This reading comprehension activity, ‘Mending Wall’ asks students to answer questions about a poem by Robert Frost, an American poet. It is aimed at increasing students’ awareness of semantics and encourages students to recall information, form opinions and think about figurative language.
This Poetry worksheet, ‘Millie’, features a poem about the difficulties a girl faces when she moves with her family to America. It encourages students to use a variety of strategies to interpret the poem and includes questions about vocabulary, making a judgment, pronoun meaning, making an inference, and reasoning. Answer sheet provided with file download.
This classic nursery rhyme ‘Miss Muffet’ is presented with illustrations ready for projection or printing. It provides a simple and engaging introduction to following rhythm and rhyme whilst simultaneously encouraging group cooperation and interaction. Accompanying sheet music is available for each item in this collection of classic nursery rhymes.
This reading comprehension exemplar, ‘My Shadow’ provides a model of a completed reading comprehension worksheet. It is aimed at increasing students’ awareness of semantics and encourages students to recall information from the poem.
This reading comprehension activity, ‘Oh Captain! My Captain!’ asks students to answer questions about a poem about the loss of the great American leader Abraham Lincoln. It is aimed at increasing students’ awareness of semantics and encourages students to recall information, form opinions and think about word meanings.
This reading comprehension activity, ‘Old Ironsides’ asks students to answer questions about Oliver Wendell Holmes’s poem about an old ship. It is aimed at increasing students’ awareness of semantics and encourages students to recall information.
The classic nursery rhyme ‘Old King Cole’ is presented with illustrations ready for projection or printing. It provides a simple and engaging introduction to following rhythm and rhyme whilst simultaneously encouraging group cooperation and interaction. Accompanying sheet music is available for each item in this collection of classic nursery rhymes.
The classic nursery rhyme ‘Old Mother Hubbard’ is presented with illustrations ready for projection or printing. It provides a simple and engaging introduction to following rhythm and rhyme whilst simultaneously encouraging group cooperation and interaction. Accompanying sheet music is available for each item in this collection of classic nursery rhymes.
This reading comprehension activity, ‘Old Mother Hubbard’ asks students to answer questions about the famous nursery rhyme. It is aimed at increasing students’ awareness of semantics and encourages students to recall information, draw conclusions and form opinions.
The classic nursery rhyme ‘One Misty Moisty Morning’ is presented with illustrations ready for projection or printing. It provides a simple and engaging introduction to following rhythm and rhyme whilst simultaneously encouraging group cooperation and interaction. Accompanying sheet music is available for each item in this collection of classic nursery rhymes.
This classic nursery rhyme ‘One Two Buckle My Shoe’ is presented with illustrations ready for projection or printing. It provides a simple and engaging introduction to following rhythm and rhyme whilst simultaneously encouraging group cooperation and interaction. Accompanying sheet music is available for each item in this collection of classic nursery rhymes.
The classic nursery rhyme ‘Pat-a-Cake Pat-a-Cake Bakers Man’ is presented with illustrations ready for projection or printing. It provides a simple and engaging introduction to following rhythm and rhyme whilst simultaneously encouraging group cooperation and interaction. Accompanying sheet music is available for each item in this collection of classic nursery rhymes.
The classic nursery rhyme ‘Pop Goes the Weasel’ is presented with illustrations ready for projection or printing. It provides a simple and engaging introduction to following rhythm and rhyme whilst simultaneously encouraging group cooperation and interaction. Accompanying sheet music is available for each item in this collection of classic nursery rhymes.
The classic nursery rhyme ‘Pussy Cat and the Queen’ is presented with illustrations ready for projection or printing. It provides a simple and engaging introduction to following rhythm and rhyme whilst simultaneously encouraging group cooperation and interaction. Accompanying sheet music is available for each item in this collection of classic nursery rhymes.
The classic nursery rhyme ‘Rain Rain’ is presented with illustrations ready for projection or printing. It provides a simple and engaging introduction to following rhythm and rhyme whilst simultaneously encouraging group cooperation and interaction. Accompanying sheet music is available for each item in this collection of classic nursery rhymes.
This graphic organiser, ‘Reading Aloud’ helps students to organise their thoughts before performing as a class, concentrating on correct expression and changes in voice.
This Poetry worksheet, ‘Red Hawk’, features a poem about a Native American boy growing up into a strong young man. It encourages students to use a variety of strategies to interpret the poem and includes questions about making an inference, making a judgment, vocabulary, reasoning, and author’s purpose. Answer sheet provided with file download.
This Writing Traits activity, ‘Rhyming Words’ encourages students to identify and use rhyming words.
This Poetry worksheet, ‘Ricky’, features a poem a boy’s career ambitions changing as he grows up. It encourages students to use a variety of strategies to interpret the poem and includes questions about reasoning, detail, figurative language, validity, and character. Answer sheet provided with file download.
The classic nursery rhyme ‘Ring-a-Ring-o-Roses’ is presented with illustrations ready for projection or printing. It provides a simple and engaging introduction to following rhythm and rhyme whilst simultaneously encouraging group cooperation and interaction. Accompanying sheet music is available for each item in this collection of classic nursery rhymes.
The classic nursery rhyme ‘Rock-a-Bye Baby’ is presented with illustrations ready for projection or printing. It provides a simple and engaging introduction to following rhythm and rhyme whilst simultaneously encouraging group cooperation and interaction. Accompanying sheet music is available for each item in this collection of classic nursery rhymes.
This classic nursery rhyme ‘Row Row Row Your Boat’ is presented with illustrations ready for projection or printing. It provides a simple and engaging introduction to following rhythm and rhyme whilst simultaneously encouraging group cooperation and interaction. Accompanying sheet music is available for each item in this collection of classic nursery rhymes.
The classic nursery rhyme ‘Rub-a-Dub Dub’ is presented with illustrations ready for projection or printing. It provides a simple and engaging introduction to following rhythm and rhyme whilst simultaneously encouraging group cooperation and interaction. Accompanying sheet music is available for each item in this collection of classic nursery rhymes.
This reading comprehension activity, ‘Sea-Fever’ asks students to answer questions about John Masefield’s famous poem about a sailor who wants to go to sea. It is aimed at increasing students’ awareness of semantics and encourages students to recall information, form opinions and think about word meanings.
This Poetry worksheet, ‘Ship Talk’, features a light-hearted poem about semaphore, the flag code used on ships. It encourages students to use a variety of strategies to interpret the poem and includes questions about poem structure, detail, word meaning, figurative language, punctuation, and reasoning. Answer sheet provided with file download.
This classic nursery rhyme ‘Simple Simon’ is presented with illustrations ready for projection or printing. It provides a simple and engaging introduction to following rhythm and rhyme whilst simultaneously encouraging group cooperation and interaction. Accompanying sheet music is available for each item in this collection of classic nursery rhymes.
The classic nursery rhyme ‘Star Light, Star Bright’ is presented with illustrations ready for projection or printing. It provides a simple and engaging introduction to following rhythm and rhyme whilst simultaneously encouraging group cooperation and interaction. Accompanying sheet music is available for each item in this collection of classic nursery rhymes.
This Poetry worksheet, ‘Success’, features a poem about fame, money, and the nature of true achievement. It encourages students to use a variety of strategies to interpret the poem and includes questions about making an inference, figurative language, cause and effect, vocabulary, character, and the main idea. Answer sheet provided with file download.
The classic nursery rhyme ‘The 12 Days of Christmas’ is presented with illustrations ready for projection or printing. It provides a simple and engaging introduction to following rhythm and rhyme whilst simultaneously encouraging group cooperation and interaction. Accompanying sheet music is available for each item in this collection of classic nursery rhymes.
This reading comprehension activity, ‘The Cow’ asks students to answer questions about Robert Louis Stevenson’s poem called ‘The Cow’. It is aimed at increasing students’ awareness of semantics and encourages them to recall information and think about word meaning.
This reading comprehension activity, ‘The Cremation of Sam McGee’ asks students to answer questions about a poem in which a man keeps a promise to his friend to cremate him when he dies. It is aimed at increasing students’ awareness of semantics and encourages students to recall information, make comparisons, and think about word meanings, …More
This reading comprehension activity, ‘The Cross-Current’ asks students to answer questions about a poem written by Abbie Farwell Brown in which the speaker feels she is different from her ancestors. It is aimed at increasing students’ awareness of semantics and encourages students to recall information, make comparisons, form opinions and think about word meanings.
This reading comprehension activity, ‘Daffodils’ asks students to answer questions about William Wordsworth’s poem about daffodils. It is aimed at increasing students’ awareness of semantics and encourages students to recall information and draw conclusions.
This Poetry worksheet, ‘The Distance a Ball Will Travel’, features a poem about a father losing his sight. It encourages students to use a variety of strategies to interpret the poem and includes questions about detail, words in context, cause and effect, figurative language, comparison/contrast, reasoning, drawing a conclusion, character, and theme. Answer sheet provided …More
This reading comprehension exemplar, ‘The Duel’ provides a model of a completed reading comprehension worksheet. It is aimed at developing students’ awareness of semantics and encourages them to recall the main idea and text details.
This reading comprehension activity, ‘The Eagle’ asks students to answer questions about a poem about an eagle. It is aimed at increasing students’ awareness of semantics and encourages students to recall information and think about word meanings.
This Poetry worksheet, ‘The Ghost Ship’, features a poem about the Mary Celeste, a ship that was mysteriously abandoned by its passengers and crew in 1872. It encourages students to use a variety of strategies to interpret the poem and includes questions about the main idea, reasoning, vocabulary, figurative language, detail, drawing a conclusion, and …More
This classic nursery rhyme ‘The Grand Old Duke of York’ is presented with illustrations ready for projection or printing. It provides a simple and engaging introduction to following rhythm and rhyme whilst simultaneously encouraging group cooperation and interaction. Accompanying sheet music is available for each item in this collection of classic nursery rhymes.
This Poetry worksheet, ‘The Greatest Mystery’, features a poem about mystery writers such as Agatha Christie, Edgar Allan Poe, Jonathon and Faye Kellerman, and Tony Hillerman. It encourages students to use a variety of strategies to interpret the poem and includes questions about detail, making a judgment, drawing a conclusion, comparison/contrast, and slant/bias. Answer sheet …More
This reading comprehension activity, ‘The House with Nobody in It’ asks students to answer questions about Joyce Kilmer’s poem about an empty and lonely house. It is aimed at increasing students’ awareness of semantics and encourages students to recall information, make comparisons and think about figurative language.
This reading comprehension exemplar, ‘The Lighthouse’ provides a model of a completed reading comprehension worksheet. It is aimed at increasing students’ awareness of semantics and encourages students to recall information and think about word meanings.
This Poetry worksheet, ‘The Man Who Dreamed Questions’, features a poem about the American scientist and botanist George Washington Carver. It encourages students to use a variety of strategies to interpret the poem and includes questions about cause and effect, figurative language, making a judgment, characteristics of poetry, word meaning, comparison/contrast, and reasoning. Answer sheet …More
This reading comprehension activity, ‘The Men That Don’t Fit In’ asks students to answer questions about a poem about a restless, adventurous man. It is aimed at increasing students’ awareness of semantics and encourages students to recall information, form opinions and think about word meanings.
This Poetry worksheet, ‘The Midnight Ride of Paul Revere’, features Henry Wadsworth Longfellow’s famous poem about the start of the American Revolution. It encourages students to use a variety of strategies to interpret the text and includes questions about comparison/contrast, vocabulary, sequence, detail, figurative language, vocabulary, author’s purpose, categorising, and literary devices. Answer sheet provided …More
This reading comprehension activity, ‘The Miller of the Dee’ asks students to answer questions about a poem about a miller. It is aimed at increasing students’ awareness of semantics and encourages students to recall information, compare characters and draw conclusions.
This Poetry worksheet, ‘The Most Dangerous Beast’, features a light-hearted poem about diseases spread by animals, such as Mad Cow Disease, West Nile Disease, Monkeypox, and Lyme Disease. It encourages students to use a variety of strategies to interpret the poem and includes questions about interpretive language, author’s purpose, drawing a conclusion, and making a …More
This classic nursery rhyme ‘The Mouse and the Clock’ is presented with illustrations ready for projection or printing. It provides a simple and engaging introduction to following rhythm and rhyme whilst simultaneously encouraging group cooperation and interaction. Accompanying sheet music is available for each item in this collection of classic nursery rhymes.
This reading comprehension activity, ‘The New Colossus’ asks students to answer questions about an article and a poem, which discuss the ancient Colossus statue and the Statue of Liberty. It is aimed at increasing students’ awareness of semantics and encourages students to recall information and form opinions.
This Poetry worksheet, ‘The Perfect Game’, features a poem about a boy who encounters prejudice when he tries to play with the children of his new neighbourhood. It encourages students to use a variety of strategies to interpret the poem and includes questions about drawing a conclusion, vocabulary, reasoning, detail, making a judgment, and theme. …More
This reading comprehension activity, ‘The Pied Piper of Hamelin, a Child’s Story’ asks students to answer questions about a poem about the Pied Piper. It is aimed at increasing students’ awareness of semantics and encourages students to recall information, make judgements and make predictions.
This reading comprehension activity, ‘The Place Where the Rainbow Ends’ asks students to answer questions about a poem about finding true happiness by a famous African American poet. It is aimed at increasing students’ awareness of semantics and encourages students to recall information and think about word meanings.
This reading comprehension activity, ‘The Planting of the Apple Tree’ asks students to answer questions about a poem by William Cullen Bryant. It is aimed at increasing students’ awareness of semantics and encourages students to recall information, draw conclusions, form opinions and think about word meanings.
This reading comprehension activity, ‘The Purple Cow’ asks students to answer questions about Gelett Burgess’s poem about a purple cow. It is aimed at increasing students’ awareness of semantics and encourages students to recall information, draw conclusions, form opinions and think about word and phrase meanings.
This reading comprehension activity, ‘The Quest for Happiness’ asks students to answer questions about two poems, which are about a character’s battle for what they want. It is aimed at increasing students’ awareness of semantics and encourages students to recall information, make comparisons and form opinions.
This reading comprehension activity, ‘The Rime of the Ancient Mariner’ asks students to answer questions about Samuel Taylor Coleridge’s famous poem. It is aimed at increasing students’ awareness of semantics and encourages students to recall information, draw conclusions, form opinions and think about word meanings.
This reading comprehension activity, ‘The Rime of the Ancient Mariner’ asks students to answer questions about a famous poem by Samuel Taylor Coleridge. It is aimed at increasing students’ awareness of semantics and encourages students to recall informatio, draw conclusions and think about word meanings.
This reading comprehension activity, ‘The Star’ asks students to answer questions about Jane Taylor’s poem called ‘The Star’. It is aimed at increasing students’ awareness of semantics and encourages them to think about word meanings and rhyming words. It also encourages them to recall information from the poem.
This reading comprehension activity, ‘The Star Spangled Banner’ asks students to answer questions about Francis Scott Key’s famous poem about the American flag. It is aimed at increasing students’ awareness of semantics and encourages students to recall information and think about author purpose.
This reading comprehension activity, ‘The Sword of Arthur’ asks students to answer questions about a famous poem by John Clair Minot. It is aimed at increasing students’ awareness of semantics and encourages students to recall information.
This Poetry worksheet, ‘The Therapy Dog’, features a poem about a gentle dog that visits the elderly and the sick. It encourages students to use a variety of strategies to interpret the poem and includes questions about vocabulary, figurative language, validity, making a judgment, reasoning, and character. Answer sheet provided with file download.
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