Lost and Found Entry 1 Literacy

Excellence Gateway Literary resources 
were published some years ago but still provide some useful resources.

They include
 Entry 1 unit 1 Lost and Found 

and  the accompanying Teacher Notes and Audio files

 Unit includes a story about Pickles and the World cup  which should tie in with the Football World cup this summer.

Skills workshop have a number of resources linked to Pickles

1. In a Pickle! - Adult Basic Skills Resource Centre

   
   

2. 1966 World Cup - 5 onscreen activities | Skills Workshop

   
   

3. In a Pickle - teaching notes and transcript. UK Adult Literacy -

   
   

4. My story about Pickles - writing for Entry Level 1 UK adult literacy.

   
   

5. In a pickle! Cloze 2 for Entry level 1 UK Adult Literacy.

   
   

More World Cup resources

Teaching News has some more World Cup links to share.

I like the link to Communication for All which includes many resources suitable for young people with a learning disability.
The map of World Cup locations and power point of images of South Africa look good
Also see my other blog entries on the World cup

England V USA World Cup

This is a worksheet for talking about the World Cup football match on Wednesday 16th June England V USA but it could be adapted for other matches. There is also an England flag to colour and a pendant template.The work sheet has been made for a group of young adults on the autistic spectrum . The Boardmaker signs for fantastic, good, not sure, not good and awful have been removed for copy right reasons but you could put them back.The worksheet was prepared by my talented colleague Sophie - thank you for sharing ! The work sheets can be downloaded from my 4 shared space. Look for this logo and it will lead to the download link :

Word version of World Cup Work sheet

PDF version of World Cup Worksheet

Ladysmith Black Mambazo Music from South Africa

One of my students introduced me to his most favourite musician in the world:
Ladysmith Black Mambazo: Listen on You Tube


We were using music as a theme for our literacy lessons
(milestone 8 Entry 1).
I made the group a worksheet and he bought the music.

The worksheet are available to download from my Box net.

Entry 1 worksheet to download Word version PDF version Milestone 8 worksheet to download Word version PDF version

World Cup football resources.

Image: Sclera

One of the best places for World Cup 2010 football teaching resources is

Teaching Themes-World Cup

Image: Imagine Symbols

Skillsworkshop also has World Cup Functional and basic skills resources


Symbol World May elive has a 10 page special on South Africa

Help Kidz Learn has a switch accessible football goal scoring game