This is a 20 slide ppt, each slide having a maths verb or verb phrase on it e.g. select/expand/calculate/ draw the line of best fit. A starter to promote familiarity with and/ or practice with some of the language needed to answer maths questions. The anagram appears, then the answer floats in.

A series of famous pictures to promote higher level thinking skills: what might be happening/have happened? What might happen next? Great for EAL too - describe the pictures. Ask them to start by answering the wh- questions and then make inferences. If you play the youtube clip included first, it will show your students that they can say what they think and that there are no right or wrong answers. Well, there are thousands of great paintings and each one can provide a great starter for your lesson. The questions fly in - just incase they need a prompt!

Lots of activities - match-ups, gap fills, true or false, picture descriptions. a wordsearch and a cryptogram. Sixteen slides, with lots of great clipart, bought from this site!

I dictate this story. Give the pupils some plain paper. Draw some lines to make a room. Add a window. Add snowflakes - it's snowing outside. Add a table, a sofa, a cooker, a TV and then, an old lady. Is she rich or poor? How do you know? Her husband died 10 years ago. She has no children. She has no brothers and sisters. The date is December 25th... Why is it special? The old lady turns around. There is a cat on her window sill (Draw it). It is skinny. Do you think she will let it in? Why? Why not? She opens the window and lets it in. It rubs her leg. (Draw the cat by her leg). She shares her turkey... Keep asking questions... Then, I do a hotseat. The pupils prepare the questions. Put the old lady in the hotseat. 'Are you married?' 'Have you got any children? 'What did you see on the window sill?' Higher level questions; 'How did you feel when you saw that cat?' And so on.

Does reporter Joe learn an important lesson, or does he just think about his own ambitions? There are 10 parts (this could be adapted). I've written this for my EAL students to practise the past simple tense, but it's not exclusively an EAL resource.

This is a ppt with basic information about the main candidates. The description comes first, then the names fly in, giving your students a chance to name the candidates. There are some tasks, including a true and false activity. Lots of images to promote discussion.

I uploaded a different copy of this earlier, which I have now deleted. This one is better! It's a reading passage with exercises, including making resolutions for different people and a cloze exercise. Also, the main passage uses &'said&'; many times - presenting a good opportunity to practise using alternative words to 'said&'.

A passage about a boy making new year resolutions, with exercises. Can be used as a preliminary before students think up new year's resolutions for themselves. The template is by Baiba.

I made this for my Yr 7 Nurture group, for fun literacy starters. There are 27 slides, comprising 25 activities. No photocopying necessary - all activities can be done from the board. There is a variety of lexical activities: anagrams; match-ups; gap fills; error correction; find the hidden words; sentence formation; supply the adjectives and adverbs; replace the missing vowels and more. I have used a frame from fppt.com.

Short story, with a lot of synonyms and paraphrasing to make it a language learning experience. A witch casts a spell on the king, but ultimately, will it help him become a better king? Various exercises, including one on open and closed questions, and ideas provided at the end. You could use it as reading practice, or with older students, as a model for a tale with a moral.

A short article adapted from a newspaper, with exercises and a link to the youtube clip. I used this with my EAL class and it provoked a debate about the police. Why did he do it? He just snapped: why? What should happen now? Etc...

This is a guide on how to describe a picture. It's useful for mainstream teachers to use as an exercise or wall chart and also as a hand out to students. I love the picture! Who are they? What were they doing?

This is a short passage in the past simple about a nervous teacher's first lesson. Cloze and match up exercises provided.

Key visuals for 15 topic areas and brief instructions for the game. There are also some slides with spelling activities for EAL students. These visuals and topic areas are useful for all MFLs.

The students add the missing vowels and then match up the words and pictures.

I am making this into a wall display as I think it looks great! Adjectives can be added as you go along. Here, it is presented as a worksheet.

14 slide ppt, discussing the issues at a basic level.

I have made this for my year 7 tutor group. Hopefully, this will produce some good resolutions which can be measured throughout next year.

Match up the word and the Christmas item. Use the pictures on screen for a 'Splat' game. Ask them to draw their own diagrams to the words.... I have made this for my EAL pupils. Bought the clipart from here - best 2 quid I ever spent!

A vignette about a silly woman, with questions, a T&F and 2 match-ups. It might make for a bit of light relief with adult students.