A reading comprehension, with questions and language activities. Jack and Kelsey brave the journey only to find that the school is closed.

There are 25 statements, some true, some false. The students have to correct the false statements. Ask them to shade the true statements and there is a hidden letter N, so you can check if they got it right. Then, ask them to read out or discuss their corrections in pairs and this leads to whole class discussion.

I've re-jigged my writing mat for pupils. It&'s a step by step guide to help them check stories or recounts in the past tense. It helps student to be more independent - I ask them to go through it before I mark their work. Also, it looks beautiful! :)

A great picture, with activities to practise the present continuous tense.

A reading passage with exercises.The language focus is the past simple tense. I got the template from Baiba, a member of the greatest EAL site in the world: (erm, after this one, of course!) eslprintables

This is a series of contrasting pictures, with questions, for making comparisons. Good 'brain gym&' activity.

Using visuals is a good thing! Here is an infographic on how to support EAL students within the mainstream classroom. Fully editable.

A short introduction to Botany Bay, with some language exercises.

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

Excellent diagram of a house! A match up exercise - match the names of the rooms to the pictures and a true and false activity. The house template is from eslprintables.

A wonderful picture by the artist Trevor Mitchell, with various exercises on the present continuous tense. When I contacted the artist for permission to use his picture, I found that he lives just a few streets away from me!

To go with the youtube clip. Pictures and words for Splat! Gap fill, with past simple focus.

A short reading comprehension with a true and false exercise and some questions. Focus past simple tense. Check out the template; it's definitely got the wow factor! I got this from the best EAL site ever - eslprintables. If you are an EAL teacher, join up. It&'ll be the best thing you ever did.

A gap fill exercise to practise the question words and a short reading passage with comprehension questions.

A short, fun RC about an adult's awful day. The focus is the past simple tense.

Bernard is great for fun - a sort of animal Mr Bean. Activities based on the youtube clip.

Some ideas on how to exploit pictures for teaching EAL. I also include a writing exercise to practise the past simple tense.

Useful in Business Studies - language activities to support EAL students around the process.

This is a worksheet to test/teach maths terms.

A nice picture with some exercises.