Kite Runner KS3/4 Differentiated Bundle

Foundation, Support & Extension comprehension pack. Grammar, essay & 40-mark assessment included. KS3/4 English. Fully editable. Word + PDF.
8 files in total — Word and PDF.

FOUNDATION — Core class resource
• 5 graded comprehension questions progressing from retrieval to analysis
• Full model answer key
• Teacher’s guide: themes, discussion points, vocabulary notes, extension activities
• Grammar Quotient: extended metaphor, short sentence, contrast, understatement, glossary
• Essay task: planning framework, model paragraph, writing space, self-assessment

SUPPORT — SEN / EAL / Lower ability
• Word bank with vocabulary, phrases and analytical language
• 5 scaffolded questions each with a simpler version and sentence starter
• Grammar Quotient: guided technique tasks and imitation writing
• Essay task: model paragraph and sentence starter for every paragraph

EXTENSION — G&T / Higher ability
• 4 language and structure analysis questions with focusing notes
• Unseen comparison passage with 12-mark comparative essay task
• Critical evaluation and personal response with peer assessment grid
• Grammar Quotient: writer’s craft, comparative grammar, analytical paragraph
• Independent essay: “Hosseini’s most unsettling technique is his use of a retrospective narrator”

ASSESSMENT — GCSE-style 40-mark paper
• Sections A to D: Retrieval, Inference, Language Analysis, Extended Response
• Full mark scheme with level descriptors
• Grade boundaries and teacher feedback sheet

THEMES
Loyalty — Class and inequality — Father–son relationships — Guilt — Friendship — Afghanistan

SUITABLE FOR
KS3/4 English — Year 9 to Year 11 — Mixed ability — SEN and EAL — G&T — GCSE preparation — World literature — Postcolonial studies

PLEASE NOTE
The reading passage is an original text inspired by Khaled Hosseini’s novel. It is not an extract from the published book. All questions and materials are entirely original.