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No.	Pink = resources new or updated in January 2010 Yellow = resources new or updated in December 2009	January 2010 downloads	Total downloads	(since)	Author	First posted
1	Which suffix cian sion ssion or tion? Worksheets (E3-L2)	2317	29368	12/05/2007	Maggie Harnew	17/04/2001
2	Long 'e' phonics sheets (E1-E2)	2239	30203		Margaret Adams	19/07/2006
3	Mean, mode, median, range worksheet (L1-2)	2025	24137		Jan Long	08/05/2008
4	Types of text - student handout (E3-L2)	1812	34761		Laura Jeffrey	29/04/2007
5	E3-L1 Decimal place value chart	1793	34828	28/05/2006	Maggie Harnew	01/04/2001
6	School Snow Days:L1-2 Functional English tasks	1568	1568		Claire Douglas	17/01/2010
7	Functional English task sheets for Care: Early Years (E3-L1)	1566	1566		Colleen Craggs	03/01/2010
8	Snow Maths based on Jan 2010 Big Freeze data (E3-L2)	1458	1458		Judith White	10/01/2010
9	Descriptive texts. Fact and Opinion activity  (E3-L2)	1404	48725	18/05/2005	Maggie Harnew	07/05/2002
10	L2 Celebrity BMI investigation (formulae, decimals, averages, etc.)	1360	20402		Janet Wilkins	26/01/2008
11	The importance of punctuation (E2-L1)	1340	44030		Margaret Lagoyianni	06/07/2006
12	Spelling Techniques 28 pages of exercises & handouts (E1-L2)	1337	8501		Jill Machin	25/08/2009
13	Describing people: on-screen free writing activity (E1)	1331	26254	01/07/2007	Maggie Harnew	12/07/2004
14	Famous names & addresses. Giving personal information (E1-2)	1321	24388	18/07/2007	Maggie Harnew	10/12/2003
15	Individual compound word activities (9 worksheets) E3	1296	25782		Maggie Harnew	25/09/2006
16	Health & safety amusing (& factual!) E1- E3 reading activities	1276	23182		Laurence Fletcher	21/06/2008
17	Fraction Wall OHT and card based activities E2-L1	1238	15288		Judith White	26/03/2006
18	E1 spelling and sentence building - 15 graduated tasks	1237	23233		Ginette Kriche	17/04/2008
19	2D and 3D shapes A12 pages of resources E1-L2	1211	5475		John Thompson A	14/08/2009
20	Problem page - reading, writing and discussion (E3-L2)	1182	35265		Saul Pope	20/06/2007
21	Measure Cards (E2-L2)	1180	33422	01/07/2005	Maggie Harnew	07/02/2004
22	Place Value handout and OHT - millions (L1)	1169	26276		Maggie Harnew	09/12/2005
23	Look at letters (E3-L2)	1163	37765	29/05/2005	Maggie Harnew	06/03/2005
24	Rooms of the House Lit-ESOL-ICT Exercise 1 - change text colour (E1)	1159	21887		Ginette Kriche	13/04/2008
25	Types of text circular writing activity (L1-2)	1156	20154		Heidi Griffin	15/05/2008
26	Days of the week - interactive 6 page worksheet (E1-2 ICT ESOL)	1153	27745		Cathy Barton	26/03/2007
27	30 Words of the week plan for 3 terms E3-L2	1133	34817		Maggie Harnew	11/09/2006
28	Revision & Vocabulary notes for L2 numeracy test (for ESOL students & others)	1128	17008		Ruth Colclough	05/07/2008
29	09-10 football Premier league lit & num activities (E2-L2)	1125	5533		Matt Barnes	30/09/2009
30	Moral dilemmas - card game (E3-L2)	1124	32230		Saul Pope	24/10/2006
31	Susan Boyle - Britain's Got Talent E1-E3 reading, planning, form filling, and more	1112	10537		Margery Lynott	25/05/2009
32	Looking at Newspapers lesson description and resources (E1-L2)	1098	4297		Ellie Walsh	14/10/2009
33	Functional English task sheets for Social Care (E3-L1)	1083	1083		Colleen Craggs	03/01/2010
34	Subject - verb agreement resources & plan for construction (E3-L1)	1068	6353		Mary Atherton	24/08/2009
35	Literacy start of term quiz or diagnostic assessment (L1-2)	1033	3793		Dave Norgate	06/10/2009
36	26 Week Scheme of Work for Entry 3, Level 1 and Level 2 literacy	1009	19820		Jan Long	23/10/2007
37	Tally Chart Practice (E3)	996	21185		Margaret Lagoyianni	24/10/2006
38	Dee gets Fit story and comprehension (E1)	992	4535		Rachel Emmett	24/09/2009
39	Storyboards for preEntry and Entry Lit/ESOL (M7-E2)	987	40895		June Mill	19/07/2005
40	We need to use capital letters (E1-L1)	984	36370		Margaret Lagoyianni	12/09/2005
41	Fraction exam questions (7 x L1, 7 x L2)	984	27146	20/11/2005	Maggie Harnew	25/06/2005
42	Charlie's Horse humorous E2-3 story, comprehension, grammar, spelling, etc.	981	3838		Marion Martin	19/10/2009
43	Literacy exam tips (especially grammar) L1-2	972	19485		Helen Worsley	18/02/2007
44	Weather Maths: L1-2 number & data handling	967	967		Claire Douglas	17/01/2010
45	Multiplying & dividing decimals fact and problem sheets (L1)	944	13060		Janet Wilkins	12/02/2008
46	Love Hearts Literacy Assignment - comprehension and more (E2-L2)	939	23463		Maggie Harnew	04/02/2008
47	Step up to Word 3 x 2 hr session plans and more (E2-E3)	935	1251		Jan Hayto	13/12/2009
48	Questioning for Understanding (E1-L2)	934	3819		Jeff Moran	15/10/2009
49	Possessive apostrophes (L1-L2)	930	25864		Maggie Harnew	18/12/2005
50	Lesson plans for employment skills (L1-2)	927	1875		Andrew Potterton	29/11/2009
51	Why do CAPITAL LETTERS annoy us? L2 comprehension	915	4211		Dave Norgate	13/10/2009
52	Smarties investigation (E1-L1)	904	35314	05/02/2006	Di Mellor	18/02/2004
53	Level 2 Car Maths (formulae, decimals, percentages, measures, etc.)	904	18786		Gordon Noblett	26/01/2008
54	Practical sessions on weight, length, capacity & area	897	15360		Tom Goldstein	08/10/2007
55	At the Supermarket comprehension questions (E1-2)	890	5002		Yvonne Cook	26/08/2009
56	John; Judy; and 'My Party' - 3 x ESOL /Lit E1-E2 comprehension texts	885	5699		Ayesha Amin	13/08/2009
57	Money, decimals and fractions E3-L2 worksheet	880	23853		Judith White	09/03/2007
58	There-their-they're info, bingo, and cloze exercises (L1)	880	1214		Colleen Craggs	14/12/2009
59	L1 numeracy practice test / IA (not multiple choice)	874	3484		Dave Clapham	13/10/2009
60	Number bonds to 10 and 20 E1-E3 card games	873	16597		Judith White	26/03/2006
61	Plurals - adding S to words ending in Y card games and worksheets E3-L1	871	10331		Janet Kinsey	03/03/2008
62	Revision & Vocab notes for L1 numeracy test (for ESOL students & others)	863	13270		Ruth Colclough	05/07/2008
63	Pictograms - overview, examples, exercises (E3)	860	14133		Tony Jenkins	13/04/2008
64	Properties of 2D shapes (E2-E3)	854	22056		Maggie Harnew	25/07/2006
65	Fact and opinion multisensory resources (E2-L2)	848	23450		Emma Shaw	13/01/2007
66	Spelling mnemonics reference list (all levels)	840	22566		Stella Jales	19/01/2007
67	Scale plans and maps: converting measures - L2 worksheet	835	11889		Ian Saunders	10/08/2007
68	Multi-purpose card based resources for Entry Lit & Num	830	21174	14/08/2007	Maggie Harnew	31/10/2001
69	Percentages & fractions of quantities (L1-L2)	830	10901		Jean Thomas	05/01/2007
70	20 Preposition exercises for E1-2 ESOL	828	10989		Amanda Burgess	14/07/2008
71	1969 Moon Landing reading, writing, spelling, grammar activities (L1-2)	825	6445		Ellie Walsh	20/07/2009
72	E3 numeracy multiple choice practice test	819	3439		Ruth Colclough	08/10/2009
73	Temperature and thermometers worksheet (L1-L2)	812	15378		John Wood	09/04/2008
74	Literacy revision (E3-L1)	810	27511		Penny Halliday	08/06/2005
75	Working in a Charity Shop (E3 number and money)	809	3141		Olubunmi Coker	16/10/2009
76	Fantasy job lesson plan E3-L1	805	4230		Philip Hinchcliffe	19/09/2009
77	Dr Who differentiated comprehension (E3-L2)	803	18124		Andrea McCulloch	29/05/2008
78	Fairtrade business project (L1-2 ICT, Numeracy & Literacy)	803	4760		Helen Connell	18/08/2009
79	Informal language - slang worksheets /listening (L1/2)	801	16405		Imogen Stewart	13/04/2006
80	Verb charades (all levels)	799	3732		Tom Gee	27/09/2009
81	Entry level Wordle activities - shapes, odd numbers, metric units (E1-3)	796	18100		Dave Norgate	03/09/2008
82	Three end of term maths quizzes (E1-2, E3-L1, L2)	792	4493		Han Dunsterville	14/09/2009
83	Internet searching (E2-L2)	788	1774		Jane Harbord	14/11/2009
84	Questions on days & months - drop down worksheet (E1-2 ICT ESOL)	786	17482		Cathy Barton	26/03/2007
85	Help sheet for those teaching L1-2 Functional Mathematics	786	3884		Maggie Harnew	09/09/2009
86	Mean mode median range posters & handout (L1-2)	785	18022		Valerie Hitchcox	26/11/2007
87	Punctuation multi-sensory game cards (all levels)	782	29218		Margaret Adams	31/08/2006
88	Work vocabulary cards (E2-E3 Lit and ESOL)	780	22261		Laura Jeffrey	19/01/2007
89	Build a Wall. re-Turf a pitch and other L1 measure task sheets	778	20066		Jan Robinson	06/10/2006
90	Tom's Family Book 1 - About Tom M8-E2 20 page workbook (ESOL/Lit)	775	10264		Ginette Kriche	27/06/2008
91	Floor plan - area & perimeter tasks (L1)	775	4902		Pauline Bicker	30/06/2009
92	Types of text - What am I? Revision card game (E3-L2)	770	19204		Angela Kennedy-Lockwood	31/05/2007
93	Pet Centipede humorous E1-2 story, comprehension, past tense, contractions	770	2991		Marion Martin	19/10/2009
94	Colours, clothes, fruit. 43 pages word & sentence level games (M8-E2)	766	13166	12/08/2004	Maggie Harnew	07/07/2008
95	Fraction exam questions version 2 ( L2)	765	25632		Maggie Harnew	20/11/2005
96	Pizza fractions (E2-E3)	762	25624		Maggie Harnew	25/07/2006
97	Mixed Entry level number exercises (E1-E3)	758	19346		Jean Thomas	13/04/2006
98	CV templates / planners (Word) for E3-L1	755	15800		Steve Mangan	18/06/2008
99	Grammar Glamour interactive board game E3-L2 (PPT)	754	4137		Sandie Divers	16/09/2009
100	Working in a garage M8-E2 Lit and Num	751	12448		Jennifer Whitehead	11/09/2008

No.	Pink = resources new or updated in January 2010 Yellow = resources new or updated in December 2009	January 2010 downloads	Total downloads	(since)	Author	First posted
101	Introduction to the past tense simple E2 - exercises, info, card game (9 pages)	751	10440		Vicky Douglas	07/07/2008
102	Functional Maths Level 1 scheme of work	751	751		Elizabeth Adeyemi	18/01/2010
103	Days of the week: Lesson plan and many resources (M8-E1)	747	12346		Andrew Speers	22/05/2008
104	Employment Skills task sheets (budgeting, self-employment)	742	1189		Andrew Case	09/12/2009
105	Healthy Eating lesson plan & resources (M7, M8, E1)	734	7632		Andrew Speers	09/07/2008
106	Telling the Time interactive worksheet (E1-2 ESOL, Measure, ICT)	733	15500		Cathy Barton	29/04/2007
107	Silent e differentiated worksheets (E1/2)	733	15057		Imogen Stewart	13/04/2006
108	Home and Away flat budgeting task (E3)	733	1679		Andrew Case	23/11/2009
109	Speaking about health board game (E1-E3 ESOL and Lit)	732	13885		Lyn Hunter	03/02/2008
110	Swine Flu Multiple choice questions (L1-2)	728	7716		Elaine Slingsby	13/06/2009
111	Literacy start of term quiz or diagnostic assessment (E2-3)	727	3252		Dave Norgate	06/10/2009
112	Britain's Brickies text for comprehension & vocabulary (L2)	727	2599		Grace Labode	24/10/2009
113	Times tables problems (8 sets) (E2-L1)	724	15423		Dave Norgate	28/10/2008
114	The Best Hairdo for your Face punctuation (L1-2)	722	20590		Debbie Hulse	22/05/2007
115	26 Week Scheme of Work for Entry 3, Level 1 and Level 2 numeracy	718	14964		Jan Long	23/10/2007
116	Social Signs quiz (M7-E1)	713	13780		Heidi Griffin	15/05/2008
117	Level 1 40 question practice literacy test	711	3661		Sarah Penneck	30/09/2009
118	Mark, Chloe, Paul and Alice 4 comprehension texts (E2 lit and ESOL)	696	10797		Amanda Burgess	12/07/2008
119	Their - they're - there interactive homophone worksheet DOC L1-2	694	28561		Gaye Noel	05/09/2006
120	Burger King statistics investigation (E3-L2)	690	19926		Saul Pope	18/02/2007
121	Hot or Cold? Drop down worksheet (E1 ESOL, Lit, ICT)	689	14745		Cathy Barton	15/10/2007
122	Level 2 word & sentence level, multiple choice practice 40x test questions	684	10776		Dave Norgate	21/08/2008
123	East is East comprehension & writing task (E3-L1)	682	1906		Jane Harbord	14/11/2009
124	Fantasy Job Project - writing job posters/adverts. New Deal E3-L1	678	12655		Jane Harbord	09/03/2008
125	Conjunctions exercise (E2-L1)	674	20270		Laura Jeffrey	15/01/2007
126	Fraction exam questions version 2 ( L1)	673	23156		Maggie Harnew	20/11/2005
127	Discovering sentences PowerPoint (all levels)	670	22208		Jennifer Baines	11/07/2006
128	Opposites (antonyms) worksheets for E2-L1	670	20518		Laura Jeffrey	31/03/2007
129	The Four Operations - mathematical vocabulary (E1-E3)	668	24580		Paul Nixon	14/10/2007
130	Add suffixes -er - or - ar to make nouns (E2-L1)	663	12094	29/04/2007	Maggie Harnew	17/04/2001
131	Produce a non fiction text - reading, writing and listening (E3-L1)	662	21567		Margaret Lagoyianni	03/10/2006
132	Level 1 Purpose of Text exam questions	660	25572	29/05/2005	Maggie Harnew	06/03/2005
133	To - too info, tips and exercises (L1)	654	1015		Colleen Craggs	14/12/2009
134	Numbers as words fill in chart (E2-L2)	646	5816		Nicola Toms	28/06/2009
135	Describing people - scaffolded writing framework (E2-3)	643	14300		Vicky Douglas	14/04/2008
136	Purpose and audience task sheets (E2-L2 and family learning)	640	19870		Emma Shaw	13/01/2007
137	Give me some advice E3-L2 game (Lit and ESOL)	637	22333		Saul Pope	05/01/2007
138	The writing process multi-sensory activity (E3-L2)	634	14108		Neil Hardy	24/11/2007
139	Be my Valentine. Poetry, slang, writing, speaking & reading (E3-L2)	634	9234		Margaret Lagoyiani	04/02/2008
140	Area, perimeter & volume mnemonic poster (L1)	633	2234		Malcolm Hill	08/11/2009
141	Handwriting practice sheets and writing paper (E1-2)	629	12826		Ginette Kriche	13/04/2008
142	Mind Maps for suffixes and SQ3R (L2)	626	19647		Nikki Brown	22/10/2005
143	Types of text - drag and drop interactive worksheet (E3-L2)	624	15599		Laura Jeffrey	29/04/2007
144	Large numbers in the news (L1-2)	623	3903		Judith White	13/09/2009
145	Breakfast cereal percentages (L1-2)	620	3121		John Kerrane	21/09/2009
146	Numeracy start of term quiz or diagnostic assessment (L1-2)	618	2597		Dave Norgate	06/10/2009
147	All the adult literacy elements (E1-L2) (Excel)	616	16945		Di Jenkins	25/11/2005
148	Activities for possessive and omissive apostrophes (L1-2)	616	14372		Laura Jeffrey	18/02/2007
149	Numeracy start of term quiz or diagnostic assessment (E1-3)	616	2866		Dave Norgate	06/10/2009
150	Emotions and feelings flashcards (E1)	612	12226		Jadwiga Danek	25/03/2007
151	Practice C&G style numeracy assignment - Paper A. Entry 1	608	22509		Gaye Noel	31/08/2006
152	Practice E3 City and Guilds style assignment (mobile phones)	607	5353		Dave Clapham	25/05/2009
153	Sandwich and pizza fractions (equivalents) E2-E3	606	13117		Anne Carlill	07/02/2008
154	Running a business complete L2 themed assignment	601	14369		Ian Saunders	20/07/2007
155	Money, Decimals and Fractions v2 (E3)	600	12836		Judith White	24/11/2007
156	David Beckham past tense verbs cloze exercies (E3)	600	1277		Ann Matsunaga	29/11/2009
157	Myths and Legends comprehension & dictionary worksheets E3-L2	599	12824		John England	06/03/2008
158	The suffix -ING rules, worksheet, and card sort (E3-L1)	598	8567		Janet Wilkins	02/02/2008
159	8 Adjective exercises for E2 ESOL and Lit	595	10438		Amanda Burgess	14/07/2008
160	London tube - scanning text & other ideas (E3-L2 ESOL and Lit)	594	13043		Janet Kinsey	11/02/2008
161	Designing a garden L1-2 project (scales, money, shape & space)	594	2438		Jane Redgrave	28/09/2009
162	Coronation Street E2 activities	593	12668		Karen Bruin	29/05/2008
163	What is a conjunction? Information and worksheet (E3-L1)	592	13799		Gill Gallagher	08/08/2007
164	Mouse exercises (E1-E2)	589	14414		Barbara Corcoran	11/03/2007
165	Area, perimeter and circumference - L2 worksheet	586	13492		Ian Saunders	10/08/2007
166	Too posh - L2 style, proof reading and synonyms	586	3030		Dave Norgate	08/10/2009
167	Level 2 Grammar check - triangular Tarsia jigsaw - card match game PDF	584	13593		Maggie Harnew	15/08/2007
168	Fractions - naming and simplifying PPT (E3-L2)	579	20517		Jennifer Williamson	18/06/2007
169	At Home - matching, labelling, spelling. 13 pages. M7-E1 Lit / ESOL	579	8624		Amanda Burgess	25/06/2008
170	Caught in the Act! Cloze / comprehension exercise (E3)	573	11055		Janet Wilkins	17/05/2008
171	Bank balance game large and negative numbers E3-L2	572	21860		Jane Marsh	04/09/2006
172	Premier League numeracy (E3-L1)	572	14877		Saul Pope	05/01/2007
173	Capital letters card based activities (E1-2)	572	4482		Emma Shaw	09/07/2009
174	Mary and Sam 'tch' words - story, exercises and crossword (E1-2)	569	12126		Margaret Adams	14/10/2007
175	Where did we go on holiday? Differentiated activity all levels	566	20091		Judith White	22/09/2006
176	Yesterday's World text & phonics (th digraph) E2-E3	560	14995		Margaret Adams	20/02/2007
177	Listening to and following instructions - playing cards game (E3-L2)	557	18511		Jo Williams	05/01/2007
178	Drag and drop colour worksheets (E1-E2 ICT, ESOL, Lit)	554	14336		Cathy Barton	23/02/2007
179	Listening to and following instructions - sweets game (E3-L2)	549	15096		Jo Williams	05/01/2007
180	Film, book and TV review sheets - writing frames (E3-L1)	548	15299		Joy Collins	09/06/2006
181	Michael Jackson obituary - comprehension, apostrophes, summarising, etc (L2)	545	5146		Kathryn Galara	06/07/2009
182	Boudicca's Revolt punctuation and vocabulary work pack (E3-L2)	543	12724		Gill Gallagher	13/10/2007
183	About Paul activity book (M7-E1) ESOL & Lit	541	8387		Ginette Kriche	17/10/2008
184	Dictionary Challenge team game E3-L2	540	22315		Angela Kennedy-Lockwood	12/02/2006
185	Revision & Vocab notes for new E3 numeracy test (ESOL students & others)	540	9546		Ruth Colclough	17/08/2008
186	Hairdressing lit & num resources based on making appointments (E3-L1)	540	3840		Nicola Smith	09/07/2009
187	Daft Burglars E1-2 text and comprehension questions	539	12356		Ginette Kriche	18/04/2008
188	Pancake day comprehension & ratios (E2-L1)	537	16691		Margaret Lagoyiani	18/02/2007
189	Shopping Bag Capital Letters activity (E2-L1)	536	23113		Jo Williams	08/11/2005
190	Temperature & weather charts (E3-L1)	535	6529		Anne Carlill	14/02/2009
191	Trip to London practice C&G style numeracy assignment E3	531	19552		Gaye Noel	04/09/2006
192	Letter writing ideas (E3-L1)	530	18481	29/05/2005	Maggie Harnew	05/02/2005
193	Level 2 whole number (N1) practice multiple choice exam questions	530	15789	22/04/2007	Maggie Harnew	06/04/2004
194	My Christmas - a New Year's writing activity (E3)	530	3302		Danielle Dagnall	29/12/2008
195	Common measures portfolio / workbook (L2)	528	2277		Carmen Pop	18/09/2009
196	Lesson plan to accompany Fractions for Working Life PPT (L1-2)	526	11236		Paul Hodson	20/07/2007
197	My health flashcards (E1)	526	10859		Jadwiga Danek	25/03/2007
198	Living in Poverty L2 reading / writing assessment for potential Access students	526	10400		Billy Count	06/07/2008
199	The problem with money - graduated picture money problems (E1-E2)	526	4681		Michael Garen	10/04/2009
200	Integrated shopping activities: S&L, reading, grammar, etc (E1)	524	8940		Ginette Kriche	18/05/2008