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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.

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