Word Type Starter

Mix and Match Word Types Starter

Sentence Type Starter Activity

Mix and Match Sentence Types

Sentence Form Starter Activity

Sentence Forms Starter

Snakes and Ladders English Language Revision Game

To be used alongside a piece of text to allow learners to identify specific language features. I have used this successfully with my lower ability GCSE English Language students to help them identify language features within the text as exam practice. The scaffolded worksheet can be amended by the tutor to include some of the language features that are within the source/text to prompt the less able learners to find examples.

Match the language feature with the correct definition worksheet.

Differentiated language feature starters to stretch and challenge the more able learners.

Language features activities/worksheets

Group Task – Hand out the cards with different ‘ways to assess’ on. Students to stick them on the whiteboard under the headings ‘effective’ or ‘ineffective’. Open Questions: • Does everyone agree with each other’s choice of heading? • Did the students group the more ‘common’ assessment types under ‘effective’? Question their groupings – Are their choices more effective or are they the assessments the students are more familiar with?

Descriptive writing/ letter writing worksheet related to the nightmare before Christmas.

Bingo based around basic English revision. Could be used for a starter or a short revision task.

‘Describe me’ activity – Split learners into pairs and provide one learner with a ‘describe me card’, they must describe the object on their card to their partner without saying explicitly what the object is. The other learner must guess what the object is. Demonstrate the activity with a learner to ensure everyone understands the task.