Using context and prefix/suffix clues, this worksheet will help children to read around words and use word chunks to enhance their understanding of texts.

All resources (including starters) included, including a link to the abridged and original text online. Through debate, comprehension and smaller written tasks, this frameworks a strong written outcome- great for y5-6. Assessed several times in some 'outstanding' lessons, this was the most successful series of lessons I've made in a long time, and the results were some fantastic written stories at the end!

Great activity, moving from visuals involving inference into texts, involving all abilities.

Challenging paragraphs for the children to read, which they then paraphrase into simpler language, retaining the important information.

Independent work for children in upper ks2. Short paragraphs to practice using evidence to justify.

Get the kids engaged with these Where's Wally writing starters, drawing on grammar objectives.

Spaced learning involves presenting the unit initially to the kids. Give them all the info. Then take a ten minute break (we usually play with clay or draw something). Then give the cloze quiz.\n Then another 10 minute break. Finally, get the class to label the planets with post-it notes, sticking as many information labels as they can remember.

apartheid, racism, journey to jo'burg

reading, inference, paraphrasing, comprehension