All the Wrong Things

Little Wandle Code is a fully resourced, all-in-one phonics intervention and assessment programme for early KS3. Beyond the Code is the fourth intervention pathway, with 8 age-appropriate fiction chapter books designed for Key Stage 3 readers whose decoding is secure, but fluency and comprehension need targeted support. Beyond the Code books look like books students' peers are reading and span a range of genres – thriller, sci-fi, horror, mystery, comedy and narrative fiction – reflecting teen reading preferences and providing choice. For millennia, spores from extraterrestrial parasites have floated through space on solar winds… and one summer’s day, they land, unseen, in the village of Dedbury. Some land and take root, others drift into the ears of the villagers, whispering thoughts… sowing doubt and hostility among them. Billy Parr lives with his grandmother and tunes out his boring summers with constant music through his headphones. As an uninfected, Billy is alone in his fight against the spores and the giant plants they are growing into. Can he save his grandmother and stop the spores before their power spreads beyond the village?All The Wrong Thingsis read during a two-week unit of study, combining modelled and rehearsed reading to build fluency with explicit vocabulary, inference and comprehension strategy instruction. Beyond the Code books are supported by fully resourced and planned scripted lessons and ‘How to’ videos available with the Little Wandle Code subscription.Little Wandle Code’s built-in diagnostic assessments identify students for the Beyond the Code fluency and comprehension pathway from the start of Year 7 or Year 8, or students can progress to it at the end of the Complete the Code phonics intervention pathway.