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Last updated

18 July 2025

pdf, 1.67 MB
pdf, 1.67 MB

Step into the shadows with the master of mystery and mood!

Meet Edgar Allan Poe, the American writer whose haunting stories and poems continue to unsettle and inspire. This Peann Jan comprehension pack introduces pupils to Poe’s extraordinary life, from a difficult childhood to the emotions and imagination that shaped his most famous works, like The Raven and The Tell-Tale Heart.
Each of the three reading levels builds confidence and challenge. The Starter text supports key skills like sequencing and retrieval. The Standard version deepens learning with vocabulary, structure, and inference. The Stretch text encourages critical thinking through viewpoint, evaluation, and author’s intent, all within rich, age-appropriate content.
Across all three, pupils explore Poe’s personal struggles and passions, what inspired his writing, why he was so influential, and how his legacy still shapes horror and detective fiction today.

What’s included:

  • Three differentiated reading texts
  • Black-and-white format for easy print
  • Matching comprehension questions with varied formats and skill tags
  • Full answer key for each level
  • Traffic light self-assessment to support pupil reflection

A perfectly eerie resource for exploring fear, feeling, and the power of the unknown!

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Year 6 Reading Comprehension - Gothic Authors Bundle

**Meet the minds behind the monsters!** Bring literature to life with this engaging bundle of four comprehension resources, each exploring iconic authors who wrote about fear, imagination, and the unknown. From Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein to Edgar Allan Poe’s eerie verse, students are introduced to the people and ideas behind some of the world’s most memorable stories. Each pack features three reading levels: Starter, Standard, and Stretch. These build progression in key reading skills, from early strategies like retrieval and sequencing to deeper thinking such as inference, viewpoint, and author’s intent, all through clear, age-appropriate texts. Across the bundle, students will explore who these writers were, what they wrote, what inspired their ideas, why their work was significant, and how their legacy continues today. Use the packs individually or combine them as a full unit to support cross-text comparison, genre exploration, and curriculum-aligned skill-building, while uncovering the powerful link between life experience and literary imagination. Included resources: • Famous Writers of Fear (three-author overview) • Bram Stoker • Mary Shelley • Edgar Allan Poe **What’s included:** * 4 non-fiction comprehension resources * Three differentiated texts per pack * Matching comprehension questions with skill tags * Full answer keys for every level * Black-and-white format, ready to print * Traffic light self-assessments to support reflection **A high-interest, high-impact bundle for exploring the authors who gave us goosebumps!** © Peann Jan 2025 – For classroom use only

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