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.
This is for English language or literacy learners, could also be used for SEN in upper schools levels, or for a review at any grade level. Helpful for KS2,3 and 4 and extremely student-centered. There is a starter, pair work activity, research activity and an activity where learners have to apply their knowledge.
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.
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 an interactive whole class game which can test learning of most grammar and vocabulary. It is interactive, fun and can be differentiated. Students pass the parcel and unwrap to get closer to the reward. Good as a warmer or checking learning task. Students can then make their own after so it is a good peer assessment activity. In this resource I have used connectives.
Helps with basic literacy, this is a card that students can write to express gratitude and thanks to their favourite teacher. They can improve their ability to justify their choices and use the conjunction because to develop their use of connectives. This helps build a nice whole school approach, it enables learners to move around the school, be creative and enhance their personal and social skills. It is also a great task for EAL/ or primary school English learners.
This resource has vocabulary exercises and speaking questions to prepare for IGCSE and IELTS. It also interlinks with Social studies and Citzenship and other subjects. They are predicted speaking questions which can come up in IGCSE or the IELTS exam. They are also helpful resources for literacy and EAL. There is variation of strategies and options for peer and self assessment. This unit of work can last 7-9 weeks.
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.
This game is excellent for any age to improve listening and spelling. There are a sheet of letters which need to be copied and laminated each student will receive about 55 letters and work in a group or with another person. The teacher calls out the word and the students have to spell the word using the letters on their desk then call out if they are first t finish. It is so competitive and mostly used in English/EAL and ESL but can be used even as a warmer to review key words in any subject. There are some recommended words form easy to hard but of course the list is endless. All students enjoy this because it is hands on and interactive.
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.
This is a whole lesson for English, English language, EAL or literacy.
It can also be used in PSHE or Global perspectives or citizenship.
Maybe used as a reference too in Technology or Sociology.
Vocabulary activity
Reading activity
Writing activity
Speaking activity
All the activities will last 2 hours all together and require a lot of collaboration and movement.
Teachers notes on simple vocabulary strategies
Whole lesson for vocabulary based on the Frayer model
English Language, EAL, EFL, ESL, Literacy, Social studies, History, Geography key terms
This can be used to support English in any subject to help with key terms
Unique pumpkin racing article with vocabulary tasks and a writing task. This lesson should last 1 hour and 30 minutes. It is interesting and will allow students to develop global awareness of how others in the world operate and participare in different sports.
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 a power point with a full step by step lesson for the teacher. It includes instructions and activities for the students. It is extremely interactive and done under the context of spy fiction. Everything is straightforward and easy to follow. God for reviewing adverbs and simple sentence development. Students enjoy the movement and hand-on element.
This a Power point with a whole interactive lesson.
This a grammar lesson on sentence types for English/ EAL/ ESL/EFL/Literacy and drama.
This is for Key stage 3 and 4/ IGCSE/Functional skills.
It focuses on simple, compound and complex sentences, the material should last 1-2 lessons, there are a range of pair work activities, group work activities, opportunity for students to write on the board, there is a role - play and peer assessment. The students have examples and a quick assessment quiz also.
This includes:
Grammar
Reading comprehension
Writing tasks
Literacy tasks
Tasks related to real word issues
Vocabulary
Literacy and PSHE resources together
Interactive lessons and student centered
Would suit
IGCSE English
KS3 English
KS4 English ESL
Whole school literacy
IELTS
Functional skills