Years 1-7 Level Differentiated Reading Pack: The Time-Travelling Suitcase Goes To... The Bronze Age

Step into Jamie’s magical suitcase and travel back to the Bronze Age, a time of farming, early technology, and monumental architecture. From roundhouses to Bronze Age tools and the awe-inspiring Stonehenge, children will explore how people lived, worked, and organised their communities thousands of years ago.

This fully differentiated comprehension pack contains seven complete versions of the same story, rewritten for learners from Year 1 to Year 7. Each version includes an extended reading passage, glossary, 10 comprehension questions, and answer sheets—ideal for mixed-age classrooms, progressive skill-building, or enrichment work.

What’s Included:
• 7 extended reading passages (Y1–Y7) with increasing vocabulary, description, and historical depth
• Age-appropriate glossaries for each year group
• 10 comprehension questions per level (retrieval, inference, explanation, and higher-order thinking)
• Complete answer sheets for all questions

Key Features:
• Engaging narrative with history naturally woven into storytelling
• Differentiated for emerging readers (Y1) through confident KS3 learners (Y7)
• Vocabulary support through level-appropriate glossaries
• Flexible for whole-class, small group, homework, or independent study

Curriculum Links:
• Bronze Age Britain/Europe: farming, Stonehenge, early tools, and technology
• Reading comprehension: retrieval, inference, explanation, comparison, evaluation
• Cross-curricular links to history and literacy

Perfect For:
• Guided reading groups across multiple ages
• Differentiated comprehension practice
• Cross-curricular lessons on prehistory and early technology
• Homework, intervention, or enrichment tasks