This is a vocabulary brainstorm warmer activity, and old style game that students tend to love. It refrains from the use of technology and has a competItive nature. It is good for English and spelling review as well as a fun warmer or end of year activity for Science, English, PE or Science.
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 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.
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 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 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.
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 activity can be used as a basic literacy task for ESL learners or key stage 2-4. The students have to correct the text, if time allows the teacher can get the students to create a vlog with the information. If teacher has resources and extra time this can work as a great extra curricular project with food technology, drama, media studies, ICT and health sciences. The teacher can bring in the food and students can use it as a prop to make vlog. Students love this because nowadys many aspire to be you tubers. It meets literacy, communication, and citizenship objectives.
Students act as teachers and identify the mistakes throughout the health blog, this reinforces their ability to recognize errors and correct in pairs. At the end they can make a video in groups based on the text. A great interactive activity!
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.
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.
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.
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.
For any English activity or drama activity, for example after debates, presentations, group work, and poster activities I award my learners with an Oscar. I use three categories each month and one group Oscar prize, one individual prize and another individual prize(for progress). So every student has a chance to win an award each month. The students get so excited at the Oscar concept, as it is something they know and can relate to.
Instructions
Photocopy the Oscars and laminate them, you can use the chart across the whole year if you just edit the dates on the document, the one here starts from Sept to Dec, simply enlarge the chart or decrease the Oscars so they fit in the chart. At the end of the month the learners of the categories will get a prize. A movie, sweets or whatever your school policy is usually motivates the students. Hang it on your classroom wall, it will get the students excited! Something visual that is always there is a great motivating tool.
15 Speaking and writing topics to engage learners in English.
Topics that focus on other developments around the world.
They will encourage writing and speaking for sure!
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