A sentence builder / knowledge organiser on the subject of Going on a Trip to use with Entry 3 ESOL students, possibly as part of a Travel and Transport topic. Please see the ideas sheet for suggestions for how it can be used both inside and outside the classroom. Editable so you can adapt the content to suit your own teaching context.

A 12-page resource pack featuring an original text describing the history and traditions of Remembrance Day in the UK with around 3 hours’ worth of accompanying activities for ESL/EAL/ESOL students at Entry 3 / B1 level. Activities practise all 4 skills - speaking, listening, reading and writing and there are also vocabulary activities and a short grammar focus on gerunds. Suitable for classroom use or individual study. Answers are included. Materials are provided as PDF and word documents so they can be edited to suit your own purpose. CAUTION! The texts and activities are deliberately neutral with no references to any sides being in the right in any conflict, and no discussion of the rights or wrongs of war. There are no images of warfare, but there are images of soldiers marching with rifles. Nevertheless, this topic might be sensitive for some students, especially those who have fled conflict. Please use with caution and only with students who you feel will not be negatively affected by the topic.

4 pages of activities for students to practise result clauses with ‘so’ and contrast with reason clauses with ‘because’. Suitable for adult ESOL / ESL / EFL students at Entry 3 / B1 level. Activities start with receptive tasks and get progressively more challenging. Suitable for class use or independent study.

Complete lesson pack on describing feelings and emotions for Entry 3 / B1 ESOL / ESL / EFL students. Included are a PowerPoint to present new language, a Language Reference and Sentence Builder booklet, suggestions for receptive processing activities following Gianfranco Conti’s EPI Method and 7 pages of vocabulary, reading, speaking and writing activities, including a focus on -ed and -ing adjectives. The specific lexical items featured and recycled throughout the lesson are: anxious; annoyed; confused; devastated; disappointed; embarrassed; exhausted; frustrated; furious; proud; shocked; terrified; but materials are presented as PDF and Word Doc, so alternative words could be used.

A reference sheet of Entry 1 maths / Functional Skills / numeracy 2D and 3D shapes. Shapes included: circle triangle square rectangle cube Created with ESOL maths students in mind, but suitable for any Entry 1 level maths students.

One text about Valentine’s Day plus 8 pages of accompanying activities, including pre-, while and post-reading activities, and activites which focus on vocabulary and practise all four skills - speaking, listening, reading and writing. The pack provides approximately 3 hours of lesson material. The pack is suitable for Entry 3 / B1 level adults or teenagers and can be used for classroom or independent study.

One table for students to use as reference, and another for self-quizzing / peer testing.

A sentence builder / knowledge organiser on the subject of A Nightmare Journey to use with Entry 3 ESOL students, possibly as part of a Travel and Transport topic. Please see the ideas sheet for suggestions for how it can be used both inside and outside the classroom. Editable so you can adapt the content to suit your own teaching context.

A guided writing activity about a journey for Entry 3 ESOL students, possibly as part of a Travel and Transport topic. Students use examples and answer question to write sentences about their own journey before putting their sentences together into a text. Example sentences feature a range of time markers, and questions are phrased to invite students to use past simple and continuous tenses and write complex sentences.

3 linked self-study packs for Entry 3 level ESOL learners on the theme of ‘Jobs & Work’, including work in the home. The packs cover names of jobs, duties and responsibilities and daily work routine. Answers are provided for students to self-check, or teachers could transfer the content to their own VLE format.

This pack consists of a text about Halloween and 9 pages of accompanying activities. These include pre-, while and post-reading activities, and activities which focus on vocabulary and practise all four skills - speaking, listening, reading and writing. The pack provides approximately 3 hours of lesson material, plus homework, and is presented as PDF files and Word documents, so they can be edited for you to use as you wish. The pack is suitable for Entry 3 / B1 level adults or teenagers and can be used for classroom or independent study. Answers are provided.

A self-study pack for B1 / Entry 3 level ESL / EFL / ESOL students on the topic of personal qualities and skills needed for work. The pack includes dictionary work, synonym and antonym matching, word order and writing tasks. Answers are provided.

26 letters in upper and lower case suitable to be printed on A4 to make an attractive classroom display or frieze. Sans serif dyslexia-friendly font. Suitable for primary / elementary school classrooms, or adult literacy or ESOL / ESL.

This pack consists of a text about Bonfire Night and 10 pages of accompanying activities. These include pre-, while and post-reading activities, and activities which focus on vocabulary and practise all four skills - speaking, listening, reading and writing. The pack provides approximately 3 hours of lesson material, plus homework, and is presented as PDF files and Word documents, so they can be edited for you to use as you wish. The pack is suitable for Entry 3 / B1 level adults or teenagers and can be used for classroom or independent study. Answers are provided.

Reference and vocabulary practice sheets covering types of transport and the verbs and prepositions commonly used with them, suitable for adult ESOL / ESL students at Entry 3 / B1 level. Intended for use during the early stages of a Travel & Transport topic. Resource can be downloaded as PDF or Word, so can be edited to suit your context. Transport types practised in this resource are: a bicycle / bike a motorbike a ferry the underground / tube a lorry / HGV a bin lorry a caravan a trailer a scooter public transport

A collection of Extensive Processing Instruction activities to teach ESOL following the MARS-EARS framework. This document provides a menu of activities to choose from when planning, not a sequence to follow. Most of these have been taken from Breaking the Sound Barrier by Gianfranco Conti and Steve Smith, and selected because they are suited to adult ESOL classes and have been tried and tested in that context. I put this together for my own use, but I’m sharing in case it is useful to others. Many activities are listed by title only, as I am very familiar with them. Please refer to the book for a full description. Activities are arranged according to MARS-EARS stage, roughly in the order I might use them in a teaching sequence, but many activities can be used at different stages with a little adaptation. Mode (speaking/listening/reading/writing) is indicated by emoji, but this is very loose and only to help quickly choose a healthy balance of skills when planning in a hurry.

A Sentence Builder / Knowledge Organiser covering the function ‘Describing a Social Event.’ Suitable for Entry 3 ESOL students, possibly as part of a Communication at Work topic. Designed to be the basis of a variety of receptive processing and controlled output activities following Gianfranco Conti’s EPI approach, as outlined in his books, trainings and blogs. Available for download as Word Doc or PDF so it is possible to adapt the content to suit your own teaching context.

A Sentence Builder of present perfect sentences used for unfinished actions. Suitable for Entry 3 / B1 level adult ESOL students. Can be used as a reference handout and also for EPI- style activities as described by Gianfranco Conti in his books, trainings and blogs.

A reference booklet for Entry 1 ESOL students covering language items commonly covered in the first term of an ESOL programme, including personal information, days, months & time, everyday activities, phoneme/grapheme correspondences, handwriting and much more. Suitable for students to refer to during practice activities (not included) and to use for self-testing and independent study.