Chapter by chapter reading, writing and GPS activities. Includes - Reading Comprehension; Character Analysis; Vocabulary Work; Drama ideas and links to all National Curriculum subjects. Fully-resourced - includes 71 files.

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 the first fourteen chapters 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.

This is year 6 lesson on diary writing on Tom’s midnight Garden.

4 weeks of lessons including vocabulary, comprehension, short burst writing, predictions and much more.

Powerpoint with vocabulary and comprehension questions on extract from Tom’s Midnight Garden.

With the opening extract included, this comprehension resource includes questions and answers for this popular text by Philippa Pearce. Suitable for children working towards/at the expected standard in Y5/6, the questions are closely linked to the National Curriculum and therefore adequately develop their comprehension skills. It can be used as a guided reading text, an assessment piece or as an introduction to the text in general. For the differentiated version of this resource, please go to the Reading Resources for Teachers’ TES Shop.

Opening extract from Tom's Midnight Garden by Philippa Pearce (freely available from, and with kind permission of, Love Reading 4 Kids) - Differentiated comprehension questions to match the text provided - LA/ MA and HA - Ticks at the bottom of the page identify which ability group the questions are suitable for. - Text can be used for Guided Reading and questions used as a follow up activity. - Can be used as a reading assessment activity

Aimed at KS2 students in Year 5 and 6. This is brilliant to boost their comprehension skills and prepare them for the 11+ exams This can also be used as a literacy task to boost their understanding of events encountered in the book File contains 2 documents: Questions based on the book Answer sheet

Retrieval Questions based on the opening extract of Tom’s Midnight Garden (included). Great for independent comprehension or teaching of reading. Created for Year 5 (UKS2).

This is two weeks of guided reading for KS2 children on chatper one of Tom’s midnight garden. There are a range of different reading activities such as: ERIC, inference, comprehension, word meaning and more creative writing activities.

Tom’s Midnight Garden by  Philippa Pearce (1958) The worksheet consists of an information text. Based on this text, there are various exercises such as matching tasks, multiple-choice questions, open questions and true-false questions. You receive the material and solutions in PDF format for easy printing and in docx format for individual customization.

A series of questions, answers and reading journal activity based around all areas of reading. Great alternative to SATs tests or written comprehensions. LOs: To be able to emphasise with a character from the past. To use contextual clues to date a book. To think about how one piece of new can change the tone of a story.

A series of questions, answers and reading journal activity based around all areas of reading. Great alternative to SATs tests or written comprehensions - one week sample

Suitable for KS3 - low ability.

This film is from the series Bringing Books to Life 2 available on BBC Teach. Paralympic basketball player and sports presenter Ade Adepitan reads extracts from ‘Tom’s Midnight Garden’ by Philippa Pearce, explaining why he loves the book, how it captured his imagination, and why he loves to read. The real and animated worlds collide to reveal the wonder that is contained within the book. Ade encourages us to read the book and discover the secrets of Tom’s magical and mysterious midnight garden for ourselves. Teacher Notes Students could write stories which have their name in the title as Ade suggests, for example Ade’s Midnight Garden. Students could explore other literature set in imaginary worlds, for example The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe. Often fantasy books have an important social issue or theme disguised in them, for example the evacuation of children from London during World War Two in The Chronicles of Narnia. Students could research the occurrence of measles in the book and how important this is to the story. Curriculum Notes These clips are suitable for teaching English and Literacy at Key Stage 1, 1st Level, Key Stage 2 and 2nd Level. The purpose of BBC’s content is to inform, educate and entertain. As such, students, teachers, schools, and other established educational bodies may utilise such content for educational purposes via an ERA Licence. Without an ERA Licence, reasonable use of the content (for the purposes set out above) may still be possible, however; any such use must be in line with the BBC’s Terms of Use. Whilst this is not an exhaustive list, when using and or sharing BBC Education content, you must comply with the BBC’s Terms of Use and where relevant, YouTube’s terms and conditions, ensuring that: a) there aren’t any advertisements on or around the BBC content; b) there aren’t any charges for access and or charges associated with the content (clearly stating that the content is free to access); and c) you do not state or imply (in any way) that there is a relationship and or any endorsement from the BBC to you. We ask that you read the said terms before using any of BBC’s services. When you use BBC’s services and content, you’re agreeing to the BBC’s terms of use.

What is VIPERS? VIPERS (which stands for Vocabulary, Inference, Prediction, Explanation, Retrieval and Sequencing) is a way of teaching reading comprehension. It uses short extracts and poems, and is taught in short lessons (15-20 minutes each.) What’s Included? -10 PowerPoint documents -Each PowerPoint document contains 3 slides (Day 1: Vocabulary and Inference. Day 2: Prediction and Explanation. Day 3: Retrieval and Sequencing). Which texts are covered? -Tracy Beaker -Ghosts -Ghost Hunt -Tom’s Midnight Garden -The Sword in the Stone -Watership Down -The Werewolf of Fever Swamp -The Moon of Gomrath -Kaspar, King of Cats -The Phantom of Billy Bantam

Guided Reading independent comprehension activities for Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator, Harriet's Hare, The Iron Man, and Tom&'s Midnight Garden. Created from my own ideas and from a selection of other questions I found for free online. Divided into chapters for each book. Please note that there are no page numbers, as there are often different editions of the books. You may wish to add page numbers to help your children locate the information.