Power points, lesson by lesson for the whole novel.

One of Anthony Horowitz’s (OBE) most famous and successful novels - The Alex Rider series. The extract is from a missing chapter from Stormbreaker, where Alex is kidnapped and taken for interrogation before escaping. Ideal for an engaging boys in fiction and can be used in an English lesson, whole class reading/guided reading, homework, tuition or intervention. The comprehension questions focus on assessment domains 2B (retrieval questions), 2D (inferential questions) 2A (words is context). Includes flashcards of key words and phrases to help with explicit vocabulary teaching. The flashcards come with pictures drawn by a professional children’s illustrator, contextualised sentences, definitions from the Oxford dictionary, word origins, root words, prefixes, suffixes, synonyms, antonyms, word family, phrases/idioms and word classes.

A resource based on chapter 7 (Physalia Physalis) from the novel Stormbreaker. The lesson is part of a reading scheme and contains; a recap starter task, a discussion question on the chapter title and relevant comprehension questions for the chapter. Aimed at mixed ability KS3, all resources are attached and ready for delivery.

This resource is intended to be used to help teach the skills of the KS2 National Curriculum for Reading, by domain. Domains 2b and 2d are weighted more in these comprehensions to match the weighting of the end of KS2 Reading Comprehension assessment. Included: • SATs style comprehension questions for every chapter of the novel. • A teaching PowerPoint with an introduction to the author, their other works and copies of the questions. This resource works best if the chapter is read, talked about and discussed in one day, then comprehension questions are given the day after. This resource has been used with both Year Five and Year Six classes to great effect and has boosted their reading skills and their comprehension scores. Please let me know if you found this resource useful. It should save you hours and hours of time.

A resource based on chapter 4 (So What Do You Say?) from the novel Stormbreaker. The lesson is part of a reading scheme and contains; a key word wordsearch used as a settling activity, a Frayer model examining the word “relief", discussion questions on the chapter title and relevant comprehension questions for the chapter. Aimed at mixed ability KS3, all resources are attached and ready for delivery.

Stormbreaker - 4 weeks of planning and resources to go with it. Powerpoint quiz and fact files. There is also an orienteering activity which can be set up as a spy day and links to the book and the Brecon Beacon chapter. There is a missing chapter pdf and checklist criteria for the children to write their own missing chapters.

6 week unit of work on Stormbreaker (Reading lessons - aimed at a year 6 class but can be easily adapted). Vocabulary taught at the start of each lesson with pictures to help. A range of lessons (no comprehension) which include Readers’ theatre, text analysis, emotion graphs, vocabulary webs, prosody, find the meaning of words in context, compare and contrast. Non-fiction links made too.

This unit has been designed as an introduction to whole novel study and is underpinned by core reading skills and subject disciplinary knowledge. Over the course of the unit pupils look at the genre of spy fiction and how themes develop within novels. They are given the plot at the beginning of the scheme in order for them to better understand how the characters and themes develop within this – it also allows for a tighter focus on language analysis. There is a focus on author intent, which is developed through videos and insight from Horowitz himself. There are opportunities to hear him reading the novel to the students for a full immersive experience with the writer. There is a strong focus on reader emotions throughout the scheme which helps pupils to track and analyse the authors intent and how he has used language to shift emotion.

A resource based on chapter 6 (Toys Aren’t Us) from the novel Stormbreaker. The lesson is part of a reading scheme and contains; a Frayer model examining the word “gadget", discussion questions on the chapter title and relevant comprehension questions for the chapter. Aimed at mixed ability KS3, all resources are attached and ready for delivery.

PowerPoint with activities for students to choose from

A resource based on chapter 2 (Heaven for Cars) from the novel Stormbreaker. The lesson is part of a reading scheme and contains; a Frayer model examining the word “cunning”, thinking questions on the chapter title and relevant comprehension questions for the chapter. Aimed at mixed ability KS3, all resources are attached and ready for delivery.

A resource based on chapter 3 (Royal & General) from the novel Stormbreaker. The lesson is part of a reading scheme and contains; a Frayer model examining the word “curious", discussion questions on the chapter title and relevant comprehension questions for the chapter. This lesson also has a PEAL paragraph question to go through with the class. Aimed at mixed ability KS3, all resources are attached and ready for delivery.

Aimed at UKS2 (used in Year 6), this is a WAGOLL adventure story featuring characters from the novel Stormbreaker by Anthony Horowitz. Was used as an oral text as part of Talk 4 Writing.

This is a booklet which covers the 2006 film version of Stormbreaker by Antony Horowitz. It has rough timings as to when students should be able to answer the question by. Covers a range of Bloom’s skills. Can be used either as an activity during teaching or post-reading recap.

in English(0) A detailed PPT, lesson plan and Learning Mat focusing on persuasive devices in Stormbreaker. Follows Edexcel IGCSE English Literature criteria but can easily be used for any exam board. All resources included in full colour and related to Bloom's Taxonomy of skills.

18 lessons, fully planned, originally delivered to a middle-ability Year 8 class. This scheme of work can easily be adapted to KS2. Each lesson has an aim and a covering slide for the teacher, detailing lesson outline, any resources required and whether homework has been set. This scheme of work has a primary focus on reading analysis to help provide evidence of a student’s ability for this unit. However, there are also some writing tasks that can do this as well. Files in this resource: Scheme of work - Powerpoint of 18 lessons Lesson 1 Opening - Word document for lesson 1 Lesson 1 Development - Word document for lesson 1 Lesson 5 Chapter 3 resource - Word document for lesson 5 Lesson 6 Extracts - PNG image for lesson 6 Lesson 8 Gadget sheet - Word document for lesson 8 Lesson 10 The Human Factor extract - Word document for lesson 10 Lesson 11 Character sheet - Word document for lesson 11 Lesson 15 Starter activity punctuation - Word document for lesson 15 Lesson 17 Starter resource - Word document for lesson 17 Wordsearch - Word document, optional activity

Alex Rider Stormbreaker activities - persuasive advertisement, book review, wordbank. For Year 4, 5 or 6.

SOW of lessons linked to the Stormbreaker text.

Quad Bike Chase - Year 7

A lesson and resources introducing Stormbreaker. The lesson includes examining book covers, connotations of the title and reading the first page of the text. All resources are ready to print and the lesson is easy to deliver. Orginally aimed at mixed-ability UK KS3 and contains relevant assessment objectives included.

a sheet with a self assessment component asking them to draw the breakers yard a simple character grid for pupils to describe the character of alex rider and a sequencing sheet of the main events of chapter 3 and 4