The Extraordinary Files

Interest Age 10 - 14

Reading Age 7 -8

The Extraordinary Files have been created by Paul Blum, Head of Special Needs Education at Islington Green School and author of the bestselling Improving Low Reading Ages – A Guide for Learning.

The series follows Laura and David through sixteen off-beat, supernatural mysteries that combine an absorbing storyline with text appropriate for struggling readers. The Extraordinary Files have been trialled in Tower Hamlets and are now being published for schools across the UK.

The books are all written and edited to suit pupils aged from 10 to 14 years who have a reading age of 7 to 8 years. Special care has been given to the writing of the dialogue and the use of language to ensure that the stories have appropriate appeal. Each book includes reading comprehension questions, a glossary and an ‘about the author’ section.

Key Features
• Storylines to capture the imagination of even the most reluctant reader.
• Streetwise texts help readers to develop their higher order literacy and language skills.
• Written to support struggling readers with a particular focus on dialogue.
• Strong characters provide motivating role models for pupils.

The accompanying photocopiable Teacher's Guide contains general advice and specific guidance for each reader.

General advice:

• How to effectively organise lower ability reading groups
• Strategies to use before the read and for the read-aloud session
• Useful prompts and advice on key words and phrases

Specific Guidance:

• Plot and character summaries
• Focus on tricky or technical language
• Useful questions for interrogating the text
• Role-play/drama ideas
• 2 photocopiable activity sheets per book - comprehension and writing focussed

The Extraordinary Files: Sleepwalker
The Extraordinary Files: Killer Robot
The Extraordinary Files: Werewolf Eclipse
The Extraordinary Files: The Puppet Master
The Extraordinary Files: Spider Invasion
The Extraordinary Files: The Headless Ghost
The Extraordinary Files: Alien Implants
The Extraordinary Files: Atlanta

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