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An activity that takes students through the steps to create a Personification poem. The worksheets are staged to show how each part of the poem is developed, through to the final stage where students use the given scaffold to create their own poem within the given structure. The activity will require an understanding of personification.

This is a nine page document focusing on using the prepositions in, at and on as prepositions of time and place. Pages 1, 2 and 3 ask students to revise their understanding of the prepositions by using either them correctly in given sentences and then in answer to three text messages. Pages 4 to 7 have students answering text messages using the same prepositions of time and place. There are 12 text messages that require a response, on pages 4 to 7. Pages 8 and 9 have text message responses th

This set is five pages. It focuses on lists of words ending in the consonant blends nd, ng and nk. The activities include word lists and sentences to use the words. Included is a word search activity that is based around a recount reading text. The word lists are simple, non technical and common.

This is a five page set of worksheets that gives students a scaffold to create their own diamond poems. The activity encourages students to think about and use nouns, verbs and adjectives to create their poems, so the beginning discussion can be used as a revision of these grammar terms and how they are used. The worksheet has examples for students to discuss and ideas for them to develop their own diamond poems.

Caroline at Work is a series of 11 stories. It is reading for adults - for adult literacy and language students. Each story is written at an entry level reading stage for adult literacy students. They are easy to read and engaging for students. Each of the 11 stories has language particular to a theme and is followed by activities that develop that theme. The stories and activities include: Workplace language Syllables Compound words Instructions Safety signs Workplace reading Each of the st

This set is four pages. It focuses on two lists of words: words ending or containing the consonant blend nt, and words ending in or containing the consonant blend st. The activities include word lists and sentences to use the words as well as a text about Climate Change to read and find the consonant blends. Included is a word search activity that is based around the reading text. The word lists are simple, non technical and common.

This is a 12 page set which gives students an introduction to bar and column graphs. The first 2 pages give information about column/bar graphs. The following two pages give examples of bar/column graphs and show the type of information that can be gathered from the graphs. Pages 4 to 12 are graphs where the student is asked to read each graph and write pieces of information that the graph tells them. These graphs activities could be followed up with a writing activity, where students are asked

This set is five pages. It focuses on common words beginning with the common consonant plus l blends at the beginning of words: bl, cl, fl, gl, pl, sl. The activities include word lists and sentences to use the words.

These worksheets show 4 column graphs over 4 pages. Each column graph has at least two columns for each horizontal value with a key attached. Each graph comes with 5 to 6 questions that can be answered from the graph. The worksheets could be followed up by a writing activity where students are asked to write a paragraph about the information shown in the graphs. This may be a good beginning activity for beginning adult students who are studying to complete an IELTS.

This is a 4 page set of worksheets that takes students through the process of multiplying and dividing by 10/100/1000 without a need for calculators. The worksheets include real life problems where the skill of multiplying by multiples of 10 can be used.

This activity asks students to vary the way they construct a sentence - it asks them to write sentences in three different ways: 1. Use a given noun to begin the sentence + a given conjunction 2. Use a given adjective to begin a sentence + a given conjunction 3. Use a given adverb to begin a sentence + a given noun.

A ten page activity for students to practice creating their own similes. There is an introductory activity where students are given familiar similes to think about and to use in their own sentences. Following the introductory activity, students are taken through a process where they write their own similes and then use these similes to create descriptive paragraphs about a particular person, place or thing. The worksheets are stepped from highly scaffolded with specific examples and usage to the

16 common homophones are given and students are required to use a dictionary to find the meaning of each and then use each in a given sentence. Once all the homophones have been used in the given sentences, students are then asked to use the words in their own sentences, consolidating their knowledge and understanding of the usage of the words.

This is an early writing learning task which is heavily scaffolded and supported. The student is shown a mindmap and a writing scaffold for writing to express their opinion. Two annotated examples are given before students are presented with a number of opinion statements and asked to complete a mindmap and then to use the mindmap to construct the opinion piece using the given scaffold. The writing tasks could be given over a period of weeks until the student feels comfortable in using the give

This is an 8 page set of worksheets. The first four activities ask students to find specific information from given sector graphs. The next four activities ask students to examine each sector graph and write some points about what each graph shows. Please note that each of the graphs used in these worksheets have Australian content. These graphs can also be used as a starting point to write more detailed information reports explaining the content.

This is a 4 page set of worksheets that show the student how to use quotation marks to show speech and then gives practice in placing quotation marks correctly into the given sentences and dialogues. The worksheets are appropriate for adults.

A 6 page worksheet that works through the use of these 5 verbs. There is an explanation and examples for the use of each, and then sentences where the student needs to use the correct form of the verb "to be". Finally, on the last page, there are a number of sentences where students must choose the correct verb to use from the forms.

Five different tables with questions attached. This is an introduction to reading a table. It encourages students to think about the information provided and lends itself to writing activities.

This is a set of worksheets for students to practice using simple past tense. They will need to identify the verb/s in given sentences and then change them to simple past tense. The sentences then need to be rewritten. Some basic revision rules are given for adding the ed ending. A list of common irregular verbs is provided.

Two pages (14 questions) of questions asking students to make simple calculations using time. These questions are good for people beginning to learn to add whole hours and 15min, 30 min and 45 min.