Adult Literacy, Functional English, and GCSE Resources

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A fabulous multi-sensory, differentiated activity where students gradually build up their own mind maps and learn to see writing a a process not simply a finished piece of work. With excellent tutor notes and extension ideas.

Level
Entry Level 3
Level 1
Level 2
English
AL Wt/E3.1 Plan & draft writing
Adult Lit Wt/L1.1 Plan and draft writing
Wt/L2.1
Wt/E3.4
Wt/L1.6
Wt/L2.7

2007-08 Premiership and Championship football team cards for alphabetical ordering and/or reading practice. Simple but popular and useful resource that can be quickly differentiated for different levels by removing multiple teams beginning with same letter, working with all cards or just premiership cards, etc. Best enlarged to A3 and laminated.

Level
Entry Level 2
Entry Level 3
English
Rw/E2.4
Rw/E3.4
AL Rw/E2.2 Recognise high frequency words & words with common spelling patterns
Context
Sport and fitness

For re-ordering, comprehension and looking at the layout and features of instructive texts.

Level
Entry Level 2
Entry Level 3
Level 1
English
AL Rt/E2.1 Follow main points of short texts
Rt/E2.2
Rt/E3.2
Rt/L1.2
Rt/E3.3
Context
Health and safety

Very useful for all types of spelling, vocabulary or alphabetical ordering work.

Level
Entry Level 3
Level 1
Level 2
English
Rw/E3.4
Rw/L1.2
Rw/L2.1
AL Ww/L2.1 Spell technical words
Context
Hairdressing & Beauty therapy

48 word and matching ‘picture clue’ cards – with detailed teaching ideas.

Level
Entry Level 1
Entry Level 2
English
AL Rw/E1.2 Decode simple, regular words
AL Rw/E2.2 Recognise high frequency words & words with common spelling patterns
Ww/E1.3
Ww/E2.2

Match the words used on forms to their meanings (laminate to make a great re-usable game) and then practise your skills on the example forms.

Level
Entry Level 1
Entry Level 2
Entry Level 3
English
Form filling
AL Rw/E1.1 Have limited, meaningful sight vocabulary of words, signs, symbols
Rw/E2.1
Rw/E3.2
Context
Employment skills & Public services

Two different multi-sensory activities – both make ideal starters.
1) pin-up sentence sorting (choice of generic, IT or beauty cards)
2) apostrophe dominoes.

Level
Level 1
Level 2
English
Apostrophes
Rs/L1.2
AL Ws/L2.4 Use apostrophes & inverted commas
Context
Business & Money management
Hairdressing & Beauty therapy

27 pictures of different jobs and matching word cards – plus lots of teaching ideas for Entry 1 and 2 literacy and ESOL classes.

Level
Entry Level 1
Entry Level 2
English
AL Rw/E1.1 Have limited, meaningful sight vocabulary of words, signs, symbols
AL Rw/E2.2 Recognise high frequency words & words with common spelling patterns
AL Rw/E1.2 Decode simple, regular words
Rw/E2.1
Ww/E1.1
Ww/E2.1
Ww/E2.2
ESOL
ESOL Rw/E1.1a Recognise a limited number of words, signs and symbols
ESOL Rw/E1.2a Use basic sound-letter correspondence to sound out words
ESOL Rw/E2.2a Recognise a range of familiar words
ESOL Rw/E2.3a Use context & range of phonic / graphic knowledge to decode words
ESOL Sc/E1.1b Articulate the sounds of English to be comprehensible to a sympathetic native speaker
ESOL Sc/E2.1b Articulate the sounds of English to make meaning understood
ESOL Ww/E1.1a Use and spell correctly some personal key words and familiar words
ESOL Ww/E1.1b Use basic sound-letter correspondence & letter patterns to aid spelling
ESOL Ww/E2.1a Spell correctly majority of personal details & familiar common words
ESOL Ww/E2.1b Use knowledge of sound–symbol relationships & phonological patterns when spelling
Context
Employment skills & Public services

A multi-sensory set of resources and a great follow up to our ever-popular Chomwell Green resources.
Discuss and decide which statements are facts and which are opinions, then complete the worksheet sheet in pairs. Ideal for mixed ability groups.

Level
Entry Level 2
Entry Level 3
Level 1
Level 2
English
Rt/E2.2
Rt/E3.2
Rt/L1.2
Rt/L2.2 Identify the purpose of a text and infer meaning which is not explicit
Adult Literacy: Engage in Discussion

Word games to help help with decoding, spelling and vocabulary work. Match the words to make new compound words and find the secret theme! Three game options plus a separate whole class game. Themes include weather, transport, food, flowers, and many more.

Very popular with my Entry 3 – Level 1 students!

Level
Entry Level 3
English
Rw/E3.5
AL Ww/E3.1 Spell common words
AL Ww/E3.2 Use phonic knowledge to help spelling
Context
Animals, animal care, farming & equine
Catering Food Nutrition
Gardening & Horticulture
Motor vehicles & Transport
Sport and fitness