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Yellow = resources new or updated in June 2009

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 June 2009 downloads

Total downloads

(since)

 Author First posted
1 Susan Boyle - Britain's Got Talent E1-E3 reading, planning, form filling, and more 3473 4234   Margery Lynott 25/05/2009
2 Diversity - Britain's Got Talent L1 comprehension, vocab, etc. 1612 1612   Rachel Emmett 06/06/2009
3 Swine Flu literacy comprehension idea based on UK Government leaflet (E2-L1) 1534 4440   Maggie Harnew 05/05/2009
4 Revision & Vocabulary notes for L2 numeracy test (for ESOL students & others) 1445 10638   Ruth Colclough 05/07/2008
5 Types of text - student handout (E3-L2) 1434 25494   Laura Jeffrey 29/04/2007
6 E2-L2 literacy glossary - card match/ fill-in exercise 1433 1745   Christine Casserly 25/05/2009
7 Mean, mode, median, range worksheet (L1-2) 1412 14207   Jan Long 08/05/2008
8 Practice E3 City and Guilds style assignment (mobile phones) 1284 1504   Dave Clapham 25/05/2009
9 Swine Flu research questions (L1-L2) 1253 2728   Pam Benfold 10/05/2009
10 The importance of punctuation (E2-L1) 1213 36184   Margaret Lagoyianni 06/07/2006
11 E1 spelling and sentence building - 15 graduated tasks 1206 16567   Ginette Kriche 17/04/2008
12 Do you have a favourite ...? £ web research task sheets (E3-L1) 1198 1358   John Thompson A 27/05/2009
13 Giant Lego Man on the Beach (L1 comprehension) 1184 1184   Michael Garen 03/06/2009
14 Swine Flu Multiple choice questions (L1-2) 1182 1182   Elaine Slingsby 13/06/2009
15 Which suffix cian sion ssion or tion? Worksheets (E3-L2) 1174 20639 12/05/2007 Maggie Harnew 17/04/2001
16 Understanding L1-2 exam questions (PPT)  1104 1233   John Thompson A 27/05/2009
17 Health & safety amusing (& factual!) E1- E3 reading activities 1101 16211   Laurence Fletcher 21/06/2008
18 Problem page - reading, writing and discussion (E3-L2) 1093 28577   Saul Pope 20/06/2007
19 Wimbledon E2-3 comprehension and alphabetical ordering 1068 4465   Chris Robinson 24/06/2008
20  Literacy exam tips (especially grammar) L1-2 1066 15199   Helen Worsley 18/02/2007
21 Descriptive texts. Fact and Opinion activity  (E3-L2) 1045 42398 18/05/2005 Maggie Harnew 07/05/2002
22 Types of text circular writing activity (L1-2)  1034 13888   Heidi Griffin 15/05/2008
23 Level 1 Purpose of Text exam questions 1033 22042 29/05/2005 Maggie Harnew 06/03/2005
24 Fairtrade numeracy - factions, decimals, %s, data handling (L1-2) 1011 1011   Jackie Barton 05/06/2009
25 Summer word fun - 5 word games for E1-2 ESOL and Lit 1004 6477   Ginette Kriche 08/07/2008
26 Famous names & addresses. Giving personal information (E1-2) 1001 15089 18/07/2007 Maggie Harnew 10/12/2003
27 Woman in Jail over Virtual Murder (L1 comprehension) 993 993   Michael Garen 03/06/2009
28 Moral dilemmas - card game (E3-L2) 983 25893   Saul Pope 24/10/2006
29 Describing people: on-screen free writing activity (E1) 976 17693 01/07/2007 Maggie Harnew 12/07/2004
30 Rooms of the House Lit-ESOL-ICT Exercise 1 - change text colour (E1) 965 15996   Ginette Kriche 13/04/2008
31 Revision & Vocab notes for L1 numeracy test (for ESOL students & others) 941 9098   Ruth Colclough 05/07/2008
32 Smarties investigation (E1-L1) 933 30379 05/02/2006 Di Mellor 18/02/2004
33 Entry level Wordle activities - shapes, odd numbers, metric units (E1-3) 933 12867   Dave Norgate 03/09/2008
34 Hired or fired  - purpose of text & lesson plan (E3-L2) 923 17805   Jodie Travis 14/07/2006
35 Storyboards for preEntry and Entry Lit/ESOL (M7-E2) 909 35205   June Mill 19/07/2005
36 30 Words of the week plan for 3 terms E3-L2 903 28987   Maggie Harnew 11/09/2006
37 Look at letters (E3-L2) 899 32017 29/05/2005 Maggie Harnew 06/03/2005
38 Love Hearts Literacy Assignment - comprehension and more (E2-L2) 894 18761   Maggie Harnew 04/02/2008
39 Pictograms - overview, examples, exercises (E3) 859 9316   Tony Jenkins 13/04/2008
40 Number relationships - squares, multiples, factors , etc.(L1)  858 945   Janet Wilkins 26/05/2009
41 Literacy revision (E3-L1) 827 23223   Penny Halliday 08/06/2005
42 Dr Who differentiated comprehension (E3-L2) 819 14161   Andrea McCulloch 29/05/2008
43 L2 Celebrity BMI investigation (formulae, decimals, averages, etc.) 818 14170   Janet Wilkins 26/01/2008
44 Possessive apostrophes (L1-L2) 811 20798   Maggie Harnew 18/12/2005
45 26 Week Scheme of Work for Entry 3, Level 1 and Level 2 literacy 808 14471   Jan Long 23/10/2007
46 Level 2 Car Maths (formulae, decimals, percentages, measures, etc.) 796 13781   Gordon Noblett 26/01/2008
47 We need to use capital letters (E1-L1) 795 30711   Margaret Lagoyianni 12/09/2005
48 Barack Obama E3-L1 comprehension, spelling, etc.. 777 777   Ellie Walsh 06/06/2009
49 Mean mode median range posters & handout (L1-2) 771 13556   Valerie Hitchcox 26/11/2007
50 Is it were or we're? (E2 or any level dyslexia support) 759 927   Sheila Williams 25/05/2009
51 CV templates / planners (Word) for E3-L1 754 11407   Steve Mangan 18/06/2008
52 Tally Chart Practice (E3) 734 15405   Margaret Lagoyianni 24/10/2006
53 Level 2 word & sentence level, multiple choice practice 40x test questions 726 7264   Dave Norgate 21/08/2008
54 Dyslexia practice sheets (CVC, blends, etc) E1-2 720 8907   Jennifer Whitehead 24/09/2008
55 Days of the week - interactive 6 page worksheet (E1-2 ICT ESOL) 718 21680   Cathy Barton 26/03/2007
56 Long 'e' phonics sheets (E1-E2) 716 20603   Margaret Adams 19/07/2006
57 Spelling mnemonics reference list (all levels) 710 17800   Stella Jales 19/01/2007
58 Colours, clothes, fruit. 43 pages word & sentence level games (M8-E2)   708 8482 12/08/2004 Maggie Harnew 07/07/2008
59 Build a Wall. re-Turf a pitch and other L1 measure task sheets 705 16091   Jan Robinson 06/10/2006
60 Fraction exam questions (7 x L1, 7 x L2) 702 21822 20/11/2005 Maggie Harnew 25/06/2005
61 The Best Hairdo for your Face punctuation (L1-2) 690 16285   Debbie Hulse 22/05/2007
62 Opposites (antonyms) worksheets for E2-L1   686 16689   Laura Jeffrey 31/03/2007
63 Punctuation multi-sensory game cards (all levels) 683 24898   Margaret Adams 31/08/2006
64 Measure Cards (E2-L2) 682 29029 01/07/2005 Maggie Harnew 07/02/2004
65 Temperature and thermometers worksheet (L1-L2) 678 11704   John Wood 09/04/2008
66 Individual compound word activities (9 worksheets) E3 674 19337   Maggie Harnew 25/09/2006
67 Fraction exam questions version 2 ( L2) 673 21360   Maggie Harnew 20/11/2005
68 Running a business complete L2 themed assignment 671 11009   Ian Saunders 20/07/2007
69 Trip to London practice C&G style numeracy assignment E3 670 16701   Gaye Noel 04/09/2006
70 Percentages & fractions of quantities (L1-L2) 667 6663   Jean Thomas 05/01/2007
71 Work vocabulary cards (E2-E3 Lit and ESOL) 664 17995   Laura Jeffrey 19/01/2007
72 At Home - matching, labelling, spelling. 13 pages. M7-E1 Lit / ESOL 660 5083   Amanda Burgess 25/06/2008
73 Produce a non fiction text - reading, writing and listening (E3-L1)  658 17835   Margaret Lagoyianni 03/10/2006
74 E3-L1 Decimal place value chart 657 24946 28/05/2006 Maggie Harnew 01/04/2001
75 Types of text - What am I? Revision card game (E3-L2) 657 15516   Angela Kennedy-Lockwood 31/05/2007
76 Money, decimals and fractions E3-L2 worksheet  656 19246   Judith White 09/03/2007
77 Fact and opinion multisensory resources (E2-L2) 654 19297   Emma Shaw 13/01/2007
78 Working in a garage M8-E2 Lit and Num 654 7986   Jennifer Whitehead 11/09/2008
79 Social Signs quiz (M7-E1) 646 9546   Heidi Griffin 15/05/2008
80 Happy percentages (L2 - Functional skills)  640 776   Ceri Geary 26/05/2009
81 Times tables problems (8 sets) (E2-L1) 635 10548   Dave Norgate 28/10/2008
82 Healthy Eating lesson plan & resources (M7, M8, E1) 625 3871   Andrew Speers 09/07/2008
83 Give me some advice E3-L2 game (Lit and ESOL) 623 18879   Saul Pope 05/01/2007
84 Multiplying & dividing decimals fact and problem sheets (L1) 618 8568   Janet Wilkins 12/02/2008
85 Revision & Vocab notes for new E3 numeracy test (ESOL students & others) 606 6652   Ruth Colclough 17/08/2008
86 Types of text - drag and drop interactive worksheet (E3-L2) 604 12473   Laura Jeffrey 29/04/2007
87 20 Preposition exercises for E1-2 ESOL 601 6703   Amanda Burgess 14/07/2008
88 Level 2 whole number (N1) practice multiple choice exam questions 600 12525 22/04/2007 Maggie Harnew 06/04/2004
89 Handwriting practice sheets and writing paper (E1-2) 597 9386   Ginette Kriche 13/04/2008
90 Conjunctions exercise (E2-L1) 595 16385   Laura Jeffrey 15/01/2007
91 Fraction Wall OHT and card based activities E2-L1 595 9206   Judith White 26/03/2006
92 Earth - An Amazing Planet (L2 reading /writing 594 7610   Jan Long 23/06/2008
93 Scale plans and maps: converting measures - L2 worksheet 587 8044   Ian Saunders 10/08/2007
94 Bank balance game large and negative numbers E3-L2 580 17906   Jane Marsh 04/09/2006
95 Describing people - scaffolded writing framework (E2-3) 579 10545   Vicky Douglas 14/04/2008
96 Days of the week: Lesson plan and many resources (M8-E1) 576 7911   Andrew Speers 22/05/2008
97 Speaking about health board game (E1-E3 ESOL and Lit) 573 10274   Lyn Hunter 03/02/2008
98 The problem with money - graduated picture money problems (E1-E2) 571 2032   Michael Garen 10/04/2009
99 Coronation Street E2 activities 565 9234   Karen Bruin 29/05/2008
100 Feeding and weeding the lawn - group activity (E2-L2) 563 15801   Judith White 09/10/2006
No.

Yellow = resources new or updated in June 2009

Green = new or updated in May 2009

 June 2009 downloads

Total downloads

(since)

 Author First posted
101 Multi-purpose card based resources for Entry Lit & Num 562 16688 14/08/2007 Maggie Harnew 31/10/2001
102 Burger King statistics investigation (E3-L2) 562 16453   Saul Pope 18/02/2007
103 Hot or Cold? Drop down worksheet (E1 ESOL, Lit, ICT)  559 11083   Cathy Barton 15/10/2007
104 26 Week Scheme of Work for Entry 3, Level 1 and Level 2 numeracy 557 10675   Jan Long 23/10/2007
105 Practice C&G style numeracy assignment - Paper A. Entry 1 554 19379   Gaye Noel 31/08/2006
106 Properties of 2D shapes (E2-E3) 552 17853   Maggie Harnew 25/07/2006
107 Boudicca's Revolt punctuation and vocabulary work pack (E3-L2) 551 9687   Gill Gallagher 13/10/2007
108 About Paul activity book (M7-E1) ESOL & Lit  551 5203   Ginette Kriche 17/10/2008
109 Fraction exam questions version 2 ( L1) 550 19444   Maggie Harnew 20/11/2005
110 Entry 3 practice assignment (pets) 550 14116   Lynn Savage & Rachel Leyland 29/04/2007
111 Living in Poverty L2 reading / writing assessment for potential Access students   549 7621   Billy Count 06/07/2008
112 Shopping Bag Capital Letters activity (E2-L1) 548 19821   Jo Williams 08/11/2005
113 Purpose and audience task sheets (E2-L2 and family learning) 548 16495   Emma Shaw 13/01/2007
114 Practical sessions on weight, length, capacity & area 547 11878   Tom Goldstein 08/10/2007
115 8 Adjective exercises for E2 ESOL and Lit 545 7082   Amanda Burgess 14/07/2008
116 Temperature & weather charts (E3-L1) 544 3571   Anne Carlill 14/02/2009
117 Pizza fractions (E2-E3) 543 21669   Maggie Harnew 25/07/2006
118 Daft Burglars E1-2 text and comprehension questions 538 9556   Ginette Kriche 18/04/2008
119 The writing process multi-sensory activity (E3-L2) 537 10627   Neil Hardy 24/11/2007
120 E1 ESOL - Lit writing practice (Trinity style) postcards & messages 537 6501   Ginette Kriche 18/04/2008
121 Myths and Legends comprehension & dictionary worksheets E3-L2 536 9842   John England 06/03/2008
122 Fantasy Job Project - writing job posters/adverts. New Deal E3-L1 534 9089   Jane Harbord 09/03/2008
123 London tube - scanning text & other ideas (E3-L2 ESOL and Lit) 533 10149   Janet Kinsey 11/02/2008
124 Monopoly mental maths games (E1-E3) 533 7752   Leon Szymanski 29/08/2008
125 Pronoun comprehension and substitution (E2) 530 6711   Amanda Burgess 26/06/2008
126 Area, perimeter and circumference - L2 worksheet 529 10404   Ian Saunders 10/08/2007
127 Recognising Tone - L2 help sheet, card match and teaching notes 525 7918   Janet Kinsey 27/03/2008
128 Mixed Entry level number exercises (E1-E3) 524 15144   Jean Thomas 13/04/2006
129 Premier League numeracy (E3-L1) 523 11396   Saul Pope 05/01/2007
130 Mark, Chloe, Paul and Alice 4 comprehension texts (E2 lit and ESOL) 522 7439   Amanda Burgess 12/07/2008
131 Personal travel planner & Planning a Holiday (E3-L1 lit/ESOL) 519 5673   Lynne Bradshaw 22/06/2008
132 Listening to and following instructions - playing cards game (E3-L2) 517 15424   Jo Williams 05/01/2007
133 Numeracy during summer break (all levels) 517 8088   Judith White 16/07/2006
134 Where did we go on holiday? Differentiated activity all levels 516 16480   Judith White 22/09/2006
135 Homes & Gardens - matching, labelling, spelling. 9 pages. M7-E1 510 6814   Amanda Burgess 25/06/2008
136 Estimating & measuring weight/capacity. Online ICT exercise (E3) 509 613   Carol Smith 25/05/2009
137 Caught in the Act! Cloze / comprehension exercise (E3)  508 8021   Janet Wilkins 17/05/2008
138 Apostrophes handout - exercises (L1-2)   508 6040   Vicky Douglas 06/07/2008
139 Dictionary Challenge team game E3-L2 507 19427   Angela Kennedy-Lockwood 12/02/2006
140 Merry Hill Shoppers - comprehension, giving instructions. New Deal L1-2 505 9488   Jane Harbord 06/03/2008
141 Frank (based on 'Bullitt') reading comprehension (E2-3) 505 4295   Laurence Fletcher 10/02/2009
142 Classroom Objects word games for M8-E1 ESOL-Lit 503 2582   Ginette Kriche 16/07/2008
143 Inheritance short story, comprehension  and word search (E3-L2) 502 10359   Tracy Richardson 11/02/2008
144 Dangers of Working with Cement - skim, scan & comprehension (E3-L2) 500 9405   Gill Gallagher 21/10/2007
145 Entry 1 ESOL assessments x 3 (word, sentence, text level) 498 5115   Amanda Burgess 18/08/2008
146 Level 2 Grammar check - triangular Tarsia jigsaw - card match game PDF 490 10583   Maggie Harnew 15/08/2007
147 Complex sentences (E3-L2) 489 17770 06/12/2005 Maggie Harnew 29/11/2004
148 Sandwich and pizza fractions (equivalents) E2-E3 488 9960   Anne Carlill 07/02/2008
149 Fraction dominoes (equivalents) L1 487 487   John Thompson B 03/06/2009
150  Drag and drop colour worksheets (E1-E2 ICT, ESOL, Lit) 482 11392   Cathy Barton 23/02/2007
151 What is a conjunction? Information and worksheet (E3-L1) 482 10441   Gill Gallagher 08/08/2007
152 Using formulae examples and problems (L2) 481 12512   Jean Thomas 13/04/2006
153 Questions on days & months - drop down worksheet (E1-2 ICT ESOL) 478 13545   Cathy Barton 26/03/2007
154 Tom's Family Book 1 - About Tom M8-E2 20 page workbook (ESOL/Lit) 477 6742   Ginette Kriche 27/06/2008
155 Animal description cards (E2-E3) 475 15798   Maggie Harnew 06/10/2005
156 Integrated shopping activities: S&L, reading, grammar, etc (E1) 475 6242   Ginette Kriche 18/05/2008
157 Reading & writing numbers as words 26 page booklet (M8-E1) 475 3347   Jennifer Whitehead 09/02/2009
158 Letter writing ideas (E3-L1) 474 15936 29/05/2005 Maggie Harnew 05/02/2005
159 Synonyms and homonyms  workbook L1/2 474 14453   Jennifer Baines 15/02/2006
160 Emotions and feelings flashcards (E1) 471 8910   Jadwiga Danek 25/03/2007
161 Spelling and vocabulary task for Level 2 exam practice 469 14469   Jennifer Baines 31/08/2006
162 The Four Operations - mathematical vocabulary (E1-E3) 467 20365   Paul Nixon 14/10/2007
163 Discovering sentences PowerPoint (all levels) 466 18552   Jennifer Baines 11/07/2006
164 Following instructions - BBC Skillwise (E2-E3) 464 13567   Paula Pye 11/03/2007
165 'Snail Mail' blazes slow e-trail BBC News L2 reading, identify main points, writing task. 460 5734   Dave Norgate 14/08/2008
166 Activities for possessive and omissive apostrophes (L1-2) 459 11182   Laura Jeffrey 18/02/2007
167 Yesterday's World text & phonics (th digraph) E2-E3 458 12038   Margaret Adams 20/02/2007
168 Mixed ESOL resources for E1 beginners (9 pages) 457 5400   Vicky Douglas 06/07/2008
169 Film, book and TV review sheets - writing frames (E3-L1) 456 12289   Joy Collins 09/06/2006
170 Tom's Family Book 1 - Tom's Sister M8-E2 20 page workbook (ESOL/Lit) 455 6265   Ginette Kriche 28/06/2008
171 14 World Cup 1966 word games. 29 page booklet (M8-E2) 450 16664 31/05/2006 Maggie Harnew 01/07/2004
172 Telling the Time interactive worksheet (E1-2 ESOL, Measure, ICT) 450 11837   Cathy Barton 29/04/2007
173 Recycling word games for M8-E1 ESOL-Lit 450 8111   Ginette Kriche 15/07/2008
174 Wordle word cloud recognise nouns, verbs & prepositions (E3-L1)  449 6046   Dave Norgate 19/08/2008
175 Happy Holidays extras (writing frames, poster, planner, etc.) E3-L1 446 10928   Maggie Harnew 19/09/2006
176 Mind Maps how to mind map and spelling strategies (E2-L2)  443 15878 29/05/2005 Nikki Brown 06/03/2005
177 Intro to mind mapping. Planning a beach holiday (all levels) 443 11905   Ruth Wood 30/06/2006
178 Mind Maps for suffixes and SQ3R (L2) 442 16359   Nikki Brown 22/10/2005
179 Love hearts numeracy investigation / assessment (E2-L1) 438 9747   Maggie Harnew 24/01/2008
180 Spelling mnemonics quiz (L1-2) 438 5747   James Carroll 26/08/2008
181 Power Walking - cloze exercises / suffixes (E3-L1) 438 438   Tricia Egginton 20/06/2009
182 L1-2 Literacy Millionaire rules and props for both PowerPoints 437 10939   Jo Williams 31/05/2006
183 Favourite Things Bingo - Asking/answering questions (M7-E2) 435 16928   Alison Murray 09/10/2006
184 Formal letters crossword and LSCWC (L1/2) 435 14413   Margaret Adams 27/11/2005
185 A weekend away - substantial Lit - Num (or Key Sills) project (E3-L1) 435 10461   Antony Cahill 01/06/2007
186 Different parts of a computer PPT (M8) 435 1405   Dawn Burford 06/04/2009
187 Money, Decimals and Fractions v2 (E3) 432 9678   Judith White 24/11/2007
188 Who stole the 1966 World Cup? online quiz (E1) 431 5408 31/05/2006 Maggie Harnew 01/07/2004
189 Sentence level literacy PPT (E2-L2) 430 7198   Julie Hobson 14/04/2008
190 May Day reading, purpose of text and comprehension activities for E1-2 429 9006   Christine Robinson 22/04/2008
191 Parts of a computer - bingo game (M8) 429 1398   Dawn Burford 06/04/2009
192 Live the lotto dream E3/L1 literacy and numeracy project 425 13957   Dave Walkden 05/09/2006
193 Name the pronoun - gap fill and other resources (E1-2 ESOl & Lit) 424 5203   Amanda Burgess 02/07/2008
194 Cocktail ratios and converting measures (L1-L2) 424 3023   Jodie Travis 07/07/2006
195 Colons and semi-colons (L2) 423 7855   Janet Wilkins 13/11/2007
196 20 Spelling mnemonics - one page reference sheet (E3-L2) 422 5582   Pauline Bicker 12/08/1988
197 Listening to and following instructions - sweets game (E3-L2) 418 12261   Jo Williams 05/01/2007
198 Farmers' Markets comprehension ESOL/ Lit(E1-E2) 417 9924   Janet Kinsey 27/11/2007
199 Catching crooks XBox 360 E1-2 text and comprehension questions 416 7316   Ginette Kriche 17/04/2008
200 Autumn apple cake (L1-2) with autumn festivals from different faiths 415 6319   Judith White 28/08/2008
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