Courage + Achievement: 5 Reading Comprehension + Writing Resources

This reading comprehension and speech-writing bundle for ages 11–16 brings together the stories of Dwayne Fields, Adam Peaty, Emma Finucane, Polar Preet Chandi and Donnovan ‘TEKKZ’ Hunt. From Fields’s journey from Jamaica to the Arctic to Peaty’s reflections, Finucane’s cycling success, Chandi’s record-breaking Antarctic journey and TEKKZ’s esports career, the collection explores courage, achievement and representation.

Included:

• Dwayne Fields: From Jamaica to the Arctic

• Adam Peaty: The Pull of ‘What If?’

• Emma Finucane: 2024 Olympic Cycling Champion

• Polar Preet Chandi: Record Breaking Journey to Antarctica

• TEKKZ: Still in the Game

• reading comprehension and speech-writing tasks

• planning support

• four talk before writing prompts

• complete teacher answers

• model speeches

Suitable for English reading and speech-writing practice, intervention and mixed-ability teaching, the bundle includes reading tasks, planning support, complete teacher answers and model speeches. Its discussion themes reflect the individual resources: resilience in challenging environments, what sport teaches us, the pressure athletes face, and the contribution esports can make to a football club.

Other Resources:

GCSE Paper 2 Question 5 Resources:

* Question 5 : AQA 2026 English Language Paper 2 | Skills

* Eleven Question 5: AQA 2026 English Language Paper 2 | Speech, Article + Formal Letter

Related GCSE English Language Paper 1 Resources:

* One AQA 2026 English Language Paper 1 - Resit Intervention (Gil-i)

* Seven Question 5 - AQA 2026 GCSE English Language Paper 1 | Differentiated Question 5 Support

* Six AQA 2026 GCSE English Language Paper 1 Mocks | Q5 TASKS

* Four AQA 2026 English Language Paper 1 Mocks | Annotated

Related GCSE English Language Paper 2 Resources:

* Three AQA 2026 English Language Paper 2 Mock Walkthroughs: Classroom PowerPoints NEW September 2026

* Enhanced AQA 2026 Paper 2 Foundation Skills Workbook: Extreme Weather

* One AQA 2026 English Language Paper 2 Mock | Q5 TASKS - (Spa)

Related GCSE English Language Papers 1 + 2 Resources:

* AQA 2026 GCSE English Language Paper 1 + Paper 2 Complete Support Bundle

* Four AQA GCSE English Language Paper 1 + 2 Mocks | Q4 Differentiated Support

* Q4 PLAN - 16 Mock Exam Papers 1 & 2

* AO GRIDS - 16 Mock Exam Papers 1 & 2

GCSE English Literature Resources:

* Blood Brothers: Plot Summary, Narrator, Family + Class Activities

* An Inspector Calls: Plot Summary and Tasks

* J. B. Priestley - An Inspector Calls: Context Bundle

* Lord of the Flies: Plot Summary and Tasks

AS/A Level Resources:

* AQA A LEVEL NEA | WORKBOOK+ PLAN | LIT B

* KEATS: LAMIA, ISABELLA, EVE OF ST AGNES + LA BELLE DAME AS/A LEVEL STUDY PACK

* COLERIDGE: ANCIENT MARINER | AO2 Annotated Elements of Crime | AQA LIT B

* WILDE: BALLAD OF READING GAOL AO2 Annotated | Elements of Crime | LIT B

* CHAUCER: THE WIFE OF BATH’S PROLOGUE | Biblical Allusions | Edexcel
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