Equality and Diversity
Literacy: Rs/L2.1, Rt/L1.4, Rt/L1.5, Rt/L2.1, Rt/L2.3, Rt/L2.7, Rw/L1.1, Rw/L1.2, Rw/L1.3
Free tags: Equality and Diversity
Context: History
Level: L1, L2
Resource type: Reading comprehension, Worksheet or assignment
Level 1 / Level 2 resource for literacy students exploring Chinese customs. This has proved to be a popular resource with my students. Includes: reading, dictionary work, comprehension and grammatical knowledge with a fun part where learners find their Chinese horoscope animal.
Literacy: Rt/E1.1
ESOL: ESOL Rt/E1.1a, ESOL Rt/E1.1b
Free tags: Equality and Diversity
Resource type: Reading comprehension, Worksheet or assignment
Level: E1
A short reading text for beginners followed by comprehension exercises. Useful for revising early family vocabulary.
Literacy: Rt/E1.1
ESOL: ESOL Rt/E1.1a, ESOL Rt/E1.1b
Free tags: Australia, Equality and Diversity
Context: Catering Food Nutrition
Level: E1
Resource type: Reading comprehension, Worksheet or assignment
A short reading text for beginners, followed by fill the gap sentences. Two sheets – one for British students and one for Australian students.
Literacy: Rt/E3.1, Rt/L1.1, Ws/E3.1, Ws/E3.2, Ws/L1.1, Ws/L1.2, Wt/E3.1, Wt/E3.2, Wt/L1.1
Pre-entry: Text Focus (interest)
ESOL: ESOL Rt/E3.1a, ESOL Rt/L1.1a, ESOL Ws/E3.1a, ESOL Ws/E3.2a, ESOL Ws/L1.1a, ESOL Ws/L1.2a, ESOL Wt/E3.1a, ESOL Wt/E3.2a, ESOL Wt/L1.1a
Free tags: Australia, Equality and Diversity
Context: History
Resource type: Reading comprehension, Wordsearch, Worksheet or assignment
Level: E3, L1
A first person autobiographical account of life in outback Australia.
Exercises include comprehension questions using when, where etc.
A revision of past tense verbs – regular and irregular.
A fill the gap using the correct verb tense.
A writing prompt for students to write about themselves – emphasising the use of conjunctions and short paragraphs.
A Wordsearch.
Includes a glossary of Australian words used in the text.
Literacy: General literacy / English, Reading: text focus (comprehension)
Free tags: Equality and Diversity, Christmas
Level: L1
Resource type: Reading comprehension, Writing prompts
Reading comprehension, use of capital letters and full stops, discussion and writing exercises all with a Christmas theme.
Based on texts about Christian celebrations in four different countries (Wales, Iran, Venezuela, China) the resource includes a writing exercise for students who don’t celebrate Christmas.
Literacy: Functional Skills English, General literacy / English, Form filling
Free tags: New Year, Equality and Diversity
Context: Leisure Travel Tourism
Level: E3
Resource type: Assessment material, Listening and/or speaking activity, Reading comprehension, Revision material, Writing prompts
A practice paper written for Entry 3 Adult Literacy C&G exams at E3 but suitable for, and fully mapped to, Functional English.
All activities are based on a New Year’s Eve theme. The main text and related comprehension questions are about New Year’s Eve superstitions. Other activities include form filling, alphabetical order, dictionary work, planning and writing, and group discussion.
Literacy: Rs/E3.2, Rs/L1.1, Rt/E3.1, Rt/E3.4, Rt/L1.1, Rt/L1.3
Free tags: Winter, Equality and Diversity, Christmas
Context: Gardening & Horticulture, History
Level: E3, L1
Resource type: Cloze exercise, Reading comprehension, Worksheet or assignment
Nice selection of winter activities written for an E3-L2 Functional Skills group (best for E3-L1).
The main activities are a reading comprehension (about the history of poinsettias and how they came to be popular at Christmas time) and a cloze exercise based on an old Mexican religious legend. There are also some maths questions.
Literacy: Rt/L1.1, Rt/L1.3
Free tags: Winter, Equality and Diversity
Context: History
Level: L1
Resource type: Reading comprehension, Writing prompts
Based on a BBC Religions – Paganism article, this is an interesting reading comprehension for the long winter months. It also includes a cloze exercise and some short writing and research activities.
Literacy: General literacy / English, Homophones, homographs & confusables, Functional English - reading, Functional English - writing
Numeracy: MSS1/E2.3, MSS1/E3.3
Free tags: Autumn, Equality and Diversity, Guy Fawkes
Context: History, Leisure Travel Tourism
Level: E3, L1
Resource type: Reading comprehension, Worksheet or assignment
This resource was created for Adult Literacy Entry 3 Learners but can be used with mixed ability groups from E2 – L1. It includes reading comprehension and related exercises covering many curriculum areas, based on the Guy Fawkes Night theme.
The first section is a comprehension based on the history of Guy Fawkes and Bonfire Night. The text is suitable for E3-L2. Questions cover general comprehension, punctuation, homophones/spellings, proper nouns, alphabetical order and dictionary work.
Literacy: Ww/E2.1, Ww/E2.2, Ww/E3.1, Ww/E3.2, Functional English - reading, Rt/E3.1, Rt/L1.1, Rt/L1.3, Rw/E3.3, Rw/E3.4, Wt/E3.4, Ww/L1.1
Free tags: Autumn, Equality and Diversity, Halloween
Context: History
Level: E3, L1
Resource type: Reading comprehension, Worksheet or assignment
This resource was created for Adult Literacy Entry 3 Learners. It includes reading comprehension and related exercises covering many curriculum areas, based on the Halloween theme.
