The Silver Sword by Ian Serraillier - teaching resource

The Silver Sword – Complete English Reading Resource

Support your pupils’ study of Ian Serraillier’s The Silver Sword with this fully resourced fiction unit, designed for upper KS2 and lower KS3. This comprehensive pack includes a 17-lesson scheme of work, a 22-page worksheet booklet, and an editable PowerPoint slideshow to guide teaching and learning.

This flexible resource helps children build comprehension, explore historical context, and analyse key characters and themes, while developing empathy, inference, and expressive language skills.

Resource highlights:

• 17 detailed lessons with structured starters, main tasks, and plenaries

• Focus on the characters Joseph, Ruth, Edek, Bronia, and Jan

• In-depth exploration of themes including war, hope, and family

• Historical research task to contextualise the novel

• Opportunities for drama and spoken English through hot-seating

• Creative and empathetic writing tasks, including diary entries

• Symbolism and language analysis activities

• Final book review writing task

• Fully editable PowerPoint and printable worksheets

This engaging resource is ideal for whole-class reading or guided group work.

Click on the preview images to see a full breakdown of The Silver Sword teaching unit.

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