Bad manners project
A nice project with foundation resources from Carel Press which involves reading, writing, speaking and listening. The students can review an informational poster related to bad manners and then...
View ArticleShakespeare infographic
For all you Shakespeare fans out there and those that teach it, here’s an enlightening infographic to introduce some of the main facts about his work. You could use this as a starter for the new term...
View ArticleWikipedia writing task
This great activity encourages writing through the use of recognisable social media courtesy of Luke Meddings on BBC Teaching English (extract below). This is an activity ‘about’ the internet, but it...
View ArticleMini reading task – Infographic on gadget ownership
This infograph from Comet on gadget ownership has been adapted for my students to test their reading skills at Entry Level. Often Entry Level students find it difficult to concentrate on chunks of...
View ArticleDictionary tasks
Students very rarely want to open a dictionary on their desk so this small activity from Katy Hall and Georgina Hooper encourages students to have a go based on whatever activity, topic or subject...
View ArticleProjects for assessing combined English skills
These two tasks are mini projects that test the students combined reading, writing, speaking and listening skills. Any subject material can be used, ours are from http://www.carelpress.com, but you...
View ArticleLovehearts reading and writing task
This mini project revolves around packets of Loveheart sweets and includes reading, writing, speaking and listening and a little bit of basic maths. Students work through the different challenges from...
View ArticleHoliday reading & writing task
Students will enjoy using their imaginations with this task which can be adapted for any age and ability. In the task sheet they are given an imaginary £1000 pounds to spend on a holiday and they have...
View ArticleVocab word match game
A great little activity to get students using dictionaries, think about word meanings and work together to problem solve. There are 4 sets of words which need cutting up and mixing up (original word,...
View ArticleStudent moodboards
This is a nice task that enables you to get to know your students and provides a lovely display for the classroom. It would be good to use this in the first few weeks of the new academic year and it...
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