A two page activity to get your students talking and writing about shapes. Parts of this could be used as starters and it could certainly lead to a survey: go onto the street and see how many shapes you can spot and in what circumstances. EAL teachers can use this to teach/reinforce prepositions and the present continuous tense.

I have made this for an EAL student at beginner level. I have used images from the 2009 movie (starring Jim Carrey). Hope it will be useful for some of you!

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

Two pages - a great picture, by Laurie A. Conley. With a picture, I normally 1) play Splat! 2) Memory game 3) Barrier game (pupil A facing picture, pupil B not allowed to look) 'she&'s wearing a pink top - what&';s she doing? 4) Hot seat - e.g.you are Will 'what are you doing?&' &';what can you see?' etc.... Here, I have made a variety of exercises for writing or homework.

This is designed for EAL learners, but is useful as a prompt for debate in the mainstream classroom. The arguments and counter arguments are presented as exercises: match-up, replace the words and re-arrange the words. There is also a powerful image to describe - my thanks to Rich the vegansidekick for permission to use it. A full key is included.

Who was Richard III? Where and how was he found? Where should he be reburied?

Saltaire is a charming village in West Yorkshire. This is a little bit about Sir Titus Salt, who had it built and some exercises.

There are twelve slides, each with a quote or an inspirational list, then exercises. I have prepared this for advanced young EAL learners, but it will suit mainstream years 6 and 7.

This is to get the students using higher level language and thinking skills. They have to use conditionals with compound tenses (would have done/might have done) etc to be able to debate/discuss different possible outcomes.

A reading comprehension, with questions and language activities. Jack and Kelsey brave the journey only to find that the school is closed.

Ready to go Numeracy activities which make great starters in any subject area.

We had some training on 'building curious minds' and were asked to think about it. Here are some ideas.

A play based on Aesop's fable. There are six narrators, besides the main parts, which can easily be adapted to fewer or more. I&'ve tried to make it fun and upbeat. This version is based on a Youtube clip and I&';ve included the link. There is no talking in the video, so it's great for teaching EAL kids.

A few ideas for introducing the past simple - on the second sheet. On the first sheet is a little worksheet with exercises based on a street scene.

Two sheets of practice with the 'wh&' words and that honorary wh word - how. Nice pictures on the template.

Using visuals is a good thing! Here is an infographic on how to support EAL students within the mainstream classroom. Fully editable.

Get your students involved and thinking, right from the start of the lesson! Turn the objective/title/'learn&' - however you refer to it in your school, into an interactive exercise. Fifteen suggestions. I hope you find them useful.

This is a worksheet on everyday terms which can be used in probability. I prepared this when one of my students said he didn't know what 'certain' meant. I have also uploaded a ppt with the same language which can be presented as a game of Splat! or a card sort activity.

This is a resource for EAL students to practise the past tense. I laminate and cut them up. Thanks to eslprintables for the template.

This is a heart warming, short ghost story with exercises: a true/false, match-up activity and comprehension questions.