The Highway Code - teaching resource

The Highway Code: Skimming, Scanning and Reading for Meaning

This versatile teaching resource is ideal for developing key non-fiction reading skills across lower Key Stage 3. Using real-life examples from The Highway Code, this engaging unit encourages learners to practise skimming, scanning and interpreting texts in a meaningful context.

The 30-slide editable PowerPoint and downloadable worksheets use familiar road signs to support pupils in identifying key information, interpreting meaning, and applying their understanding through short written tasks. The resource is particularly effective at engaging reluctant readers, including boys, by using practical, real-world content.

Resource includes:

• A 30-slide PowerPoint introducing road signs and reading strategies

• Printable worksheets featuring signs from The Highway Code

• Skimming and scanning tasks with short writing extensions

• Activities designed to support comprehension, inference and non-fiction analysis

Ideal for English lessons, literacy interventions, or cross-curricular PSHE and citizenship links.

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