Worksheet or assignment
Literacy: General literacy / English
ESOL: General ESOL
Level: E2, E3
Resource type: Listening and/or speaking activity, Reading comprehension, Wordsearch, Worksheet or assignment
A short reading text followed by exercises: True or False; Putting words in the correct order to answer questions; Writing sentences with words from the story (or sentences may be copied from the story) and a WordSearch.
This is followed by some dialogue using the situations in the story for practising pronunciation.
Suitable for literacy and ESOL.
Literacy: Functional English - reading, Rt/E2.1
Free tags: Humour
Context: Motor vehicles & Transport, Politics & News items
Level: E2
Resource type: Reading comprehension, Worksheet or assignment
A short reading adapted from an online news report. Exercises include comprehension questions, placing sentences in the correct order, matching words and phrases and a fill the gap exercise. Answer sheet included.
Editor’s note
Fully mapped to E2 Functional English (reading) with extra teaching tips.
Literacy: Rs/E3.1, Rs/E3.2, Rs/L1.1, Rs/L2.1
Free tags: adjectives, adverbs, Noiuns, verbs
Level: E3, L1, L2
Resource type: Game, Sort or match cards, Worksheet or assignment
Cards to help students recognise what nouns, verbs, adjectives and adverbs.
They can then play the bingo game or use highlighter pens to identify the different parts of speech in a text.
Numeracy: Functional Maths - measures, shape, money, MSS1/E3.1
Context: Business & Money management, Catering Food Nutrition, Employment skills & Public services
Level: E3
Resource type: Worksheet or assignment
This resource is adapted from, and complements, the L1/2 resource with the same title created by Claire Douglas (see below).
The activity is based on recent changes to the minimun wage (Nov 2011). Students have to read the information given on the shop employees’ ages and new minimun pay to work out how much the staff are paid for their work.
I used this activity with my E3 students and they enjoyed it.
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.
Numeracy: Functional Maths - measures, shape, money, MSS1/E1.3, MSS1/E1.4, MSS1/E1.5, MSS1/E1.6
Resource type: Worksheet or assignment
Level: E1
I made these files to help my E1 students become familiar with this question format before doing the assignments.
I had found in previous years that though they managed comparatives orally and could eventually make up sentences including them, they were confused by these questions in their assessments.
I hope someone else can find them useful.
Editor’s note
Fully mapped to the Functional Maths coverage and range statements and the E1 process skills. With extension ideas.
Literacy: Rs/E3.2, Rs/L1.1, Rs/L2.1
Resource type: Revision material, Worksheet or assignment
Level: E2, E3, L1, L2
A worksheet that lists all of the most common word types and has space for the learners to enter their own description and their own examples.
To be completed over a number of weeks as each word type is covered and understood. The completed sheets can then be used as a revision tool / personal glossary.
Literacy: Ww/E2.1, Ww/E3.1, Ww/L1.1, Ww/L2.1
General: Dyslexia support
Level: E2, E3, L1, L2
Resource type: Discussion points, Handout or guide, Hands-on / practical activity, Investigation or project, Worksheet or assignment
This was designed to be used with a group of dyslexic learners but would be applicable for any learners with spelling difficulties.
I have used this by separating the group into small groups or pairs and then giving each group a different strategy to try with one of the words from the word list (two are provided – one for E2-E3, one for L1-2) or a word of their own that they want to spell.
The learners get 10 minutes with each strategy and then need to evaluate the strategy.
Numeracy: Functional Maths - number, N1/L1.3
Resource type: Worksheet or assignment
Level: L1
I designed this activity as my level 1 learners needed more practice in solving word problems involving addition and subtraction and with reading numbers as words.
I have used a range of vocabulary to indicate the operation required eg. less than, difference, increase and decrease. My learners are mostly parents but the resource would be useful in any area of learning.
Literacy: Functional Skills English, General literacy / English
ESOL: General ESOL
Context: Health and safety
Resource type: Bingo, lotto or Pelmanism, Discussion points, Lesson plan, Listening and/or speaking activity, Warm-up, Wordsearch, Worksheet or assignment, Writing frame, Writing prompts
Level: E1, E2
Worksheets and tasks around the theme of emergencies. Written for ESOL but also suitable for adult literacy and Functionakl English.
The worksheets and tasks include reading for information, preparing and practising an emergency phone call, speaking and writing about an emergency situation. The material is set in an Irish context so some of the vocabulary is specific e.g. ‘garda’ is a police officer and ‘gardai’ is police.
