Two worksheets based around personal hygiene. One is a cloze test/ gap-fill exercise which discusses the different things we should do whilst getting ready for our day in order to have good personal hygiene. The 2nd is a Personal Hygiene Contract in which students can state 5 things they promise to do everyday in order to have good personal hygiene.
I use these worksheets in my personal care/social & personal ed class with younger students and/or students with SEN.
A 12 slide PPT which explains to students how they should look after their skin. Includes a link to a YouTube clip on the formation of spots as well as a short writing task based on skin & sun care.
Suitable for a younger personal care/social ed class.
An introduction to the food pyramid and healthy eating. PPT has 12 slides with an activity at the end. Suitable for younger students as part of a personal care/social education lesson.
66 PPT slides - 33 photos of places in the town and 33 descriptions of what happens in each place or why people go to each place…
These slides are printed and laminated and are used as a comprehension and vocab activity. The students must be able to understand the description to match it to the correct photo. The photo flashcards could also be used in a separate activity, where students simply have to name in French each place.
Suitable for junior or senior students.
For my ‘En ville’ resources, see ‘My Shop’.
3 word documents based on ‘En ville’ - Places in the town.
A notes handout which revises the use of the preposition ‘a’ in French with the definite article. This reminds the students how to use the verb ‘aller’ with place names.
A simple worksheet based on some places in the town - word translation, sentence translation and writing task.
A second worksheet which gives students a description in French and the students must choose a place name from the word bank that best suits the description.
Suitable for junior French students as an introduction to the topic.
*For a PPT useful for presenting this vocab, see ‘My Shop’. This PPT has many place names along with a photo. This can be used to present the vocab and also to asses knowledge of the vocab.
A short 7 slide PPT introducing World climates. Also attached is a blank map of the world (image from google) on which students can shade in the climatic regions of the World.
For PowerPoints and other resources on Factors affecting climate, Hot Desert Climate, Cool Temperate Climate and Boreal Climate, see ‘My Shop’.
Bundle also available for only €6.50!
A notes handout based on the post card. Aimed at ordinary level leaving cert students. Includes lots of useful phrases for all aspects of postcard - when/how you arrived, weather, accommodation, food, feelings, activities etc…
Activities are set out under three headings - Present, Past and Future.
There is also a sample postcard.
For a similar but less detailed handout on the postcard for Junior Cert students, see My Shop.
a 2 page cloze test (fill in the blanks) based on the CSPE concept ‘Law’. Based on Irish curriculum. I use this as an end of unit assessment of key terms. I also use peer-correction with this activity which I find works very well and keeps everyone on task!
7 PPTs based on ‘Settlement’ in Geography. These PPTs are all with reference to Ireland and are based on the Irish curriculum.
A 17 slide PPT on Early Settlers in Ireland
A 9 slide PPT looking at Dublin as a Primate City
A 12 slide PPT introducing rural settlement patterns (linear, dispersed & nucleated)
A 16 slide PPT on Polders (The Zuyder Zee project in Holland- includes a link to YouTube clip)
A 28 slide PPT on functions of a nucleated settlements (using Limerick & Cologne as case studies)
A 10 slide PPT looking at how functions in a settlement can change over time (using Navan as a case study)
A 9 slide PPT on the Irish Road Network
All PPTs are colourful, well-laid out and easy to read. Loots of images/photos used as visual aids. Some PPTs contain ‘to do’ or ‘homework’ slides which can be adapted to suit the text book or work book you use in your own class.
Some of these PPTs are available individually in ‘My Shop’ . This group of resources is intended to be a complete unit of work and to save you money!
A PPT which can be used as a quiz/revision tool for vocabulary. Students can work alone, in pairs or groups to come up with 10 of each type of word e.g. 10 buildings in the town, 10 drinks, 10 animals etc…
Can be adapted to suit class/year group!
Complete vocabulary booklet for ordinary level senior students.
Easy to use and well structured. It has 31 pages in total. All topics needed for the Leaving Cert are covered, from basics like the days of the week, food, directions, pastimes, holidays and animals etc… to more difficult topics like social problems.
Each unit of vocab is presented in a grid over one /two pages. The French words are written in and there is room for the student to write in the English translation. Also includes a full page of useful verbs in the first person ‘je’ in the present, past and future tense.
The pages are numbered for easy direction in class.
*For a vocab booklet for Junior Cycle students or for a booklet with French and English words written in, see ‘My Shop’.
A full unit of work on Democracy in Ireland.
Includes 8 PPTs.
Each PPT has lesson aims at the beginning and to-do/Homework slides that can be amended to suit your class/textbook.
Key terms are underlined.
Comic Sans font is used in all PPTs to make them more accessible to students presenting with dyslexia.
Also included is a key term/definition summary page which can be used to assess the students at the end of the topic.
A short 6 slide activity for French students. Suitable for junior students/Transition year students. Two texts in which students must find mistakes in spelling, agreement, gender, tense etc...
Good intro to another activity or works well as an activity where students can work in pairs.
Four PPTs on weathering...
1. An introduction to denudation and weathering as one process of denudation
2. A PPT on mechanical weathering (freeze-thaw action) including a simple animation, easy to copy diagrams and photos
3. A PPT on chemical weathering (carbonation) with detail on surface and underground features of carbonation using The Burren (Ireland) as a case study. Includes a link to a YouTube video on the Burren and lots of coloured diagrams
4. Final PPT is on Mass Movement. Discusses landslides, mudflows and soil creep. Has two links to YouTube clips which show landslides and lahars occurring
Each PPT is well laid-out and easy to follow. Key terms are highlighted/underlined. There are some 'to-do'/'homework' slides which direct the students to the text book/workbook I use (Geoplanet by EDCO) but these slides can be adapted to suit your own class/books.
*For more PPTs and revision hand outs see 'My Shop' *
A clear and easy to follow 3 page revision hand out on 'OS maps'. Entire topic is summarized under headings like 'Sketching an OS map', 'settlement on an OS map', 'grid references' etc...
Aimed at Junior Cert Geography Curriculum in Ireland. Suitable for both junior and senior students but may need to be adapted for senior students.
For more geography revision notes like this, see 'my shop'.
A clear and comprehension revision handout based on Aerial Photographs (aimed at Junior Cert Curriculum in Ireland).
The topic is summarized over 3 A4 pages - including headings such as sketching an aerial photo, location on an aerial photo, traffic management on an aerial photo etc...
For more revision hand outs like this, see 'My Shop'.
An 80 slide PPT based on 'Ma maison'. Aimed at HL Junior students or Ordinary level senior students. A different way to present key vocab. Each slide is colour coded (blue/pink/green) to convey the gender/number of the noun. Each slide also has a photo and a word. There are a couple of activity slides too e.g. write a paragraph about your house, work in pairs to orally describe the bedroom in the photo etc...
Also attached is a comprehension with English questions which can be used at the end of the PPT presentation in class/for HW etc...
For a more basic 'Ma maison' PPT suitable for junior students and for more worksheets on this topic, see 'My Shop'.