With two great starters for any subject or for English KS3 and 4, students will do a fun getting to know you task, then brainstorm adjectives, then do a project about peace and harmony to display on the wall. Great for collaboration, fun, team building skills, reviewing adjectives and active learning. Can also be used as an introductory unit for IGCSE ESL or any ESL / EAL work.
IGCSE English communication lessons, group / individual and pair work.
Students do warmer, brainstorm activity, vocabulary work then group project and peer assessment.
Whole lesson included
This is an activity to check learning of basic punctuation good for any age, good warmer, recap or mid class activity before writing. EAL/Literacy/ESL/Functional Skills
This is 5 step worksheet designed to develop and expand general English vocabulary.
It can be used in literacy, EAL, English or form time.
It was designed as a revision sheet for my class however it can be used for any English class.
It covers spelling, synonyms, creating context clues and answer questions within different contexts whilst also recapping parts of speech.
The material will last 1-2 sessions.
Students act as teachers and identify the mistakes throughout the health blog, this reinforces their ability to recognize errors and correct in pairs. At the end they can make a video in groups based on the text. A great interactive activity!
Useful creative writing prompt or English Lange, PSHE or Form tim.
For teens and young adults.
Great reflection tool.
Can even be used by teachers as an outlet.
Creative, calm and fun journal to allow teens and adults to be mindful.
Students can use the prompts to explore their creativity whilst using the topic of fashion.
This can help teens explore their emotions.
It can be used in PSHE/FORM TIME/ENGLISH
A full interactive lesson encouraging group work and peer assessment. There is a differentiated warmer also on page 2 (under edited version) and prompts to help students complete the activities. This is a full lesson and should take up to 2 lessons. It cover prepositions which is useful for literacy/ EAL and KEY STAGE 2-3 learning.
Intrduction to weird sports to build learners research and team-work skills, this lesson is engaging and fun, it will build learners cultural awareness and provide them with knowledge that will allow them to think outside the box when answering writing or speaking questions for IGCSE English or IELTS. This lesson links with ICT, Numeracy and public speaking as well as English. It is on thr topic of sports but gives learners a more critical insight.
They will take part in a discussion, a research activity, presenting activity, create a survey, construct a pie chart, summarise the pie chart and then make a persuasive leaflet on a weird sport of their choice.
Fun and appealing to all learning styles.
This is for English r citizenship/ PSHE, this will help prompt learners to keep talking about current affairs and animal rights, there are 2 activities included.
This has 4 pages with 5 activities, most are interactive. There is a variation of group work, pair work and individual. It is straight forward and good for grade 4 -6 as well as EAL refresher for KS3/4 students. Starts with a brainstorm warmer wich students love, instructions written easily for students and for teacher to follow.
This is excellent for IGCSE ESL and EDEXCEL ESL, it also good for native speakers and ESL learners at KS2/3
The lesson includes 2 warmers, 2 tasks and a vocabulary help sheet.
There is. speaking exam question at the end. A very hands on activity where students make problems using A4 paper and present their solutions inside. Very visual and hands on and also related to speaking exams.
Great for all ages.
Enjoy :)
This activity can be used as a basic literacy task for ESL learners or key stage 2-4. The students have to correct the text, if time allows the teacher can get the students to create a vlog with the information. If teacher has resources and extra time this can work as a great extra curricular project with food technology, drama, media studies, ICT and health sciences. The teacher can bring in the food and students can use it as a prop to make vlog. Students love this because nowadys many aspire to be you tubers. It meets literacy, communication, and citizenship objectives.
This lesson includes a discussion at the beginning, it followed by a short reading with some questions to check the text is understood. There is a vocabulary brainstorm activity; then based on the reading students can construct a persuasive leaflet about Face yoga in their community. This is good to allow learners to work in groups, to collaborate and share ideas. It helps learners gain knowledge about an obscure topic and also to develop their health and well - being. This would be good for learners to apply who have previously studied persuasive writing techniques. All in all Speaking, reading and writing are the skills that will be enhanced in this lesson. It is designed for IGCSE second language core or extended, as well as Key stage 2, it may also be used in PSHE or Health and Social care.
Whole interactive lesson for English about drones, they are currently a hot topic in the media and becoming a pain to some individuals. There is a lot of interactive discussion, a word search, key vocabulary, writing and a debate. Good for IELTS, EAL learners, ESL, EFL and Citizenship students and also for IGCSE ESL core and extneded learners. Also good for Key stage 2/3 differentation for more able learners.
15 Speaking and writing topics to engage learners in English.
Topics that focus on other developments around the world.
They will encourage writing and speaking for sure!