Click on the image to download an activity pack to accompany Wilde by Eloise Williams.
This pack is suitable for KS2 pupils, especially Years 5 and 6. It includes worksheets and the first chapter from the book.
Witch Point Map and Shakespeare Quote (KS2)
‘Though she be but little, she is fierce.’ – William Shakespeare
Wilde is the new novel from Children’s Laureate Wales, Eloise Williams, and is set in the fictional Welsh town of Witch Point, known for its legend of the Witch called Winter. Wilde moves in with her Aunt Mae, and soon unpacks her prized possessions in the tree house, including a seagull’s skull and her late mother’s copy of The Complete Works of Shakespeare. She later discovers a treasure trove of costumes in the attic, from a time when her mother and Mae performed A Midsummer Night’s Dream in the garden.
Eloise’s husband, artist Guy Manning, has created a map of Witch Point as well as an illustrated quote from A Midsummer Night’s Dream to accompany the book Wilde. Both are available to download – just click on the images below.
You can find more resources to accompany Eloise’s novels on her website. Visit www.eloisewilliams.com.
Have you ever played Rock, Paper, Scissors? Now you can play Geek, Robot, Overlord like Lance and his friends in Crater Lake by Jennifer Killick. Watch the video to listen to Jennifer explain the rules.
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In this activity pack you will find background material, a how-to-draw guide, a comprehension crossword and quiz, word search, colouring sheets and more. Click on the image to download.
Children’s author and academic Dr Vanessa Harbour has created cross-curricular lesson plans to accompany her WWII novel Flight. Click on the lesson subjects below to download the files.
This resource was created by The Centre for Literacy in Primary Education (CLPE). CLPE is a charity working to improve literacy in primary schools. Find out more about their training courses, free resources and high-quality teaching sequences at: www.clpe.org.uk
Aubrey and the Terrible Yoot by Horatio Clare, illustrated by Jane Matthews, won the Branford Boase Award in 2016. The purpose of this lesson outline is to support teachers in reading aloud a selected text that and to talk about the text with their children, allowing children to respond to and understand the text in greater depth.
‘From the moment of his birth Aubrey is destined to be different — a ‘rambunctious wolf’ whose early years are marked by scrapes and incidents, the idyllic life he shares with his loving parents belies the difficulties in store, as his father succumbs to depression, and Aubrey must bring his imagination to bear to find a solution to the monster that threatens his father and his family. The story is told with humour and sensitivity, without shying aware from the darker side of parental depression.’ CLPE
