Two pages - follow the instructions to colour the figures in/ write up the personal profiles/true or false/choose the correct word.

A nice picture with some exercises.

A nice snow scene to colour in and some exercises. Might come in handy if we get some snow!

Two reading passages - this teacher's worst ever lesson and her best, with language exercises. It&'s good to let the kids know that we teachers are human too, occasionally vulnerable and also capable of doing silly things.

This is a worksheet to test/teach maths terms.

A reading comprehension, with language exercises. This follows on from my reading comprehension 'Snow Day&'. This is differentiated - EAL students can put the verbs in the past simple, while more advanced students can tackle the discussion points.

This is a powerpoint with the four Ts to promote independent learning: THINK, TEXTBOOK, TEAM, TEACHER. I've made these up based on the 4 Bs (brain/buddy/book/boss). I like the Ts better - but then, I would, wouldn&'t I? And there definitely is no apostrophe! I&';ve added the 4 Ts on one sheet.

I made this for a year 9 group doing Employability. The first topic was 'Punctuality.&' There are some EAL beginners in the group, so a few slides have got exercises they can access.

A variety of worksheets with the main language focus being the past simple tense. There are suggested activities on each sheet. 'Holiday did you&' is a list of questions for pair work coming back from the summer holiday. &';Crystal is not a bully' and &'Things you should do before you die&'; might be of use in PHSCE.

This is a reading passage, written as a fable, with exercises. There is a 'true or false&', some vocabulary work, and other suggested tasks. My students particularly enjoyed discussing the moral and thinking up some of their own.

The first sheet is to practise past simple and to explain 'embarrassment&'. The second one is a follow up story, past simple or past continuous? After the exercise, you can cut the pictures out for sequencing. Ask the students to put the story together using time connectives, &';First, then, after that' etc.. You could practise making questions by having the students prepare qs for Jake, using the &'wh&'; words and build this into a hotseat activity.

This is a 20 slide ppt, each slide having a maths verb or verb phrase on it e.g. select/expand/calculate/ draw the line of best fit. A starter to promote familiarity with and/ or practice with some of the language needed to answer maths questions. The anagram appears, then the answer floats in.

A series of famous pictures to promote higher level thinking skills: what might be happening/have happened? What might happen next? Great for EAL too - describe the pictures. Ask them to start by answering the wh- questions and then make inferences. If you play the youtube clip included first, it will show your students that they can say what they think and that there are no right or wrong answers. Well, there are thousands of great paintings and each one can provide a great starter for your lesson. The questions fly in - just incase they need a prompt!

Lots of activities - match-ups, gap fills, true or false, picture descriptions. a wordsearch and a cryptogram. Sixteen slides, with lots of great clipart, bought from this site!

I dictate this story. Give the pupils some plain paper. Draw some lines to make a room. Add a window. Add snowflakes - it's snowing outside. Add a table, a sofa, a cooker, a TV and then, an old lady. Is she rich or poor? How do you know? Her husband died 10 years ago. She has no children. She has no brothers and sisters. The date is December 25th... Why is it special? The old lady turns around. There is a cat on her window sill (Draw it). It is skinny. Do you think she will let it in? Why? Why not? She opens the window and lets it in. It rubs her leg. (Draw the cat by her leg). She shares her turkey... Keep asking questions... Then, I do a hotseat. The pupils prepare the questions. Put the old lady in the hotseat. 'Are you married?' 'Have you got any children? 'What did you see on the window sill?' Higher level questions; 'How did you feel when you saw that cat?' And so on.

Does reporter Joe learn an important lesson, or does he just think about his own ambitions? There are 10 parts (this could be adapted). I've written this for my EAL students to practise the past simple tense, but it's not exclusively an EAL resource.

This is a ppt with basic information about the main candidates. The description comes first, then the names fly in, giving your students a chance to name the candidates. There are some tasks, including a true and false activity. Lots of images to promote discussion.

I uploaded a different copy of this earlier, which I have now deleted. This one is better! It's a reading passage with exercises, including making resolutions for different people and a cloze exercise. Also, the main passage uses &'said&'; many times - presenting a good opportunity to practise using alternative words to 'said&'.

A passage about a boy making new year resolutions, with exercises. Can be used as a preliminary before students think up new year's resolutions for themselves. The template is by Baiba.

Short story, with a lot of synonyms and paraphrasing to make it a language learning experience. A witch casts a spell on the king, but ultimately, will it help him become a better king? Various exercises, including one on open and closed questions, and ideas provided at the end. You could use it as reading practice, or with older students, as a model for a tale with a moral.