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Planning- Writing to argue- Article
We all know how crucial planning is in writing. This is a very useful resource to help students plan their ideas when writing an article.
An example task is given: To write an article for the school newspaper arguing about the positives and negatives of distance learning. Students are taken step by step through the task. It�s useful to revise purp...
Level: intermediate
Age: 11-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 53
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Neutral Tones poem - by Thomas Hardy
Who says Hardy is boring and difficult to read? Listen to the poem read on https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2s2Cl64zYzA.
There is so much feeling (suffering) in a poem meant to show neutrality of a relationship. There is symbolism, pathetic fallacy, metaphors and more. However this worksheet has a copy of the poem, some quotes to match and a though...
Level: advanced
Age: 11-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 31
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Describing a neutral setting
What�s neutral? Students are given a neutral setting image with descriptions and are asked to sort out the literary devices into a table.
This could be used on its own or it could be used with the poem Neutral Tones by Thomas Hardy (or a similar one, where nature mirrors the feelings from the poem). I also uploaded a worksheet on the poem here htt...
Level: intermediate
Age: 11-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 30
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Persuasive Techniques
Mix and Match definitions to technique.
Fill in the gaps with the technique.
Level: intermediate
Age: 11-100
Type:
Downloads: 22
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Adjectives
What are adjectives - types and examples and a focus on using vivid adjectives for description. The examples are colour coded to make grouping easier. It could be used for displays, as a help-sheet or simply for teaching about adjectives.
For some reason, when you preview, it shows incomplete text boxes. It�s fine though when you download. Enjoy!
Level: elementary
Age: 9-100
Type: grammar-guide
Downloads: 19
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Short Vowels and CVC Words Mat
A word mat containing words with all short vowels.
Level: elementary
Age: 4-12
Type:
Downloads: 15
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Nouns
What are nouns - types and examples and a focus on using senses and adjectives to add detail to descriptions. The examples are colour coded to make grouping easier. It could be used for displays, as a help-sheet or simply for teaching about nouns. For some reason, when you preview, it shows incomplete text boxes. It�s fine though when you download....
Level: elementary
Age: 9-100
Type: grammar-guide
Downloads: 14
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The Iron Man - What shall I eat?
This activity sheet on what the Iron Man eats has 3 activities: Fill in the gaps with vowels; Group things into 4 categories (food, animals, made of metal, around the house) and an Odd One Out task.
It is based on The Iron Man book, by Ted Hughes.
Level: elementary
Age: 7-14
Type:
Downloads: 11
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Refugee Boy - Chapters 2-3 Vocabulary Match
A words and definitions match on chapters 2-3. Answers included.
Level: advanced
Age: 10-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 3
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Covid-19 article comprehension and writing tasks
An article adapted from TheDay.co.uk with a list of words to check meaning, a quiz for comprehension and possible writing tasks. I hope you like it.
Level: advanced
Age: 11-100
Downloads: 48
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Holiday: At the Seaside
A Seaside Pictionary!
Level: elementary
Age: 7-16
Downloads: 42
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Holiday: In the Mountains
A Mountains Holiday labelled pictionary!
Level: elementary
Age: 7-16
Downloads: 40
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My Holiday: At the...
This is a wonderful writing tool for scaffolding the writing compositions about holidays. It includes: Planning by questioning, A pictionary word bank and 2 Writing Frames. I use this as part of Writing an Autobiography topic but can be used for any holiday writing topic
I uploaded this resource ag...
Level: intermediate
Age: 9-100
Downloads: 35
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Animal Farm -By George Orwell- Persuasive Speech- Writing PEE
Identifying Persuasive Techniques in The Old Major�s speech extract and writing PEE paragraphs. As usual, I included a glossary, a writing frame and a model paragraph, both colour coded. There is also Past Simple practice. Animal Farm is a very interesting allegory that uses animals to illustrate c...
Level: advanced
Age: 13-100
Downloads: 32
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Covid-19 - Letter of opinion to my future self
This is a writing task I used for teaching remotely my Year 11 students in England. How the post-pandemic Covid-19 world will be different to the world today in 20 years time?
There are 2 options for support:
A basic informal letter layout frame.
A more scaffolded frame with topics and...
Level: intermediate
Age: 10-100
Downloads: 30
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CVC words
A fill in the gap worksheet which tests CVC basic vocabulary and understanding of short vowels.
Level: elementary
Age: 5-12
Downloads: 19
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Spelling Strategies
A list of useful spelling strategies with examples. How we apply some of these spelling strategies to remember �necessary�, �disappointed�, �accommodate� �beginning�, �know�. I used this as part of a spelling intervention program in a London secondary school.
Level: intermediate
Age: 9-100
Downloads: 19
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The Iron Man by Ted Hughes- Chapter 4
Chapter 4 of Iron Man simplified and shortened with glossary. Activities include a matching of lines from the text to the corresponding pictures and also matching literary devices. The level of work is slightly higher than in the other chapters as it has lots of language features.
Level: intermediate
Age: 9-14
Downloads: 19
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Vowel E word mat
Another vowel word mat useful for either teaching, checking knowledge or spelling test.
Level: elementary
Age: 4-12
Downloads: 18
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