This resource includes a collection of five sets of comprehension questions based on the KS2 reading skills of explaining vocabulary meanings within context, retrieval using the text, interpreting words and phrases and authorial choice of language and style. These questions can be used as quick fire starters before each lesson or as a main taught session after reading that section of the book. The questions are based on the book “Ice Trap” by Meredith Hooper. The templates for the questions can be used and adapted to create further comprehension questions.

Can be used as a live taught session, or uploaded. It includes teaching slides for slide sharing, worksheets and answers too. This package contains a complete reading comprehension scheme of work for a YEAR 6 class. There are 6 units of work. The set includes a mixture of genres including: fiction. non-fiction, poetry, factfile and narrative. Types of questions: inference, predicting, retrieval, summarising, ordering events, vocabulary, authors choice. TIME required: 8 hours

This resource contains a selection of three sets of 3 marker questions which can be photocopied. The three mark questions all focus on inferences, by drawing inferences such as characters thoughts, feelings and motives from their actions.

This double worksheet has e made to teach about capital letters, full stops and conjunctions to extend sentences. It is linked the the Holes text by Louis Sacher.

This double page worksheet can be used to teach about adjectival and prepositional phrases; including expanded noun phrases. These worksheets are linked to the book Holes by Louis Sacher.

The planning frame can be used to collect vocabulary for a setting description, story writing. It helps children to focus on choosing descriptions that include all the senses.

This mat is a double sided resources consisting of useful debate language sentence openers, emotive lanaguge (both positive and negative) and cohesive lanaguge. Can be used with KS2 children or higher.

“Holes” by Louis Sacher Year 6 SATs style questions: this fabulous resource contains eight sets of 3 marker questions related to making inferences about characters feelings, thoughts, actions and motives from the detailes stated and implied. Guided Reading/ text analysis resource. Designed for a Year 6 class, but will provide challenge for any year group in KS2/ KS3/KS4. The can easily be used for Year 4/5/7/8/9.

The resources is a notebook with accompanying sheets to use in making the links between the characters in Holes. It will help children to create an inter-connecting web of how the characters are all linked. The second sheet helps children to infer which items/ characters are important and why? It will help them to develop a deeper understanding of the authors thought process in using the items to help bind the story together.

Oliver Twist and Alice in Wonderland . This pack is perfect for live lessons and to upload for students to fill in. The notebook presentation is all you need to teach the sessions, it is perfectly precise. The pack includes four lessons for reading comprehension. Designed for a Year 6 class, but could easily be adapted for lower KS2. It covers the objectives related to: making inference, vocabulary choices, order events, summarising. Mark schemes are included. Four lessons 40 minutes each.

Based on the adapted narrative by Andrew Matthews, this resource has been created with children aged 11+ in mind. This comprehension is written to focus on language, inference and analysis question types. The questions in this activity require multiple choice and written responses and are suitable for KS2/ KS3 use. If you enjoy this resource - there is a whole selection of comprehensions for the entire book visit the home page.