A great starter/fun activity for a lesson based on the General Election. Designed with ESOL and low level readers in mind this clear and fun resource would work well as an intro to any lesson on the general election to check learners knowledge of key voting terms/vocabulary and recognition of party leaders. The resource is available here in colour or black and white ready to print, laminate if needed and cut up ready for class. Terms included are: General Election vote political party Prime Minister ballot paper postal vote Polling Station constituency Labour (Jeremy Corbyn) Conservatives (Theresa May) Liberal Democrats (Tim Farron) Green Party (Carolin Lucas) UKIP (Paul Nuttall) SNP (Nicola Sturgeon) Plaid Cmryu (Leanne Wood) MP

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

'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.

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

Powerpoint presentation outlining lesson on persuasive writing using Room 101 clip from YouTube. Fun and interesting lesson to enable learners to grasp the purpose and style of persuasive text.

'Live if you were to die tomorrow, learn if you were to live forever.' Ghandi. Printable inspirational and educational quote poster for your classroom, school or college.

Tips for improving spelling - poster for classroom, school or college display.

A thorough and detailed PowerPoint presentation that introduces how to use commas and quizzes learners on correct usage. Filled with interactive activities including an anagram starter, quiz questions and links to further practice online.

A detailed and informative PowerPoint presentation that includes everything you need to run a session on apostrophes in class. Filled with interactive materials including an anagram starter, objectives, quiz questions, links to videos and further practice this presentation has everything you need to clearly and effectively enable your students to grasp the fundamentals of apostrophes.

Lesson resources for an ESOL lesson looking at festivals and the contemporary traditions of Christmas. Focusing specifically on using present and past tenses to describe festivals and Christmas. Resources could fill at least an hour and a half worth of lessons. Best suited to entry level learners. Questionnaire - Resource/worksheet to allow learners to practice asking questions about festivals and produce writing and speaking in the present and past tense. Reading and writing activity - Worksheet/reading text about someones experience of Christmas, what they do every year, last year and this year. Models different tenses and asks learners to highlight the verbs and tenses then write their own piece of writing about a festival they celebrate.

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 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.

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.

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.

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!

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

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

Short and simple description and animation to explain verbs. If you enjoy this video, please check out my other resources in my shop here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/islaflood Video link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WJGsgrnJVm0

Short video to help learners of English improve their English using Facebook. Great to show EAL/ESOL/EFL/ESL learners in need of extra practice. If you like this video then check out my other resources available in my shop here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/islaflood Video link here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pie7JL2vAAE