I made this PPT for a CLIL lesson with international students. It introduces the idea of cause and effect in Geography, and how we can use the first conditional for talking about causes and effects.

An engaging PPT to help students identify good presentation skills. There are some slides at the end to help students think of an idea for creating their own TED Talk. This lesson was given after the students had already watched and understood a TED Talk.

A simple worksheet to help Ss identify informal/formal linking words. Categorise their function and then apply to some gap-fill sentences. Ss can then use this knowledge to try to write some of their own sentences using informal linking words in open practice.

A gapfill for the Monkey Puzzle Song by Julia Donaldson on YouTube. The missing words are available in a box with a picture prompt for differentiated support. There is also a worksheet for Makaton signs for animals from the story. This took my class a full hour. We listened to the song to enjoy it. Then we listened twice to do the gapfill. Then we read through the song lyrics in feedback to check our answers. Then we sang the song two times - trying with actions the second time! Then we discussed what Makaton was and made the signs and guessed which animals from the story they could be. Then the students drew their own pictures of the animals next to the signs.

Questions to test young learners reading comprehension and use of English. Encouraging literacy as students complete sentences, give their opinions, and re-write the story in their own words. Ss then identify adjectives and complete a comparatives/superlatives table.

A checklist of important features in narrative/story writing to guide students through self reflection at the end of a piece of writing. Can also be used to help peer review a partner’s story. The checklist includes some tick boxes for checking for important features and then an open ended sentence starter at the end for the student to reflect on what they did well and how they could improve next time. Ideal for an English or EFL classroom teaching Literature/Creative Writing skills and wanting to encourage a student centred approach to feedback.

A worksheet designed for a 1:1 literacy class with a primary student. Aimed to develop reading comprehension, story telling and writing skills. Would work well within a young learner EAL classroom too.

Example sentences for students to sort into the correct groups for persuasive writing with AFOREST features. There are categories for Alliteration, Facts, Opinions, Repetition, Rhetorical Questions, Emotive Language, Statistics and The rule of Three. Answers are not included as some sentences may fall into more than one category and it can be a good opportunity for debate in feedback.

Two Christmas-themed group running dictations. The first one features the names of Santa in different countries around the world. Students need to copy them correctly then work to match them. The second they need to copy and colour a picture correctly. Great for using Christmas vocabulary, working as a team and team-building, Christmas End of Term classes, ESL students and all students etc.

A simple Christmas gapfill worksheet made to the lyrics of Merry Xmas Everybody by Slade. Help support listening skills. Ideal for ESL classroom.

A PPT which guides students with vocabulary and sentence structures to describe their city, as well as a city they have been to. Includes vocabulary quizzes, reading tasks, writing tasks, a speaking task, grammar work on articles, there is/are and past simple. Designed for ESL students studying towards the KET exam. Enough to split across two classes.

The students can use their new vocabulary/ target language to create their own real or alien words worksheet. On the back there is space for them to draw a picture and write some sentences about to encourage sentence level writing using new target language. This can be used at the end of any topic as a kind of revision. A good worksheet for low level young learners, can be used as a homework or for independent application of phonics, new vocabulary etc.

The students must read the word and decide if it is a real or alien word. On the back there is a picture task to help students develop sentence level writing. A good worksheet for low level young learners, can be used as a homework or for independent application of phonics, new vocabulary etc.

The students must read the word and decide if it is a real or alien word. On the back there is a picture task to challenge stronger students to develop sentence level writing or to review target language for weaker students. A good worksheet for low level young learners, can be used as a homework or for independent application of phonics, new vocabulary etc.

The students must read the word and decide if it is a real or alien word. On the back there is a picture task to help students develop sentence level writing. A good worksheet for low level young learners, can be used as a homework or for independent application of phonics, new vocabulary etc.