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Entry 1 and 2

Rooms of the House - is a super series of 6 graded interactive ICT worksheets. Covers E1 Lit and ESOL reading (reading key words / vocabulary) and E1-2 ICT (different focus for each sheet - see below). Contributed by Ginette Kriche. Thank you Ginette. ESOL Rw/E1.1a Literacy Rw/E1.1

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Hot or Cold? Interactive worksheet with drop down menus to select the correct word and complete the sentence. Great reading and vocabulary practice for Entry 1 ESOL & Literacy students. Plus practice in using a mouse and drop down menus for Skills for Life ICT students. Contributed by Cathy Barton, cathy.barton@glasgowmet.ac.uk Glasgow Metropolitan College. 2 pages. 150K

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ICT images 20 very useful images depicting the main MS Office tool buttons (copy, paste, font, align left, etc.). Originally created and used in a class of ALDD students on preCLAIT (but useful for any introductory ICT class). Print in colour on A4 paper and laminate for re-use. 20 large JPG files in a zip folder 470K. Filed under E1-2 Skills for Life ICT.

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Telling the Time. Interactive worksheet with 3 pages of colourful information and key vocabulary followed by a 2 page time quiz (whole hours) with drop down menus. Contributed by Cathy Barton, catherine.barton@glasgowmet.ac.uk Glasgow Metropolitan College 170K.

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How to make a calendar in Publisher is a 5 page step by step guide to help students create their own useful calendar where they can record important appointments etc. Clear screenshots with arrows make this resource accessible from Entry 1 upwards. First used with Entry ESOL - ICT learners but also suitable for Entry literacy and numeracy. Contributed by Cathy Barton, Glasgow Metropolitan College catherine.barton@glasgowmet.ac.uk. 5 pages. 360K

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Days of the week is a 6 page worksheet that combines colourful pages of information (days of week and their order, abbreviations, numbers on calendars) with interactive practice pages (drag and drop and a very clever page where the text changes colour if correct spelling is typed). First used with Entry 1 ESOL - ICT learners but also suitable for E1 literacy and numeracy. Contributed by Cathy Barton, Glasgow Metropolitan College catherine.barton@glasgowmet.ac.uk. 6 pages. 160K

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Questions about days and months. Interactive worksheet with drop down menus to select the correct spelling, no. of days in a month, etc. (Use as a follow on exercise after the  Days of the week worksheet (above). Contributed by Cathy Barton, catherine.barton@glasgowmet.ac.uk Glasgow Metropolitan College. 1 page. 110K

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Mouse exercises is a very useful sheet (best used on-screen) providing online links to a range of mouse exercises where learners can learn about right and left clicking, double clicking, drag and drop, etc. Activities range form straightforward tutorials to  'Dress the Eggplant', Join the Dots and a bubble game. Many also provide very useful practice on reading instructions. Contributed by Barbara Corcoran, bcorcoran@eastleigh.ac.uk Eastleigh College.

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Initial consonant clusters - sc, sm, sp, st Interactive worksheet with drop down menus to select the correct word /spelling. 15 cloze sentences. to accompany related activities available above. Margaret Adams, Kenward Trust / Uckfield Community College uckfield@kenwardtrust.org.uk 1 page. 60K

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Initial consonant clusters - sc, sm, sp, st spelling quiz to be used on screen (could also be printed out). Plus useful practice in using a mouse, typing in spellings, etc. for Skills for Life ICT students. 13 pages, 12 spellings. Margaret Adams, Kenward Trust / Uckfield Community College uckfield@kenwardtrust.org.uk 300K

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Drag and drop colour work sheets provide great reading, vocabulary and spelling practice for Entry ESOL & Literacy students. Plus practice in using a mouse, drag and drop, typing in spellings, etc. for Skills for Life ICT students.  Contributed by Cathy Barton, Glasgow Metropolitan College catherine.barton@glasgowmet.ac.uk. 4 pages . 160K.

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What colour is it? Interactive worksheet with drop down menus to select the correct spelling. Great reading and spelling practice for Entry ESOL & Literacy students. Plus practice in using a mouse and drop down menus for Skills for Life ICT students.  Contributed by Cathy Barton, catherine.barton@glasgowmet.ac.uk Glasgow Metropolitan College 2 pages. 160K

Entry 3

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Christmas Day cut and paste chronological text activity provides step by step cutting and pasting instructions for ICT/Lit students plus useful practice in ordering chronological text (events during Christmas day). Contributed by Gill Clark. Monmouthshire Adult + Community Education gillyclarko@tiscali.co.uk 3 pages. 140K. Wt/E3.3

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MS Office card game can be used to create lots of multi-sensory hands-on games and activities for Basic Skills/ ICT students at all levels. Contributed by Lynne Maguire l_maguire@tiscali.co.uk  Thank you Lynne. 26 pages. 260K (Zipped PDF file).

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Using the Internet is a straightforward illustrated guide for beginners that can easily be adapted to suit your own institution. Ideal for many students including E2-E3 Skills for Life ICT. Contributed by Cathy Barton, cathy.barton@glasgowmet.ac.uk Glasgow Metropolitan College.  7 pages. 230K

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Pancake ICT writing task gives step by step instructions for writing your own Pancake Facts text (you will also need a copy of Margaret Lagoyiani's Pancake resource) and typing up a pancake recipe. For Entry 3 ICT/Lit students and also suitable portfolio evidence for NOCN E3 Writing and reading for meaning. Contributed by June Mill, Skills for Life tutor, East Riding of Yorkshire. mill.sancton@tiscali.co.uk 2 pages. 45K.

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My day - cut and paste chronological text activity provides step by step cutting and pasting instructions for ICT/Lit students plus useful practice in ordering chronological text. Contributed by Gill Clark. 1 page. 20K.

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Following instructions - BBC Skillwise provides step by step help to ICT/Lit/Num students plus useful practice in reading instructions. Contributed by Paula Pye, Chelmer Training paulapye@chelmer-training.co.uk Note: free Word version available, allowing tutors to customise for their own students.

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Drawing a 'Cool Cat' in MS Word is a fun, step by step task sheet showing how to draw, arrange, copy, paste, rotate and group drawing to create a 'cool cat'. 3 pages. 28K. Contributed by Dave Humpage, Steps to Work, Walsall. humpagedave@walsall.gov.uk 3 pages. 28K.

Level 1 and CLAIT (Level 2)

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CV templates two very useful templates can be used for word processing or as an outline planner/ writing frame. Contributed by Steve Mangan Thank you Steve. 2 pages. 40K. Use in conjunction with Steve's CV - Telephone Skills PPT (here). 40K. Will be filed under General E3 Writing Resources, General L1 writing resources, ICT resources and Contextualised resources (Employment skills).

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Creating class handouts - two really useful step by step  sets of instructions for creating a) a labelling handout (e.g. of a computer or any diagram/picture you want learners to label); b) a multiple choice question type handout with tick boxes. Originally used for training teachers on an NUT ICT training class. Also suitable for any L2 ICT / CLAIT students. Contributed by Ginette Kriche. 3 pages. 60K

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Create signs and student lists - plus useful XP DTP tips - two really useful step by step worksheets for creating a) clever signs with some very amusing real life examples!); b) alphabetical student lists in tables. Plus a super 1 page collection of quick DTP tips / shortcuts for Windows XP. Originally used for training teachers on an NUT ICT training class but suitable for any L2 ICT / CLAIT students. Contributed by Ginette Kriche. 4 pages. 60K

ICT exercises for construction - bricklaying students. 4 step by step exercises allowing construction students to produce  professional looking invoices, job costings and an illustrated list of tools. Contributed by Cathy Barton, cathy.barton@glasgowmet.ac.uk Glasgow Metropolitan College. 5 pages. 35K. See also contextualised resources.

Umbrellas Inc. Invoice. Selecting, formatting, inserting clip art / Word Art, table, and proof reading practice - follow the onscreen instructions to produce a perfect invoice for Umbrellas Incorporated! Contributed Penny Kutz. 1 page. 45K

Builders Advertisement. Selecting, formatting, inserting clip art / header, and proof reading practice - follow the onscreen instructions to produce a perfect builder's ad safety poster. Contributed Penny Kutz. 1 page. 30K

Ladder Safety Poster. Selecting, formatting, using Word Art and proof reading practice - follow the onscreen instructions to produce a perfect ladder safety poster. Contributed Penny Kutz. 1 page. 80K

Selecting, highlighting and formatting practice - 4 different documents (of varying complexity). A poem about cats; a restaurant menu; information about dogs, cats and trees! (some are also suitable for reading & comprehension work). Two include formatting instructions, others are to be reproduced as closely as possible to practice advanced formatting skills. Contributed by Gill Gallagher, Barnsley College g.gallagher@barnsley.ac.uk 4 pages. 360K

Working with bullet points neatly combines literacy (punctuation) and ICT. Step by step task sheet asks the learner to set up a document (involves margins, headers, footers, formatting, etc) and then add bullets, shading and paragraph borders. From Margaret Adams, Kenward Trust / Uckfield Community College uckfield@kenwardtrust.org.uk 2 pages. 40K.

Moving text neatly combines literacy (alphabetical ordering) and ICT. Step by step task sheet asks the learner to set up a document (involves margins, headers, footers, formatting, etc) and then move text using two different techniques. From Margaret Adams, Kenward Trust / Uckfield Community College uckfield@kenwardtrust.org.uk 2 pages. 40K.

Presentation Graphics - homophones neatly combines literacy and ICT: step by step task sheet describing how to create a PPT presentation about their  / there / they're. From Margaret Adams, Kenward Trust / Uckfield Community College uckfield@kenwardtrust.org.uk L1/CLAIT 3 pages. 20K.

Presentation Graphics - punctuation neatly combines literacy and ICT: step by step task sheet describing how to create a PPT presentation about punctuation. From Margaret Adams, Kenward Trust / Uckfield Community College uckfield@kenwardtrust.org.uk 3 pages. 26K.

Level 1 Key skills portfolios included here because they also involve use of ICT (Excel, Internet searches, etc.)

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Weekend away is a substantial 9 page resource designed to encourage students to tackle large projects in bite sized pieces. Originally used with E2E learners but suitable for all age groups. Aimed at E3- L1, it covers many literacy and numeracy topics and also requires some IT and research skills. Also makes an ideal Key Skills project. Contributed by Antony Cahill, Work-Solutions, Manchester. Antony.Cahill@work-solutions.org.uk 120K. Also filed under Generic resources

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What's the weather like? and Party Time! are two 'real-life' task sheets that involve budgeting, Excel charts and tables, rounding and checking, and finding mean and range. Ideal for class or homework (originally used for Level 1 Key Skills Application of Number portfolio work N1.1, N1.2, N1.3.). 2 pages. 90K. Contributed by Jan Robinson, Chelmer Training janrobinson@chelmer-training.co.uk Thank you Jan HD1/L1.1 HD1/L1.2  HD1/L1.3 HD1/L1.4

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Build a wall, re-turf a football pitch are just two of the four 'real-life' task sheets in this great resource. Work out costs and draw a scale diagram. Ideal for class or homework (originally used for Level 1 Key Skills Application of Number portfolio work N1.1, N1.2, N1.3.). 4 pages. 190K. Contributed by Jan Robinson, Chelmer Training janrobinson@chelmer-training.co.uk MSS1/L1.9 MSS2/L1.2 MSS1/L1.1

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Costing toolkits two task sheets - one for beauty therapists, one for motor vehicles etc. Find information, work out total cost, mean and range, display your results in a chart. (Originally used for Level 1 Key Skills Application of Number portfolio work N1.1, N1.2, N1.3.). 2 pages. 100K. Contributed by Jan Robinson, Chelmer Training janrobinson@chelmer-training.co.uk HD1/L1.1 HD/L1.2 HD/L1.3 HD/L1.4

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