Comprehensive guided reading plans to support Cool by Michael Morpurgo. The plans include response activities and detailed guided reading questions for the entire book.

This is ideal for years 4 and 5, but could be used with 6. This includes planning for six weeks - 30 days in total. The format I have used is as follows… Monday - Discussion / Short Writing Tuesday - Reading Comprehension Wednesday - Grammar and Punctuation Thursday and Friday - Longer Writing Writing genres included… -monologue -play script / drama -diary -letter -magazine article -newspaper report You can easily copy and paste the ideas from this planning into your own format if you want to. This is an ideal book to use for a half term because it is not too long and it is engaging. However, please be aware that it includes a boy in a coma and it could upset some children if they have recently experienced an illness or loss in the family. Visit www.davlae.co.uk for free teaching resources.

This 31 page PDF contains activities and worksheets designed to develop children's comprehension of Cool as a Cucumber by Michael Morpurgo. The book and the activities are suitable for children in year 3. There are 5 guided reads (one for each chapter), 4 crosswords to develop the skill of working out the meaning of words from the context, worksheets 4 sets of worksheets (2 of which are differentiated), a Writing a book Review word mat and suggestions for drama activities which develop inference and understanding of character. There is also a list of wider reading to promote children's reading for pleasure.

Comprehensive independent learning contracts / response activities for Cool by Michael Morpurgo. Lesson activities incorporate the use of higher order thinking skills and essential skills, activities enhance the links between reading and writing the the development of key language skills. We’ve even done the teaching for you - the children simply follow our QR codes for detailed guides on how to complete the learning activities. You’ll never hear “I don’t know how to do this” again!

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

I have made this resource for my Year 5 class to use to support their reading skills. All of the questions relate to the reading domains (2a-2h), I have tried to make them look similar to what they might be seeing in their SATs. The questions relate to four page chunks of the book to give them time to read and answer the questions in a guided reading session. Hope you find it useful, some of the questions may not link directly to the strands (I'm by no means an expert!) so if anything needs changing please comment.

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

YEAR 4 planning for speaking and listening, reading and writing using narrative texts

An excellent resource to teach KS3 students how to write a review. Based on the novel- Private Peaceful.

Brilliant 'new&' character portraits for use in class lessons, such as text-marking exercises. Children can read and analyse the character portraits (descriptions) before planning / writing their own.

This resource pack from the National Theatre contains free downloadable pdf resources for teachers, students, researchers or anyone interested in discovering more about the National Theatre's production of &'War Horse&';.

This is an updated education pack for the National Theatre's production of War Horse and includes interviews with the cast as well as an overview of the creative process behind the show.

Nearly 8 hours of detailed lesson plans and resources. During this unit the children will explore some aspects of life in Palestine and Afghanistan. This unit is based upon the Michael Mupurgo books; ‘The Kites are Flying!’ and ‘Shadow.’ Initially the children will locate the countries using maps. They will investigate the history and reasons for conflict. They will gain an understanding of climate and learn how to use climate graphs. The children will also learn about different ethnicities and the impacts this can have upon a civilisation. Following on from this, they will learn about the different types of migration and consider the impact of forced migration. Finally, they will be introduced to the term ‘quality of life’ and will make decisions about how they would choose to improve the lives of the people in Afghanistan and Palestine.

The lessons here are part of an introductory unit to the new Eduqas GCSE English Language course. Most of the lessons are based on material found within the WJEC Eduqas GCSE Book 1 English Language. They are meant to compliment the text and guidance given by Eduqas.

Used for Year 7 classes, these lessons focus on different parts of speech (verbs, adjectives, adverbs and prepositions) and aim to have students paying closer attention to word choices when writing creatively and descriptively. Ideal for London teachers, but could be used or adapted by any. A homework booklet is included. See Part 2 of this unit also... http://goo.gl/2oFOz

Various documents to support you and other staff in delivering excellent literacy sessions - some from the literacy strategy some from other places...