Activity

How a Book is Made – The Illustrator

Meet Matt Timson, illustrator. Matt drew all the pictures on the cover and inside the exciting Lone Wolf book. Matt is going to tell you about how he brought this dark and frightening tale to life with images. Matt… Read More

How a Book is Made – The Editor

Meet Cathy Martin, editor. Cathy is the Commissioning Editor for all the ‘Read On’ books including, of course, Lone Wolf. This means she came up with ideas for the books and found authors and illustrators to… Read More

How a Book is Made: The Designer

Meet Nigel Jordan, graphic designer. Nigel designed all the inside pages for the Read On books, include Lone Wolf. Nigel is going to tell you about how he put the words and pictures together in the… Read More

Tumbling Dice

Want to get your English Literature class talking about books? Get the dice out, says Naomi Hursthouse - read on for a brilliant activity idea for your Secondary English classroom. Read More

Simply take…some chunky chalk

Locate the points The sun is shining (or it is as I write this) and when using this activity I can give a positive response to the regular question from students – ‘Can we go outside for this lesson?’ This is an activity that could be used to develop the… Read More

Primary – Text Level Reading Activities

Activity One – Reading Buddies We often ask parents to help with reading at home but with the pressures of family and work life that’s not always possible. To counter it we’ve set up a Reading Buddies scheme in school asking for volunteers from our stronger readers to work with… Read More

Secondary Sociology – Independent Learning: Student Choices

On the occasion when time from getting through the exam specifications allows, I like to give the students a lesson where they can do what they want. Well, not quite what they want, but instead a list of options to choose from. The students respond well from having choices even… Read More

Primary – Using Dickens in History

Activity One – What Happened During Dickens’ Lifetime? Year 2 to Year 6 So much of history is difficult to understand because the context is difficult for children to grasp. As teachers we often try to give the children an idea by saying, ‘back when your grandparents were born’… Read More

Primary – Using Charles Dickens in Drama

Activity One – Speaking and Listening Year 4 to Year 6 The works of Dickens can seem inaccessible to many, adults included, but by taking them bit by bit, children can get an understanding of the characters and the plot. Select some passages from Dickens’ novels and discuss what… Read More