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Next Related Searches bfg toms midnight garden charlie and the chocolate factory fantastic mr fox stig of the dump Key Stage 2 - Year 3, 4, 5, 6 » English » Stories and Poems KS2 | Fiction for 7 to 11-Year-Olds Create your own FREE Twinkl account to discover lots of teacher-made resources! Our collection of resources based on stories and poetry for KS2 pupils will help you bring reading to life. Find lots of fiction resources for 7 to 11-year-olds, all in one place. Alongside stories to read, there are plenty of activities for your KS2 pupils to complete. These will help to improve reading skills and consolidate their learning even further. A range of short stories and fiction for 11-year-olds Here in this collection, you can find a varied selection of fiction for 11-year-olds. Whether you're looking for short stories for KS2 or some of Shakespeare's famous plays, this collection has you covered. There are resources on Black Beauty, Oliver Twist, or Charlie and the Chocolate Factory to name but a few, so whatever fiction you're teaching during your English lessons this term, there's a resource available to you. Every story and poem has complementary worksheets, activities, PowerPoints and other resources to go with it so you can thoroughly plan your lesson around a specific piece of fiction. Why not go ahead and save yourself a PowerPoint and a word mat to kickstart your lesson? These will be great visual aids to support your teaching. How can I use these fiction KS2 resources? Using these fiction resources is quick and easy. We know that you don't have a lot of time to spare, so we've made the process as simple as possible. All you've got to do is click on the resource you're interested in, click the 'Download Now' button and it'll save to your device within seconds. Now, you can teach your lesson with confidence. If you're not sure where to start with this range of fiction for 11-year-olds, then here are some resources that we recommend to get you started: UKS2 Alice in Wonderland Differentiated Reading Comprehension Activity - Head down into the rabbit hole with this classic tale. Perfect fiction for 11-year-olds, this resource even comes with a set of questions for children to answer about the text itself. UKS2 Oliver Twist Play Script Differentiated Reading Comprehension Activity - Explore Charles Dickens' famous novel Oliver Twist in the form of a fun play script. You could assign roles to your pupils and watch as they act out this classic story. The resource also includes reading comprehension questions which are a great consolidation exercise too. Shakespeare's Midsummer Night's Dream PowerPoint - Introduce your little Shakespeareans to one of Shakespeare's most famous plays with this fantastic PowerPoint. It shows a shortened, summary version of the plot, alongside illustrations to help keep your pupils engaged. The perfect way to get children excited about Shakespeare's comedy plays! Rest assured because every single one of these resources has been made and approved by experienced teachers. This means that the content is age-appropriate and runs in line with the national curriculum for English. With these resources up your sleeve, you can confidently teach a fun and interesting literacy lesson. Which authors are in this collection? Within this collection of short stories and other fiction, there are authors that children will already be familiar with, as well as new authors they may not know and short stories that they haven't read before. From Michael Morpurgo's Adolphus Tips or the classic Beowulf, there's something that every child will find enjoyable and exciting. Using this range of fiction, you can make sure that your pupils explore a range of stories and authors - an important part of their literacy development. As they read stories from around the world, they can develop their reading comprehension skills and deepen their empathy for others at the same time. What is a short story? A short story is a short work of fiction. Usually, there four key elements that go into common short stories: character, setting, plot and a theme. Some examples of a short story include: A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens; Snow White by The Brothers Grimm; BFG by Roald Dahl. The above video may be from a third-party source. We accept no responsibility for any videos from third-party sources. Please let us know if the video is no longer working. Create your FREE account now! Free Account Includes: Thousands of FREE teaching resources to download Pick your own FREE resource every week with our newsletter Suggest a Resource! You want it? 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