Adult Literacy, Functional English, and GCSE Resources

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The first three stories in the wonderful Readwell Road reading scheme for adults. These three Entry Level 1 stories introduce the people who live at the pub, the shop and at no. 1 (a bungalow).

Level
Entry Level 1
English
Fiction
General literacy / English
Adult Literacy: Reading

What or Want? was written for an ESOL student who confused these two words in his writing but suitable for E2-3 or dyslexia support at any level. Includes a wide selection of exercises and tips.

Level
Entry Level 2
Entry Level 3
English
Homophones, homographs & confusables
Rw/E2.1
Ww/E2.1
AL Ww/E3.1 Spell common words
General
Dyslexia support

A lovely set of three PPTs.
1 – Apostrophes presentation which covers the use of apostrophes of omission and possession. Includes information, examples, questions and self-assessment (20 slides).
2 – Multiple choice questions on apostrophes of omission (ideal for use on an interactive whiteboard – 8 slides).
3 – Printable guide and worksheets for students (21 slides – print as a PPT handout – 6 slides per sheet).

Level
Level 1
Level 2
English
Apostrophes
Rs/L1.2
AL Ws/L2.4 Use apostrophes & inverted commas

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

A humorous E2-3 story accompanied by E3-L1 comprehension, grammar, spelling and vocabulary questions (making it ideal for mixed ability classes).

Level
Entry Level 2
Entry Level 3
Level 1
English
Fiction
Adult Literacy: Reading
ESOL
ESOL Reading (R)

18 words to sort according to plural spelling rules. Ideal for display on a smartboard.
Created with Wordle , 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
Entry Level 3
Level 1
English
Prefixes, suffixes & plurals
AL Ww/E3.1 Spell common words
AL Ww/E3.2 Use phonic knowledge to help spelling
AL Ww/L1.1 Spell & use spelling strategies

Laugh and Learn is a funny vet story accompanied by an excellent explanation of the puns used in the text and vocabulary/comprehension questions.

Level
Entry Level 3
English
Fiction
Adult Literacy: Reading
ESOL
ESOL Reading (R)
Context
Animals, animal care, farming & equine

Pet Centipede is a humorous E1-2 story accompanied by comprehension, simple past tense and contractions questions.

Level
Entry Level 1
Entry Level 2
English
Fiction
Adult Literacy: Reading
ESOL
ESOL Reading (R)

Covers both regular and irregular plurals (10).
The great thing about this activity is that it is created from a template (available in the Activity Toolkit, in the Smart Notebook Gallery) and can be quickly and easily edited to include specific spellings for your students.
See Dave’s other Notebook word games below.
Please note you must have the Smart notebook software installed on your computer in order to open, view and use this resource http://smarttech.com/

Level
Entry Level 3
Level 1
English
Prefixes, suffixes & plurals
AL Ww/E3.2 Use phonic knowledge to help spelling
AL Ww/L1.1 Spell & use spelling strategies

Looking at Newspapers is a wonderful example of creative differentiated teaching across all levels (E1-L2). A detailed lesson description, resources and introductory PPT are included. The lesson uses Kipling’s “What and Why and When, And How and Where and Who” to help students analyse newspaper reports and interview other students, or their teacher, to create their own reports.

Level
Entry Level 1
Entry Level 2
Entry Level 3
Level 1
Level 2
English
General literacy / English
Poetry
Context
News, Politics & Government items