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Topical set of reading comprehension and research tasks written for Black History Month (October) but can be used at any time. Differentiated biographies (one for E3-L1, one for L1-L2) of Rosa Parks, known as “the mother of the civil rights movement”, with related comprehension, discussion and vocabulary tasks. There is also a cloze exercise and a timeline research task.

Level
Level 2
Level 1
Entry Level 3
English
Adult Literacy: writing composition (Wt)
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Adult literacy: reading comprehension (Rt)
Context
History, culture, museums, libraries

A beautifully prepared E3-L1 literacy workbook. Produced to be used during Black History month (October) at Bolton College but can be used at any time. The main text is derived from Kwesi Bacchra’s review of “Claudia Jones, a life in exile” by Marika Sherwood.
Exercises include reading comprehension, correcting spellings, dictionary and alphabetical order work, abbreviations, research and creative writing.

Level
Level 1
Entry Level 3
English
Adult Literacy: writing composition (Wt)
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Adult literacy: reading comprehension (Rt)
Context
History, culture, museums, libraries

This is a spelling game that allows the tutors to test the learners, the learners to test the tutors and then the learners to test each other. It is fun, competitive, supportive and covers the following areas:

  • Spelling
  • Skimming and scanning
  • Speaking and listening
  • Discussion/debating skills
  • Writing complete sentences
  • Decoding unfamiliar words
Level
Level 2
Level 1
Entry Level 3
English
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AL Apply strategies to spell correctly
General literacy / English