Christmas

Covers planning, drafting and proof reading a letter or a short story about activities over Christmas. This version is adapted especially for learners that spend Christmas in prison (or other places away from friends and family) and has been adapted from the 2008 version from Danielle Dagnall (see below).

Level
Entry Level 3
English
Adult Literacy: writing composition (Wt)

A Level 1 text with comprehension questions and lots of useful homophone / vocabulary revision.

Level
Level 1
English
Homophones, homographs & confusables
Adult literacy: reading comprehension (Rt)
AL Ww/L1.1 Spell & use spelling strategies

My Christmas covers planning, drafting and proof reading a letter or a short story about activities over Christmas. This version is aimed at Entry 3 but can also be used for other levels (includes a mark sheet for E3 assessment).
Adapted from Marion Crocker’s E2-L2 Lapland writing resource (see below).

Level
Entry Level 3
English
Adult Literacy: Writing

A simple but very effective set of topical PowerPoints that helps students develop a feel for the shape of words and word boundaries. Also great for stimulating discussion, increasing vocabulary, and encouraging the use of dictionaries.
The seocnd PPT has the added challeng of an extra , spurious letter.

Level
Entry Level 1
Entry Level 2
English
General literacy / English
ESOL
General ESOL

A topical way to assess how your students have progressed during the autumn term. A great series of tasks based on the Royal Mail delivery services at Christmas. Includes reading comprehension, writing, form filling and a speaking/listening/discussion task.

Level
Entry Level 3
English
General literacy / English
Form filling

Practice with Level 1 and 2 multiple choice questions in a topical setting – great for playing in teams during the last class of term! Covers number, measure and data. 14 questions.

Level
Level 1
Level 2
Maths
General numeracy / maths

A set of 10 questions with optional picture clues and differentiation ideas. Makes a great end of term filler for all levels.

Level
Entry Level 1
Entry Level 2
Entry Level 3
Level 1
Level 2
English
General literacy / English
General
Generic resources for literacy, numeracy and beyond

Covers planning, drafting and proof reading a recount. This is an adapted version of the popular Entry Level Christmas in Lapland assignment (see below). This version is aimed at Entry 3 – Level 2 and gives the writer a choice of format: letter, diary entry or story. This version also removes the Christmas references and can thus be used at any time during the winter months. With a mark sheet for E3, L1 or L2 to allow for differentiated assessment.

Level
Entry Level 3
Level 1
Level 2
English
Adult Literacy: writing composition (Wt)
Context
Leisure, Hobbies, Travel & Tourism

Step by step cutting and pasting instructions for ICT/Lit students plus useful practice in ordering chronological text (events during Christmas day).

Level
Entry Level 3
Level 1
English
Wt/E3.3
ICT
Entry 3 ICT
Level 1 and 2 CLAIT / ECDL

A great end of term reading and spelling activity. Another great Christmas word puzzle from Margaret Adams.

Level
Entry Level 3
Level 1
Level 2
English
Rw/L1.3
AL Rw/L2.3 Vocabulary (language features, synonyms, formality)
AL Ww/E3.1 Spell common words
AL Ww/L1.1 Spell & use spelling strategies
AL Ww/L2.1 Spell technical words