter 1. SATs style questions. Good for revision or whole class read.

SATs style reading questions based on extract from ‘Just Call Me Spaghetti-Hoop Boy’ Mixed questions including ordering events and true or false style questions. Suitable for Year 6.

WAGOLL of pathetic fallacy based on the Titanic. suitable for year 5/6.

Reading comprehension questions for chapter 1 of the book ‘In the Shadow of Heroes’ by Nicholas Bowling. Suitable for Year 6.

Year 6 SATs style retreival focus questions for chapter 1 of the book ‘The House of One Hundred Clocks’. Example answers provided. Text not included, however it can be accessed online for free.

Prediction focus SATs stle questions based on the book ‘Great Expectations’ adapted version by Gill Tavern. The text can be sourced from lovereading4kids for free.

This is a WAGOLL for a diary entry linked to the topic ‘The Titanic’. This is written by a first class passenger when they are in the lifeboat waiting to be rescued.

For writing a story with a pivot, these examples of well know children’s stories will help your students to clearly see what is meant by a pivot. Explain to the children that a pivot involves a change in the story so that the character moves in a different direction to what they originally intended to. Suitable for upper KS2.

SATs style questions linked to the prologue and chapter 1 of Cogheart.

This full unit includes an overview for 5 lessons which will help the children to write a narrative poem based on the story ‘Alice in Wonderland’. A modelled write is included, plus the other resources needed to complete each lesson. Example of what the children may produce has also been included where appropriate for the teacher to reference and use to support any shared writing.