Book Week Unit – Foundation to Year 6
Book Week Unit – Foundation to Year 6
Celebrate reading and help students respond thoughtfully to a wide range of texts. This Foundation–Year 6 Book Week unit combines explicit teaching, discussion, creative response, comprehension, analysis and assessment in one organised pack.
The teaching sequence introduces reader strategies, story forms, character, setting, plot, problem and solution, theme, evidence, creator choices, fiction and non-fiction features, comparison, retelling, reviews and book talks. Differentiated pathways support early, middle and upper primary learners without requiring a different unit for each class group.
What’s Included
- 23-page unit plan PDF
- 19-slide editable Book Week teaching presentation
- 22-slide editable Book Week quiz with ten question-and-answer pairs
- Reading Explorer Toolbox display
- Story Spark Roll & Create game and planner
- Two pages of Book Talk Quest cards
- Reading log
- Character Detective worksheets for Foundation–Year 2 and Years 3–6
- Original “The Lantern in the Library” sequencing and retell worksheets with answers
- Book review worksheets for Foundation–Year 2 and Years 3–6
- Original “The Empty Chair” theme-and-evidence worksheet with answers
- Compare Two Texts worksheet
- Design a Book Cover worksheet
- Non-fiction Features Hunt
- Two-page Book Week Showcase assessment
- Five-level unit rubric
Learning Focus
Predicting, questioning, comprehension, character and setting analysis, sequencing, theme, textual evidence, creator choices, fiction and non-fiction features, comparing texts, retelling, reviewing, speaking, recommendation and reflection.
Classroom Use
Ideal for whole-class lessons, literacy rotations, reading groups, library sessions, independent work, mixed-age classes, relief teaching, home learning and assessment.
Formats, Answers and Licence
Files are supplied in PDF and editable PowerPoint formats. The pack contains a 23-page unit plan PDF, 19-slide presentation and 22-slide quiz. Answer pages are included for sequencing and theme-and-evidence worksheets, every quiz question has an answer slide, and open-ended tasks are supported by the rubric.
This is a digital product; no physical item will be shipped. Files are licensed to one purchaser for classroom or home-learning use and may not be shared, resold or redistributed.