Gamer by Chris Bradford - teaching resource

Gamer by Chris Bradford – KS3 Teaching Resource

This comprehensive teaching pack is built around Chris Bradford’s Gamer, a gripping dystopian adventure story published by Barrington Stoke and written with reluctant readers in mind. At just 100 pages, with short chapters, clear fonts, and well-spaced text, the novel is dyslexia friendly and particularly engaging for lower ability Year 8 and Year 9 pupils.

The resource includes a 62-slide editable PowerPoint presentation and 30 worksheets, many of which are differentiated to suit mixed-ability groups. Together, they provide a complete scheme of work adaptable for between 15 and 22 lessons.

Pupils will:

• Explore key themes of technology, control, and survival

• Analyse characters and the dystopian setting

• Compare Gamer with extracts from classic texts such as Oliver Twist

• Develop reading comprehension, writing, and discussion skills

• Complete creative and analytical writing tasks directly linked to the KS3 English curriculum

This unit is ideal for lower literacy groups and reluctant readers, providing an accessible way to engage pupils with fiction while building essential skills in analysis, interpretation, and written expression.

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