READING FICTION
- Handa's Surprise
- A Smart Notebook file supporting ideas and themes covered in the story Handa's Surprise.
- Can you guess the characters?
- A Powerpoint presentation which gives children clues about particular story characters. Can they use the clues to guess the characters? Contributed by Emma Holliday.
- Lazy Ozzie character map and settings
- A handy character map and settings sheet based on the story of Lazy Ozzie. Originally intended for Years 1/2 and created by Carol Vincent.
- Maps from Stories - An interesting way of thinking about how people respond to stories in different ways.
- George's Marvellous Medicine Activities - Reading, Writing, and Speaking and Listening activities, based on Roald Dahl's book.
- Little Wolf Activities - Lots of activities based on the book, Little Wolf's Book of Badness.
- Charlie and the Chocolate Factory Comprehension - A set of wonderful comprehension sheets (PDF) based on "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" by Roald Dahl. Contributed by Jonathan Gray.
- Roald Dahl Day - Organise a Roald Dahl Day with lots of fantastic activities.
- Critical Literacy - A complete set of resources to encourage children to think critically about literacy.
- Sword Quest / Sword Bird Reading Guide - Information about the books 'Sword Quest' and 'Sword Bird' by Nancy Yi Fan, with reading group questions and extension activities. Contributed by 'Reading for Kids'.
- The Butterfly Lion Plans
- Year 5 planning for the 'Significant Author & Narrative Unit' based on Michael Morpurgo's book, The Butterfly Lion along with other books. Contributed by Thomas McNeil.
- There's a Boy in the Girls' Bathroom Ideas - Lots of lesson ideas and learning activities linked to the story There's a Boy in the Girls Bathroom by Louis Sachar.
- Grim Gruesome Ideas - A collection of lesson and activity ideas, based upon the Grim Gruesome series of books.
- Using Voicethread to develop empathy skills - How to use the online service Voicethread to develop pupils' empathy for characters.
- Paka Mdogo - A set of teaching plans and resources, linked to the 'Paka Mdogo: Little Cat' book by H.S. Toshack (available here). Contributed by Janet Gould.
- Paka Mdogo Literacy Unit - A sample chapter from Paka Mdogo - Little Cat, by H. S. Toshack (available here), together with related literacy tasks. Contributed by Janet Gould.
- The Gradual Elephant - Teaching and learning resources to support use of 'The Gradual Elephant' in the classroom (available here). Contributed by Janet Gould.
- The Meerkat Wars - Ideas and resources for using 'The Meerkat Wars' (available here) in the classroom. Contributed by Janet Gould.
- Sherlock Holmes and the Mystery of the Aquilla Diamond - A short play that is a parody of a Sherlock Holmes story. Can be used to interest reluctant readers, back up a unit of work on mysteries, detective stories or to illustrate the detective/parody genre. Contributed by Sid River.
