A pack of seven comprehension tasks for higher ability KS2 students. Extracts from: Appointment with Death by Agatha Christie Great Expectations by Charles Dickens Holes by Louis Sachar Nicholas Nickleby by Charles Dickens Private Peaceful by Michael Morpurgo Wolf Brother by Michelle Paver Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte Extracts range between one and two pages in length. Please note that Wolf Brother and Nicholas Nickleby use scanned pages rather than editable text, however the questions are editable on all documents.

A Series of Unfortunate Events: The Bad Beginning by Lemony Snicket chapter 1 and 2 resources: Chapter 1 broken up into short extracts with discussion questions Chapter 2 broken up into short extracts with discussion questions Chapter 1 comprehension questions Chapter 2 comprehension questions Suitable for KS2

Suitable for higher KS2 and lower KS3. Perfect homework activities or extra lesson tasks, compliments wider study of the text well.

A collection of ten comprehension extracts with questions designed to test inference skills in KS2 students. Can also be used as 11+ prep. Extracts from: 1984 by George Orwell Dustbin Baby by Jacqueline Wilson Kevin by Catherine Lim Midnight by Jacqueline Wilson The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime by Mark Haddon The Hobbit by J R R Tolkien The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins The Knife of Never Letting Go by Patrick Ness The Penalty by Mal Peet The Rise of Wolves by Kerr Thomson Extracts range in length from half a page to two pages.

The opening extract from Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone, divided up into short sections with questions attached to each one. Can be converted into comprehension tasks or used for class reading and discussion. I’ve used this resource with able Year Two students but it more comfortably sits at KS2 level.

Contains example articles from newsround.com. Covers how to write a purely informative article versus a discussion piece.

Resource pack for Oscar Wilde’s ‘The Happy Prince’ and ‘The Nightingale and The Rose’. Pack includes: ‘The Happy Prince’ guided reading - text broken up with discussion questions ‘The Nightingale and the Rose’ guided reading - text broken up with discussion questions. ‘The Happy Prince’ comprehension paper (25 questions) ‘The Nightingale and the Rose’ comprehension paper (16 questions) Text comparison activity

Challenging comprehension extracts designed to bridge the Yr6/Yr7 gap. Extracts from: Frankenstein by Mary Shelley Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens The Red Room by H G Wells Extracts all approximately a page in length.

PowerPoints teaching analysis, evaluation and comparison for non-fiction GCSE questions (specifically Edexcel Language Paper 2). Includes: Analysis and Evaluation lesson using ‘Women Don’t Owe You Pretty’ by Florence Given Comparison lesson using ‘A Vindication of the Rights of Women’ by Mary Wollstonecraft and ‘Women Don’t Owe You Pretty’ by Florence Given Comparison lesson using ‘Notes From a Small Island’ by Bill Bryson and extracts from the diary of Michael Macdonagh

Extract from The Maze Runner broken up with discussion questions, including PEEL paragraph prompts and a 24 mark question. KS3 level.

A pack of four comprehension tasks for lower ability/younger KS2 students. Extracts from: A Miscellany of Magical Beasts (Giants) by Simon Holland A Miscellany of Magical Beasts (The Pheonix) by Simon Holland Charlotte’s Web by E. B. White The Long Winter by Laura Ingalls Wilder Extracts range from approximately 200-400 words.

The ultimate discussion guide for Pride and Prejudice. Full text separated into short sections with discussion questions and page summaries for less crucial extracts. All sixty-one chapters included, as well as overall discussion questions/essay prompts on the entire text. Perfect for one on one teaching, small group teaching, revision and self-study, or as a classroom resource.

Seven creative writing lessons on the Seven Basic Plots for able KS2 or early KS3, teaching plot and character construction. Covering: Overcoming the monster Rags to riches The quest Voyage and return Comedy Tragedy Rebirth Each lesson contains an example extract from a text. Texts in order: Harry Potter, Cinderella, Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief, Alice in Wonderland, Ratburger, Hamlet (summary), A Christmas Carol. Teaches key terms along the way such as ‘fatal flaw’ and ‘inciting incident’. These lessons are designed for one on one or small group teaching but could easily be adapted into classroom resources. The design of the Powerpoints is deliberately simple for easy exportation.

Five lesson templates for a unit in which KS2 students create another world and write a story that takes place there. Lesson 1: Descriptive Writing - Students write a description of their world using the five senses and including imagery. Lesson 2: A Guide For Living - Students create a guidebook for living in their world, thinking about the history of the world and the way society functions. Lesson 3: Heroes and Villains - Students create a hero and villain for their story and write diary entries for them. Lesson 4: Planning a story - Students plot a quest story that takes place in their world. Lesson 5: Side characters (optional) - Students create side characters to develop their plot. These templates can be adapted with warm-ups/texts to suit class texts or topics.

Basic templates and examples of seven kinds of non-fiction articles for KS2 creative writing lessons. Non-chronological reports about animals (with an example about a gerbil). Writing about food (with an example about a chocolate cake from bakedbyrachel.com) Writing a how-to article (with an example about making fluffy slime from onelittleproject.com) Writing about role models (with an example about Emma Watson from theodysseyonline.com) Personal Anecdotes (with an example about ballet lessons from 625points.com) On This Day in History (with an example from onthisday.com) Historical Fact-Files (with an example about Ancient Rome from ducksters.com) Writing a travel piece (with an example about Pilgrim’s Rest in South Africa) These are not complete lessons but are instead templates to build your lesson around.

A complete introduction to descriptive writing, spanning three lessons. Lesson 1: Sensory language Lesson 2: Similes and Metaphors Lesson 3: Tone and Sentence Structure Also includes an extension/homework task for each lesson.

Pack of six poems with challenging comprehension questions for KS3 or possibly even more able KS2 pupils. Includes: I have been one acquainted with the night - Robert Frost My mistress’ eyes are nothing like the sun (Sonnet 130) - William Shakespeare Those Sunday Mornings - Robert Hayden I like to see it lap the miles - Emily Dickinson Ozymandias - Percy Shelley The Red Wheelbarrow - William Carlos Williams

Comprehension tasks targeted at lower ability/younger KS2 students, focused on developing inference skills. Extracts from: Dragon Rider by Cornelia Funke Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone by J K Rowling Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by J K Rowling Matilda by Roald Dahl Extracts range from 200-600 words approximately.

A complete starter pack of resources to introduce more able KS1 classes to poetry - mostly used for Year Two students. Includes: PowerPoint with rhyme-finding warm-up and writing prompts to start students on the path to writing their own poems ‘The sausage is a cunning bird’ by Jennifer Curry and Graeme Curry - with comprehension questions ‘There was an old man with a beard’ by Edward Lear - with comprehension questions ‘A Small Dragon’ by Brian Patten - with comprehension questions ‘Firefly’ by Elizabeth Madox Roberts - with comprehension questions ‘Now We Are Six’ by A. A. Milne - with comprehension questions Word Document with tips on memorising poems

Three lesson resources pack studying first person accounts, looking at diaries, historical accounts, and letters. Comprehension questions and historical context included on each text, followed by a comparison activity. Extracts from: My Secret Diary by Jacqueline Wilson and The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank - Week One. The diary of Queen Victoria and the diary of Samuel Pepys - Week Two. A letter from Richard Gilson (soldier, World War One) to his mother and a letter from Elvis Presley to President Nixon.