Write It. Level It. Teach It.

Hunting down example texts for lessons, then reshaping them to fit a class, can eat up hours of a teacher's week. Matt Beighton offers another route: writing your own model texts. This book sets out the reasoning behind that choice and the practical steps for doing it.

Drawing on his years as a classroom teacher and on close to a thousand comprehension passages he has written for the Literacy Shed, the author walks readers through a quick and effective method. He also explains why texts pitched at the right reading level matter, and how well-matched material can strengthen learning and keep pupils engaged.

The book includes writing templates designed for teachers with limited time. Over time, collecting and reusing the texts you create reduces the effort each lesson demands.