This quiz takes circa 1 hour and encompasses what the GCSE English students cover during the term leading up to Christmas. It contains colourful PPT slides with answers.
This very adept and concise PPT contains a comprehensive lesson plan to teach the teachers how to plan short courses. This is ideal for tutors who are adept in their subject areas but do not have any real experience of teaching or planning a course. This course is ideal for tutors who teach short courses, they may be evening classes or even summer school.
Thie materials (PPT) are designed for GCSE students. The aims are:
Descriptive Writing.
Using Connectives and Figurative Language.
Using Show Don’t Tell.
Use of S.O.A.P. A.M.A.Z.E.S.
Peer Assessment.
The Count of Calculations are resources that are ideal for overseas learners to help them practice and use numbers in English. The short course contains:
Use of Cardinals.
Fractions.
Listening and Speaking Maths exercises in English.
Report Writing exercise.
Group work.
Answers Sheet for teachers with notes.
This comprehensive creative writing course is a step by step guide to writing fiction:
Archetypes.
Character creation.
Genre.
Mood.
Plotting.
Show Don’t Tell.
SPaG.
This is an ideal course for those who are at the entry level of English Language learning. The lesson focuses entirely on learning all 26 letters of the English Language. The aim is for the learner to recite and write all of the 26 letters by the end of the lesson. There is also an small introduction to the use of nouns. This should then enable the learner to read and write. The lesson is intended as a group lesson so each of the learner’s can support one another and so incidental learning also takes place.
This first lesson is ideal for young learners, from overseas, who are learning English. It focuses on written and verbal elements of the language through the use of colours and song. The resources are colourfully set out and easy to use and to follow. It allows use of repetition and is fun to teach and learn.
Language Analysis is written as a guide to help GCSE learners and creative writers alike a chance to see, at first glance, tools that are used in language analysis and also when producing works of fiction e.g, in Educas written examinations. The guides give examples of each of the tools that are used.
The course focuses entirely on how and when determiners should be taught. it is aimed more at the intermediate-advanced learner. It contains a teacher guide and also lesson plans.
This comprehensive lesson focuses entirely on the use of Conditionals. Step by Step is guides the learner through not only the use of conditionals but why they are used. The learner gets opportunities to practice what they learn and the aim is that by the end of the lesson the learner is wholly confident about using conditionals.
This 2 hour course helps intermediate learners of English begin to use advanced vocabulary. The aim is to write sentences using the vocabulary in different context. These are then shared with the group to comprehension and also to build on language use both verbal and written.
This 2-4 hour course is ideal for overseas learners who are new to the English Language, it focuses on the use of pronouns. It also encourages the teacher to create Personal Study Plans (PSPs) for the learners so both teacher and learner can monitor progress. This course encourages group work and also homework so there is continuation of the learning process.
This comprehensive course centres around the theme of travel and tourism. It contains the following:
Listening and Speaking Tasks.
Reading and Writing Tasks.
Gap Fill Exercise.
Reading resources.
Letter Writing Skills.
This is a short exercise for those who have always wanted to learn a bit of Latin and may already have come across a number of Latin words and phrases and wanted to learn more. This resource is supposed to give the learner an insight into learning Latin and gives them the option of learning more, using Latin in everyday language.
These are simple but effective ice breakers to use to introduce yourself to a new group of learners and for them to introduce one another in a way that makes them communicate and learn to work as a group.
This resource focuses on introducing learners to English Language Skills. It includes a nouns worksheet and also a worksheet that focuses on singular and plural nouns. Learners also focus on capital letters, spelling techniques and how to spot mistakes. It is ideal for intermediate learners.
This resource guides learners through the exacting demands of Academic Writing including how to use quotations (paraphrasing):
Compare and Contrast.
Explain with examples.
The Difference between Mistake and Error.
Outlining Objectives.
Discuss, Define and Elaborate.