Simple and clear reading record template that can be printed double sided and form an ongoing record of your learners' reading. Along with this resource is a more detailed record in which learners can review the books they have read at the end, designed with clear questions and prompts, entry level readers and writers are guided to write simple reviews of their books in order to encourage a deeper understanding and further learning from their reading. Ideal for lessons where you introduce learners to libraries and book selections and want them to continue to read on a regular basis. The clear and simple design works well with learners of all ages. If you would like to see more of my reading resources please check out my shop: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/islaflood

A fun matching activity in 3 styles. Match the terms about books (author, blurb, index etc) to their meanings either by using the colour or black and white cut out cards (designed in a random order to let the students do the cutting without getting the answers!) or on a standard worksheet where they just draw a line between the terms and their meanings. Written for entry level ESOL or literacy learners as a starter for a lesson on reading, books or types of text, I find it works well as an introduction to books when starting on library work, books reviews or reading schemes, If you'd like more reading based activities check out my other reading resources in my shop here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/islaflood

Clear printable card sets of the days of the week, months, dates and years. Easy to print onto card or paper and cut up and laminate if needed. Great for ordering activities, learning spellings as well creating the date daily in the classroom with these cut up cards that learners can choose from. Designed with the beginner reader in mind, the text is easy to read and available in either black and white which can be printed on either white or coloured paper or coloured for eye catching activities and displays. Pack includes: days of the week, months, dates 1st -31st and years 2017-2030. If you would like to see more of my resources please check out my shop here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/islaflood

Two sets of clear cards featuring common maths symbols and fractions with their word equivalent. Perfect for entry level ESOL/literacy learners learning the meaning of the symbols. Can be used for matching activities, pelmanism (pairs), ordering as well as structuring basic sums. Designed with the beginner reader in mind, text is clear and simple and aimed at all ages including adults. 12 cards per page, 4 pages. 2 sets, one colour, one black and white. If you would like to see more of my resources please check out my shop here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/islaflood

Clear number cards with numbers up to a million (1-20, 30,40, 50, 60, 70, 80, 90, 100, 1000, 1,000,000) in both words and digits. Two versions, simple black and white which can be printed on white or coloured card or paper or a bright colour version. All easy to laminate and cut up if needed. Numbers can be used to play pairs (pelmanism), play a matching activity, order or simply provide a reference. Aimed at entry level ESOL and literacy learners, ideal for all students but designed in a simple way to ensure easy reading and suitability for all ages including adult. 16 words and numbers per page, 5 pages in total. If you would like to see more of my resources please check out my shop here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/islaflood

Fun board game for learners to play to practise their knowledge of the past simple verb 'to be'. This notoriously tricky part of tense can be practised over and over in a fun board game. Just print double sided in either a4 or a3 and laminate for longevity if needed, all you need is a set of dice and some counters (although I've got learners to make their own counters and dice in the past). This is a resource I use year after year to provide valuable practice of the tense and liven up lessons. If you would like to see more of my resources please go to my shop here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/islaflood

'Boggle' style game presented on SMART Notebook. Learners have to make as many words as they can out of the letters that touch. Letters are editable to change easily for different lessons. Comes with timer and clear instructions. Perfect to start your lesson and warm learners up. Great for embedding English and encouraging good spelling as well as developing vocabulary.

A set of 24 editable charades cards stating present continuous actions that students can act out and others can guess. Excellent activity for consolidating and practising use of the present continuous tense. Cards cover everyday activities and past times perfect for enlivening a grammar lesson focusing on present continuous. Just download the word document and print, for longevity you could print on coloured card and/or laminate. Along with the cards is a PowerPoint presentation with a title slide, teacher instructions and editable scoreboard. If you would like to see more of my resources please check out my shop here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/islaflood

A selection of 12 key targets with over 60 related actions to help English language learners set their own meaningful SMART targets. This is a resource I have developed to help my students focus in on specific areas they wish to improve and actions they can take to do this as well as meeting the needs of my FE institution which requires SMART targets for all learners in their ILPs. If you would like to see more of my resources check out my shop here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/islaflood?p=2

12 cards naming different job titles. Great for lessons on jobs or employability. Learners have to describe the job at the top without using the words on the card. Fully editable to make it harder or easier for your learners, these clear cards can be printed on card or paper and laminated if you so choose. Brilliant starter for any work related lesson or a great way to extend ESOL/ESL/EFL/EAL learners vocabulary and encourage students to speak more. Great fun! If you would like to see more of my resources please visit my shop here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/islaflood?p=2

Full lesson lasting over an hour based around the popular 'Three Little Birds' song by Bob Marley (aka the 'Don't Worry' song). The lesson is clearly presented on PowerPoint with all resources available on printable and editable slides. Aimed at ESOL/ESL/EFL/EAL learners from Entry 1-3 this detailed PowerPoint covers every aspect of the lesson from a fun 'hangman' style starter, clear objectives, listening activity with gap fill, vocab activity, apostrophes tasks, discussion questions as well as links to fun interactive online resources that learners can use to extend and further practise their listening and apostrophe skills. Key topics: Listening skills Apostrophes Dictionary skills/Vocabulary Objectives: Listen to a text/song for detail Recognise use of apostrophes Find the meaning of words using a dictionary If you would like to see more of my ESOL/ESL/EFL/EAL resources please go to my shop here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/islaflood?p=2

Modern and clear posters explaining some of the most common parts of speech in the English Language. Make your classroom both stylish and informative with these posters to help your learners understand the key parts of speech in the English language. 7 posters included on adjectives, nouns, proper nouns, prepositions, adverbs, verbs and conjunctions. Each poster clearly states the part of speech, gives a short explanation and several examples of the words.

Video to explain the use of the present simple verb to be in English, using am, is and are. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2mw7pu4u-E0

A new vocabulary worksheet that can be given to students to record new words on. There is space for the word, meaning, the word in a sentence, synonyms and a 'draw it' space for learners to illustrate the word to aid their memory or even add a translation. I use this with ESOL students but it could be used with any learner who needs to record and remember new vocabulary.

A printable reader book for pre entry and entry 1 ESOL/EAL/EFL/ESL learners. Comes with key words and phrases list, picture worksheet, picture only version, text only version as well as a plentiful list of activity ideas to create at least one lesson, could easily be developed into many with low level learners. 'Majid Buys a New Phone' is about a young man who breaks his phone and needs to buy a new one. It follows his journey to buy a new phone and provides valuable vocabulary and information about what learners may encounter when purchasing phones in the UK. Lots of activities can be built around the text as well as using it to improve and develop reading skills. Topics that could be covered include: personal details simple questions present and past tense dialogue in shops filling in forms spelling writing simple sentences reading simple sentences recognising key words

Waterloo Sunset lyrics by The Kinks made into a gap fill with comprehension questions for a fun listening activity for ESOL/EFL/ESL/EAL learners.

A ready made, printable, gap fill activity plus copy of the full lyrics of Slade's famous Christmas anthem for cutting up, as well as a list of suggested activities and link to song on YouTube. A fun listening lesson for ESOL learners at Christmas time!

A Christmas and festival themed reading piece with introductory activities, questions on text and writing output activity on festivals and celebrations aimed at E2-L1 learners but could be adapted for E1 easily. The reading draws from personal experience of Christmas celebrations and requires the learners to identify tenses from present, past and future as well as then answering questions in the correct the tenses.