Pikachu’s Winter Vacation – Summarising Lesson

Engage your students with this festive and fun reading comprehension lesson focused on summarising, using the Pokémon short film Pikachu’s Winter Vacation. Ideal for winter term or end-of-term literacy lessons, this structured resource guides learners through how to identify key story events and summarise them effectively in their own words.

What’s Included:

• A ready-to-teach, editable ActivInspire flipchart lesson (PDF included).
• Step-by-step guide to summarising
• Summarising strategies and tips for pupils (e.g. 5-point summaries, oral rehearsal)
• A video-based task with a link to the Pokémon clip
• Summary writing task with plenary discussion

Key Features:

• Focus on reading comprehension – summarising main ideas
• Perfect for KS2 learners (UK).
• Editable ActivInspire flipchart – easy to adapt
• Appeals to visual learners and Pokémon fans alike
• Can be used for whole-class teaching, small groups, enrichments or cover lessons
• Links to the National Curriculum (UK) and supports inference, sequencing, and retelling skills

Perfect For:

• English / Literacy / Guided Reading lessons
• KS2 (Years 3 - 6) - editable for KS3.
• Winter or end-of-term activities
• Reading comprehension strategy lessons
• Cover lessons, enrichments or independent tasks