Encourage concise retelling and thoughtful discussion with this engaging “Taking Flight” summarising lesson, ideal for KS2 learners. This ready-to-teach resource uses the award-winning animated short Taking Flight to develop key comprehension skills, focusing on identifying main events and rephrasing them in students’ own words.
What’s Included:
6-slide ActivInspire flipchart (PDF included).
Step-by-step breakdown of how to summarise a story
Video-based storytelling activity using Taking Flight
Two summarising tasks:
Bullet point key events
Write a concise summary in your own words
Plenary slide to reflect and compare summaries with peers
Key Features:
Focus on reading comprehension: summarising
Editable ActivInspire flipchart – easy to tailor for your class
Suitable for whole-class, small group or independent work
Ideal for English / Literacy lessons / Guided Reading or video-based comprehension
Perfectly matched to UK National Curriculum KS2 reading objectives (can also be adapted for Common Core or IB frameworks)
Perfect For:
KS2 English / Literacy/ Guided Reading lessons
Reading skills revision
Visual storytelling units
Inspiring empathy, imagination, and emotional inference
Cover lessons, enrichment or independent tasks
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