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English Planning Based on Books

Based on high-quality books, these lesson plans for KS1 and KS2 will engage your class and help them get the most out of the books they're reading. Explore new worlds in more depth, meet characters in new ways and create stories inspired by these much loved books. 

  • A.A. Milne Poetry

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    Introduce your class to some of the most well-known and beloved A.A. Milne poems with this Year 2 Poetry Planning Pack. These five complete lessons...

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  • African Tails English Pack

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    This fully resourced, downloadable Year 2 English planning pack, themed around African animals, will inspire your class to read, write and understa...

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  • An Emotional Menagerie

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    This Year 6 Poetry scheme is as much about emotional literacy as it is about English literacy! Introduce your class to the gorgeous 'An Emotional M...

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  • Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

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    Got your Golden Ticket?! Then step inside the chocolate factory with your class, and experience the magic of the timeless Roald Dahl book, 'Charlie...

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  • Chocolate Poetry

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    Use these delicious Chocolate Poetry KS2 lessons to inspire your Year 4 class to write and perform their own chocolate-themed narrative poems! You ...

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  • Cloud Busting

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    This scheme is based on the book 'Cloud Busting' by Malorie Blackman. Through verse, it tells the poignant story of a friendship between two boys w...

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  • Cloud Tea Monkeys

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    This Year 4 English Planning Pack designed to help improve children's use of quality descriptive language, fronted adverbials and conjunctions is i...

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  • Coming to England

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    In this Year 1 English scheme on the book Coming to England by Floella Benjamin, your class will find out about the fascinating life of a woman who...

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  • Floodland English Pack

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    This Floodland KS2 English Planning Pack will help develop and extend your class’s reading and writing skills using Marcus Sedgwick's debut dystopi...

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  • Holes: Non-chronological Reports

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    Based on the book, 'Holes' by Louis Sachar, this Non-chronological Reports Year 5 Planning Pack guides your class through writing a report on a des...

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  • Holes: Persuasive Writing

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    Packed with engaging and fun activities based on Louis Sachar's book 'Holes', this persuasive writing Year 5 planning pack gives you everything you...

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  • Journey

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    This 7-lesson narrative scheme is based on the wonderful wordless picture book, 'Journey' by Aaron Becker. Children will be inspired by the beautif...

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  • Kensuke's Kingdom: Reading Comprehension

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    This Kensuke's Kingdom Planning Pack, based on the wonderful book by Michael Morpurgo, is full of Year 6 reading comprehension activities that will...

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  • Odd and the Frost Giants

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    This exciting set of English lessons for your Year 5 class is based on Neil Gaiman's wonderful Viking-themed adventure book, 'Odd and the Frost Gia...

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  • One Thousand and One Arabian Nights

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    Take your class back in time with this 1001 Arabian Nights KS2 Planning Pack based on traditional folk tales from the Islamic Golden Age! Have you ...

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  • Peace at Last

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    These five ready-to-teach KS1 English lessons are based on the wonderful picture book, 'Peace at Last' by Jill Murphy. You might also be interested...

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  • Rumble in the Jungle

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    This Year 2 English Poetry Planning Pack inspired by Rumble in the Jungle includes everything you need to help your children write their own animal...

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  • Skellig English Pack

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    Use David Almond's inspiring, thought-provoking novel, 'Skellig', to develop and extend your Year 6 class's reading and writing skills. Spanning 20...

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  • Stone Age Boy

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    Take your KS2 class back to prehistoric times with this comprehensive Stone Age Boy Planning Pack, based on the wonderful book by Satoshi Kitamura....

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  • Tales of Ancient Egypt English Pack

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    This themed KS2 English topic comes packed with Ancient Egypt writing ideas designed for Year 3 classes. Learn all about Pharaoh Cleopatra's life a...

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  • The BFG: Character Description

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    Immerse your children into the wonderful world of Roald Dahl with these fantastic BFG character description lesson plans. Your Year 3 children will...

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  • The Butterfly Lion English Pack

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    This Butterfly Lion Resources KS2 pack comes complete with plans, slides and printable resources to provide you with everything you need to teach t...

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  • The Colour Monster

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    Help your children to better understand their emotions and how to deal with them with this emotional literacy scheme based on the wonderful picture...

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  • The Great Kapok Tree: Persuasive Writing

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    The Great Kapok Tree planning pack – a series of five ready-to-teach English lessons for Year 4, using Lynne Cherry’s book as the basis for explori...

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