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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 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.

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.

This is a set of worksheets that explains the differences and then gives practice in using there, their and they're.

A worksheet that gives practice in using the conjunctions so/because and then/while. Students are given a number of sentences to join with the given conjunctions and then to "turn the sentences around" and use the partner conjunctions. Ideal for non English speaking students who often find it difficult to understand the cause - effect relationship of these conjunctions, they are given lots of practice with everyday situation sentences.

A task that requires students to begin sentences with a given adjective. The task encourages vocabulary development and the development of new ways of constructing sentences.