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900+ free PDF Skills for Life resources available on this privately owned site, used as a resource in Essential Skills classes at Abingdon & Witney College.

We hope students and tutors around the UK will also find it useful. KEY:  Literacy  ESOL   Numeracy   ICT - Contextual - General

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TOPICAL, SEASONAL (Summer Word Games, Fuel Prices,  etc.) and EXAM revision resources - visit our new topical resources page!

 Homes and Gardens- set of preEntry-E1 Lit/ESOL reading and writing activities. 9 pages Find the Adverbs. Chicken paprika - on screen Hot Potatoes quiz Name the pronouns - E1-2 ESOL. 7 pages Pronoun comprehension - three Entry 2 texts for pronoun substitution (plus comprehension questions) Living in Poverty - Level 2 reading and writing assessment for healthcare (and other) students Introduction to the past tense simple E2 ESOL - info sheets, card game, exercises and a comprehension text ESOL Entry 1 Basics - vocabulary sheets, like and dislikes, givng personal information, plus a final review Find the nouns and adjectives - Entry 2 actvity Apostrophe info sheets and exercises (omission and possession) L1-2 Structure and layout of a formal letter. L2 handout Colours and clothes crossword for Entry 1/2 Literacy and ESOL. Reading and writing - word and sentence focus. One of 23 activities in Colour, Fruit and Clothes. Five summer word games for E1-E2 Literacy and ESOL.Word fill, word search, cloze text, cloze sentences and missing punctuation.
  Fuel prices - Level 1 decimals and range Lotto Dream L1-2 AoN / L1-2 numeracy project for Childcare students How to play Sodoku - step by step PPT ideal for Numeracy and ESOL students. Accompanied by practice and blank Excel puzzles Understanding positive and negative numbers and temperatures. L1 Question sheet Measuring, recording and comparing body temperature. E2-E3. Introduction to reading scales E2-3 measures 1 page Research and cost-up a nurserey room. For Level 2 Childcare students studying Level 1 AoN or Numeracy Mountain bike percentages - increase, decrease, VAT. L1-2 Fill in the time (nearest 5 minutes) on analogue clocks (E3 numeracy - also good for E1 ESOL) Revision and Vocabulary notes for (ESOl and other) students taking the Level 1 numeracy test Revision and Vocabulary notes for (ESOl and other) students taking the Level 2 numeracy tes Decorating your bedroom (E3) with £1000 from Uncle Arthur and an Argos catalogue!

09/07/08 Summer Word Fun from Ginette Kriche. Colours, clothes, fruit - 23 word games. Apostrophes info/exercises, formal letter layout guide, nouns & adjectives exercise all from Vicky Douglas, Northern Learning Trust. Living in Poverty from Billy Count, Abingdon & Witney College. Chicken Paprika adverbs quiz from Jim Gourlay, Sheffield College. Exotic fruits adjectives from Gill Gibbons, Vale Royal. 

06/07/08 Decorating your bedroom from Vicky Douglas, Northern Learning Trust. Revision & vocabulary notes for L1&2 tests both from Ruth Colclough, Newcastle College. AoN Nursery project for Childcare students from Bev Haley, Rathbone, Dewsbury. Mountain Bike percentages from Julie Hobson, Northern Learning Trust. Analogue clocks from Amanda Burgess, WEA Southern Region. Reading scales, +ve & -ve numbers, and reading body temperature all from Jane Kay, Accrington & Rossendale College Sudoku how to PPT & Excel puzzles from Gaby Adnitt, Milton Keynes Adult Ed.  Lotto Dream for Childcare from Helen Connell, Joseph Priestly College. Ordering time from Jeannette Edwards. Fuel prices from Jean Thomas, The Henley College.
06/07/08 ESOL E1 basics & E2 Intro to past tense simple both from Vicky Douglas, Northern Learning Trust. Name the pronouns, Pronouns comprehension, At Home & Homes & Gardens all from Amanda Burgess, WEA Southern Region. Tom's Family - two 20 page Workbooks (M8,E1-2) from Ginette Kriche.
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Numeracy worksheets mapped to Adult Numeracy Curriculum (E1 Number E2 Number E3 Number L1-L2 number, MSS, Data Handling, pre-Entry Numeracy). 06/06/08
Literacy and ESOL worksheets 09/07/08 mapped to Adult Literacy Core Curriculum (pre-Entry, E1, E2, E3, L1, L2)  ESOL Entry 1 ESOL Entry 2

Topical & seasonal 09/06/08. Contextualised resources - employment, care, cars, etc.06/07/08

Study skills, exam tips, general teaching resources 26/06/08

ICT Skills for Life and CLAIT resources 18/06/08
Lesson plans and interactive schemes of work 31/07/07. Quick teaching ideas 15/05/08

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