Something to spark everyone’s imagination. Be Prime Minister and write a speech, write about your ideal man/woman, dream about being rich or describe what you’d take with you on a desert island? Each idea includes questions, prompts and guidelines.
Choice of controversial topics to spark letter writing. ‘Road rage’, building on a park, closing a local hospital. Each page includes a clear background scenario to help students “get going”.
Sort the 40 words in the cloud into two groups, then correct as appropriate. With instructions and answers. Wordle is a brilliant on-line, completely free word cloud creator.
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Two beautiful word clouds to help with recognising verbs, nouns and prepositions. With instructions, answers and extension ideas. Wordle is a brilliant on-line, completely free word cloud creator.
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Level
Entry Level 3
Level 1
English
Adult Literacy Rs/E3.1 Recognise & understand the organisational features & typical language of instructional texts
Adult Literacy Rs/E3.2 Use implicit & explicit knowledge of word types/order to help with decoding/predicting meaning
Adult Literacy Rs/L1.1 Use implicit and explicit grammatical knowledge
Wordle creative writing prompts – two word clouds to prompt short story writing. Wordle is a brilliant on-line, completely free word cloud creator.Wordle is a brilliant on-line, completely free word cloud creator.
See our blog articles for more Wordle teaching and learning ideas: http://skillsworkshop.blogspot.com/2008/07/using-wordle-in-classroom.ht…
Level
Level 1
Level 2
English
Adult Lit Wt/L1.4 Use language suitable for purpose and audience
A topical comprehension activity based on a BBC news report. Writing task, and 15 multiple choice questions covering reading for detail, vocabulary/synonyms and spelling.
Level
Level 1
English
Adult literacy: reading comprehension (Rt)
Adult Literacy: Reading at word level (phonics & vocabulary)
A topical comprehension activity based on a BBC news report. Writing task, vocabulary matching/synonyms, spelling, and general comprehension questions.
Level
Level 1
English
Adult literacy: reading comprehension (Rt)
Adult Literacy: Reading at word level (phonics & vocabulary)
A topical comprehension activity based on a BBC news report. Covers general comprehension – focusing on ‘recognising the main points’, along with vocabulary/synonyms, spelling and punctuation.
Level
Level 2
English
Adult literacy: reading comprehension (Rt)
AL Rw/L2.3 Vocabulary (language features, synonyms, formality)
Three one-page tasks covering: write a simple sentence, recognise signs/symbols and follow a simple narrative. Use as evidence that a given learning outcome has been achieved. Also useful for diagnostic assessment and Entry 1 literacy.
Level
Entry Level 1
English
General literacy / English
ESOL
ESOL Rt/E1.1a Follow a short narrative on a familiar topic or experience
ESOL Rw/E1.1a Recognise a limited number of words, signs and symbols
ESOL Ws/E1.1a Construct a simple sentence, using basic word order & verb form
