Reading: word focus (phonics & vocabulary)
Literacy: Reading: text focus (comprehension), Writing: text focus (composition), Reading: word focus (phonics & vocabulary)
Context: Leisure Travel Tourism
Level: L1
Resource type: Reading comprehension, Writing prompts
A comprehension activity based on a 2009 BBC news report. 10 multiple choice vocabulary questions, comprehension questions and a writing task.
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Literacy: Reading: text focus (comprehension), Reading: word focus (phonics & vocabulary)
Context: Education
Level: L2
Resource type: Reading comprehension
A comprehension activity based on a BBC 2007 news report. Comprehension questions, vocabulary / synonyms, anagrams and comprehension questions.
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Literacy: Writing: text focus (composition), Reading: word focus (phonics & vocabulary)
Context: News, Politics &Government items
Level: L1
Resource type: Reading comprehension, Writing prompts
A comprehension activity based on a BBC 2009 news report about two police officers who were told they had acted illegally after looking after each others children. Three vocabulary / synonym exercises and a short writing task.
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Literacy: Reading: text focus (comprehension), Ww/L1.1, Reading: word focus (phonics & vocabulary)
Resource type: Reading comprehension
Level: L1
A comprehension activity based on a BBC 2009 news report. Comprehension questions, spelling task and vocabulary / synonym exercises.
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Literacy: Reading: text focus (comprehension), Reading: sentence focus (punctuation & grammar), Reading: word focus (phonics & vocabulary)
Resource type: Reading comprehension
Level: L2
A Level 2 text with vocabulary, comprehension, punctuation, grammar, spelling, and summarising questions.
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Literacy: Reading: text focus (comprehension), Reading: word focus (phonics & vocabulary)
Context: Construction Carpentry Plumbing
Level: L2
Resource type: Reading comprehension
A series of comprehension questions and dictionary/vocabulary exercises – based on an old 2004 BBC report about the building of Terminal 5.
Literacy: Reading: text focus (comprehension), Reading: word focus (phonics & vocabulary)
Context: Hairdressing & Beauty therapy
Level: L1
Resource type: Reading comprehension
A series of comprehension questions and dictionary / vocabulary exercises – based on a BBC local news report.
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Literacy: Reading: text focus (comprehension), Reading: word focus (phonics & vocabulary)
Context: Hairdressing & Beauty therapy
Level: L1
Resource type: Reading comprehension
A series of comprehension questions and dictionary / vocabulary exercises – based on a BBC local news report.
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Literacy: Reading: text focus (comprehension), Rs/L1.2, Reading: word focus (phonics & vocabulary)
Resource type: Reading comprehension
Level: L1, L2
Why do CAPITAL LETTERS so annoy us? is a series of comprehension questions and dictionary/vocabulary exercises – based on a BBC news report. Although aimed at L2 the article itself is also useful for covering Rs/L1.2 (understand that certain texts such as text messages and emails may use non-standard or no punctuation).
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Literacy: Apply strategies to spell correctly, Reading: word focus (phonics & vocabulary)
Resource type: Crossword
Level: E3, L1
Fun word games that provide good spelling and vocabulary practice. 6 pyramids.
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