READING RECHARGED

Welcome to the online resources for Reading Recharged by Alex Barton. Here you will find a range of editable worksheets to use alongside the book. Click the links below to download what you need. 

About the book

Reading Recharged includes a wide range of creative ideas, top tips and photocopiable activities for KS1 and KS2. The book is designed to spark a love of reading for pleasure alongside covering all seven reading skills from the National Curriculum (vocabulary, inference, summarising, predicting, commentating, author choice and retrieval).

Online resources

Chapter 2: Retrieval

• Retrieval 1 – Be the teacher!
• Retrieval 5 – Short and snappy
• Retrieval 7 – Level-up retrieval
• Retrieval 8 – Retrieval pyramid
• Retrieval 10 – Traffic light retrieval

Chapter 3: Inference

• Inference 3 – PC Prove-It
• Inference 6 – The inference tree
• Inference 8 – Lie detector
• Inference 9 – The feelings monsters

Chapter 4: Summarising

• Summarising 8 – The imposter

Chapter 5: Vocabulary

• Vocabulary 1 – Good but could be better…
• Vocabulary 2 – Vocab checker
• Vocabulary 4 – Dictionary detectives
• Vocabulary 5 – Four square
• Vocabulary 6 – Identify and match
• Vocabulary 7 – Synonym snakes and ladders
• Vocabulary 10 – Sweet synonyms

Chapter 6: Prediction

• Prediction 1 – The ten-word prediction
• Prediction 2 – Mystery item
• Prediction 5 – Predict-a-rater
• Prediction 10 – Prediction mind map

Chapter 7: Commentating

• Commentating 6 – Turning point
• Commentating 7 – Emotions graph
• Commentating 10 – Would you rather?

Chapter 8: Authorial intent

• Authorial intent 1 – Defend the author
• Authorial intent 2 – Language analysis
• Authorial intent 8 – Figuratively speaking