I went on a course called 'Grammar for Writing.' The idea is that you teach the grammar, use the correct terms, but disguise the fact that you are teaching grammar. In this ppt, I aim to teach adverbs by asking the students to supply the opposite terms.

Practice writing full sentences with 'there is&' and &';there are' and counting. They are going to want to colour this picture in! I have permission to use it from the artist, Melanie Hope Greenberg. A bit of fun!

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 short article adapted from a newspaper, with exercises and a link to the youtube clip. I used this with my EAL class and it provoked a debate about the police. Why did he do it? He just snapped: why? What should happen now? Etc...

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!

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.

The students add the missing vowels and then match up the words and pictures.

A great picture, with two pages of activities: counting, follow the instructions to colour in, rearrange the letters to make the words, true and false and answer the questions.

A series of inkblots - what can the students see in them? There is an example on the first slide. This makes a great starter.

I am making a series of picture-based discussions on various topics of general interest. I use these during tutor period to get the group thinking, debating and writing.

Prompts for students to debate which snack is best - a packet of crisps, a bar of chocolate or an apple?

This is a worksheet to test/teach maths terms.

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

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.

A bit of colouring in fun for younger pupils.

This power point looks at various topics that may crop up in language paper 2, section B. It focuses on the actual content (pros and cons), rather than language techniques. It is intended to make students think about where they stand on important issues. Each slide has a list of pros and cons, and a language task. I have put this ppt together bearing in mind that students are at home. It is easy for them to work through it without teacher guidance.

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.

I am making this into a wall display as I think it looks great! Adjectives can be added as you go along. Here, it is presented as a worksheet.

This is a worksheet designed to get students thinking about transgender issues, triggered by JK Rowling and her tweet.

The BBC is going to run this wonderful Christmas-themed clip until Christmas Eve, when apparently something wonderful will happen... (I think it will be Mum's return...). There are 20 questions here to test your students' observational skills. Full key included.