L.O: To predict what might happen in a story from details stated or implied
Engage your students this spooky season with this high-interest video-based reading lesson, perfect for developing key prediction skills!
This ready-to-use, low-prep lesson uses The Simpsons: Fly vs Fly Halloween short (a parody of sci-fi horror classic The Fly) to help learners practise predicting story events from clues stated and implied.
Through guided discussion, strategic pauses, and a structured prediction task, pupils will justify their ideas with evidence and reflect on the consequences of characters’ actions — all while enjoying a spooky, age-appropriate cartoon.
What’s Included:
Editable ActivInspire flipchart with learning objective and structured tasks (PDF included).
Prediction worksheet tracking key moments from the video
Clear learning objective linked to reading comprehension goals
Plenary task encouraging discussion of the story’s theme or moral
Video links to both parts of Fly vs Fly (YouTube)
Key Features:
Engaging Halloween-themed lesson using The Simpsons
Focuses on the reading skill of prediction, aligned with UK National Curriculum
Great for whole-class, small group, enrichments, or cover work
Editable resources to adapt for your learners
Builds critical thinking and inference through structured activities
Incorporates engaging, age-appropriate multimedia to support comprehension
Perfect for Halloween, science fiction units, or skills-based reading lessons
Perfect For:
English / Literacy / Guided Reading lessons
KS2 or potentially LKS3
Engaging reluctant readers
Cover lessons, enrichments or homework tasks
Reading skills lessons themed around Halloween, sci-fi, or horror
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