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This engaging and thought-provoking series of lessons have been designed to accompany the reading and promote children’s comprehension of Roald Dahl’s ‘The Magic Finger.’ It includes three double-lessons (so six in total) - one for each section of the story: The Story Beginning The Greggs and the Ducks The Ending Each lesson is guided by a comprehensive and colourful PowerPoint presentation, and enables students to understand the text through a range of retrieval, vocabulary, inference, explanation and deeper thinking activities. All required worksheets/ templates and activites are included - just download and teach! The lessons are most suitable for children in upper KS1 or lower KS2, depending upon the individual context of the class - they have been tried and tested in the classroom with both year 2 and year 3 children.

THIS BUNDLE CONTAINS KNOWLEDGE ORGANISERS FOR ALL 15 OF THE WORLDS AND LIVES POEMS! These clear, detailed and visually-appealing knowledge organisers offer complete reference points for students learning or revising the following poems from the ‘Worlds and Lives’ anthology: A Century Later - Imtiaz Dharker; A Portable Paradise - Roger Robinson; A Wider View - Seni Seneviratne; England in 1819 - Percy Bysshe Shelley Homing - Liz Berry In A London Drawingroom - George Eliot Like An Heiress - Grace Nichols Lines Written in Early Spring - William Wordsworth Name Journeys - Raman Mundair On An Afternoon Train from Purley to Victoria, 1955 - James Berry Pot - Shamshad Khan Shall Earth No More Inspire Thee - Emily Bronte The Jewellery Maker - Louisa Adjoa Parker Thirteen - Caleb Femi With Birds You’re Never Lonely - Raymond Antrobus Each organiser contains a number of detailed, clear, and colourful sections explaining the key elements of the poem: Context; Line-by-Line Analysis; Poetic Devices/ Language Devices; Themes; Form/Structure; Poems for Comparison; Wider Reading About the Poet. The resources are designed to be printed onto either A3 or A4, and are provided as both PDFs and Word documents (so that you can edit should you wish to). All images used are licensed for commercial use.

THIS ‘BIG BUNDLE’ CONTAINS ALL OF ‘THE EXPLORER’ LESSONS, PLUS THE KNOWLEDGE ORGANISER AND THE COMPREHENSION BOOKLET. It contains all that you need to deliver a complete unit of learning alongside reading Katherine Rundell’s ‘The Explorer.’ The engaging and thought-provoking lessons aid students in developing a secure understanding of every chapter. The double and triple-lesson resources are well-sequenced, and include: Chapters 1-2 - ‘Flight’ and ‘The Green Dark’ Chapters 3 and 4: ‘The Den’ and ‘The River’ Chapters 5 to 7: ‘Food (Almost)’, ‘Fire’ and ‘The Raft’ Chapters 8 to 10: ‘Maiden Voyage’ to Abacaxi’ Chapters 11-13: ‘The Monkeys and the Bees’ to ‘Smoke’ Chapters 14-16: ‘On the River’ to ‘The Ruined City’ Chapters 17-19: ‘The Explorer’, ‘The Trap’ and ‘Tarantulas’ Chapters 20-22: ‘Twice-Fried Osieau Spectacle’ to ‘The Vow’ Chapters 23-26: ‘Explorer School’ to ‘Behind the Vines’ Chapters 27-31 - ‘The Green Sky’ to the End of the Story Each session includes a range of retrieval, vocabulary, inference, explanation and deeper thinking activities. A clear, colourful and comprehensive PowerPoint presentation guides students through the learning for each lesson. Worksheets/ templates are also included where needed (both as Word and PDF documents). Each lesson also includes an answer key for the retrieval questions, and model answer ideas for the more detailed responses. The lessons are suitable for students across KS2 (with only minor adaptations, I have used the resources in the past with children from years 3 to 5).

These engaging and thought-provoking lessons aid students in developing a secure understanding of every chapter of Katherine Rundell’s ‘The Explorer!’ The double and triple-lesson resources are well-sequenced, and include: Chapters 1-2 - ‘Flight’ and ‘The Green Dark’ Chapters 3 and 4: ‘The Den’ and ‘The River’ Chapters 5 to 7: ‘Food (Almost)’, ‘Fire’ and ‘The Raft’ Chapters 8 to 10: ‘Maiden Voyage’ to Abacaxi’ Chapters 11-13: ‘The Monkeys and the Bees’ to ‘Smoke’ Chapters 14-16: ‘On the River’ to ‘The Ruined City’ Chapters 17-19: ‘The Explorer’, ‘The Trap’ and ‘Tarantulas’ Chapters 20-22: ‘Twice-Fried Osieau Spectacle’ to ‘The Vow’ Chapters 23-26: ‘Explorer School’ to ‘Behind the Vines’ Chapters 27-31 - ‘The Green Sky’ to the End of the Story Each session includes a range of retrieval, vocabulary, inference, explanation and deeper thinking activities. A clear, colourful and comprehensive PowerPoint presentation guides students through the learning for each lesson. Worksheets/ templates are also included where needed (both as Word and PDF documents). Each lesson also includes an answer key for the retrieval questions, and model answer ideas for the more detailed responses. The lessons are suitable for students across KS2 (with only minor adaptations, I have used the resources in the past with children from years 3 to 5).