AL Rt/E2.1 Follow main points of short texts

Trace and understand the main events of chronological and instructional texts (a) Understand that chronological text is related to events in time (b) Understand that instructional texts must be read in sequence (c) Know and use text-level strategies to predict content and check meaning, e.g. their own background knowledge, context of text as a whole, title, headings, illustrations

A simplified text based on the classic film Bullitt. Ideal for group or individual reading. Accompanied by a paragraph sequencing activity and comprehension questions. Great for film buffs of all ages!

Level
Entry Level 2
Entry Level 3
English
AL Rt/E2.1 Follow main points of short texts
AL Rt/E3.1 Understand longer texts
Rt/E3.4
Context
Art Film Media Music Radio TV

A lovely set of 4 completely independent comprehension texts and questions. The emphasis in all texts is on family members and occupations which makes theme ideal for building vocabulary in ESOL students (as well as providing useful reading practice for E2 Literacy).

Editor’s note (June 2016)
Minor error corrected in table on page 2, and thumbnail image added to this download page.

Level
Entry Level 2
English
AL Rt/E2.1 Follow main points of short texts
ESOL
ESOL Rt/E2.1a Use a range of strategies to trace & understand main events

Heroes and Celebrations chocolate tasting game cleverly combines reading instructions, alphabetical ordering and adjectives into a delicious activity!

Level
Entry Level 2
English
AL Rt/E2.1 Follow main points of short texts
Rw/E2.4
Adult Lit Ws/E2.2 Use Adjectives

A great set of 3 texts (all based on everyday experiences such as houses, pets and families). Students must answer the comprehension questions and then re-write each text, substituting the correct noun for each pronoun. Although written for ESOL students the texts also make ideal reading practice for Entry 2 literacy.

Level
Entry Level 2
English
Adult Literacy: Reading - sentence focus (punctuation & grammar)
AL Rt/E2.1 Follow main points of short texts
ESOL
ESOL Rs/E2.1b Use knowledge of simple and compound sentence structure to work out meaning
ESOL Rt/E2.1a Use a range of strategies to trace & understand main events

A fabulous set of differentiated reading activities for E1-E3. Order sentences to make a gruesome story, read and answer questions on manual handling (inc. graphical information), enjoy an amusing story about a health and safety inspector or a topical news report.

Level
Entry Level 1
Entry Level 2
Entry Level 3
English
AL Rt/E1.1 Read short familiar texts
AL Rt/E2.1 Follow main points of short texts
AL Rt/E3.1 Understand longer texts
Rt/E3.4
Rt/E3.9
Context
Health and safety

A series of comprehension questions based on an Asda recipe from their shopping web site.
http://www.asdamagazine.com/home/food/recipes/view?rid=145
It’s also an ideal way of familiarising learners with instructional texts / web pages.

Level
Entry Level 2
Entry Level 3
English
AL Rt/E2.1 Follow main points of short texts
Rt/E3.3
Context
Catering Food Nutrition

Coronation Street resources – 8 super pages of Entry 2 resources based on this popular soap. Cloze exercise, matching game, alphabetical order, form filling, punctuation and more.
Adapted from Sally Shipton’s Emmerdale resource (see below).

Level
Entry Level 1
Entry Level 2
English
Form filling
Rs/E2.2 Use sentence structure to decipher and predict meaning
Rs/E2.3 check plausible meanings of sentences when decoding unfamiliar words
AL Rt/E2.1 Follow main points of short texts
Rw/E2.4
AL Rw/E1.1 Have limited, meaningful sight vocabulary of words, signs, symbols
Ws/E2.1
Adult Lit Ws/E2.2 Use Adjectives
Ws/E2.3
Ws/E2.4
Context
Art Film Media Music Radio TV

A wonderful set of reading materials for Entry 1-2. Short illustrated text about May Day traditions followed by 2 pages of comprehension exercises. Plus May Day poster, letter and calendar for further reading and purpose of text work.

Level
Entry Level 1
Entry Level 2
English
Rs/E1.1 Read and recognise simple sentence structures
AL Rt/E1.1 Read short familiar texts
AL Rt/E2.1 Follow main points of short texts
Rt/E1.2
Rt/E2.2
AL Rt/E2.4 Use illustrations and captions to locate information
Rw/E2.4
AL Rw/E1.2 Decode simple, regular words
AL Rw/E2.2 Recognise high frequency words & words with common spelling patterns
AL Rw/E1.3
Ws/E1.1
Ws/E1.2

A challenging and funny E1-E2 text (with 12 comprehension questions) based on a true story.

Level
Entry Level 1
Entry Level 2
English
AL Rt/E1.1 Read short familiar texts
AL Rt/E2.1 Follow main points of short texts
ESOL
ESOL Rt/E1.1a Follow a short narrative on a familiar topic or experience
ESOL Rt/E2.1a Use a range of strategies to trace & understand main events

An amusing news report about tricking hardened criminals. E1-E2 text (with 10 comprehension questions) based on a true story.

Level
Entry Level 1
Entry Level 2
English
AL Rt/E1.1 Read short familiar texts
AL Rt/E2.1 Follow main points of short texts
ESOL
ESOL Rt/E1.1a Follow a short narrative on a familiar topic or experience
ESOL Rt/E2.1a Use a range of strategies to trace & understand main events