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User’s guide

Sarah MedinaJane Hudson

Janet Hardy-GouldHelen Holwill

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All rights reserved. Under no circumstances can any part of the material on this disk be copied or duplicated for sale.

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Ready-to-use resource materialto support learners of all abilities

• More than 450 worksheets offering comprehensive practice for students at different levels.

• Back-to-basics support for Grammar, Vocabulary, Everyday English and Reading and Writing.

• All worksheets available as ready-to-print PDFs or editable Word documents.

What’s inside 1000+ Activities for Mixed Ability?

1000+ Activities for Mixed Ability enables you to print off more than 450 worksheets to use with students of all levels. Every worksheet is available as a PDF or Word document and the answer key is provided in a separate document. The worksheets are divided into four core areas – Grammar, Vocabulary, Everyday English and Reading and Writing.

213 Grammar worksheets covering the minimum requirements for ESO 1 and 2 and beyond

161 Vocabulary worksheets on a wide range of key topics for ESO

40 Everyday English worksheets with carefully controlled dialogues

40 Reading and Writing worksheets designed to support and encourage basic skills in reading and writing

The user’s guide, including teaching tips, available to download and print if required

Comprehensive reference material: Wordlist containing all the key vocabulary from the worksheets, Expression Bank to provide a record of the useful phrases from the Everyday English section, and an Irregular Verbs list

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How to use 1000+ Activities for Mixed AbilityPlease consult the Technical Specifications on page 23 for details of how to launch 1000+ Activities for Mixed Ability.

The disk needs to be in the drive in order to print the worksheets.

Open the disk by clicking on the icon on your desktop.

When you have agreed to the terms and conditions, choose the section that you want to view:

When you have chosen the section you want, click on a topic in the menu on the left and you will be given a choice of worksheets.

Click on the PDF file for ready-to-use worksheets. The worksheet is now ready to print.

If you want an editable version of the worksheet, click on the Word file, make your changes to the document and print. Remember to save the changes to the document on your hard drive if you wish to keep them.

For tips on how to use the worksheets with your students, please refer to page 18.

Who are the worksheets for?

The worksheets are for you, the teacher, to use with students at any level of ESO who need extra support and practice.

They are designed mainly for students who fall below the level of the class and need more practice of some of the basics. No prior knowledge of the topics is assumed. The skills sections will ensure that these students do not miss out on valuable skills practice because they cannot follow the same material as the rest of the class.

However, the worksheets can also be used with students who are using the main student course book but are struggling with a particular area and need some extra practice. In this case, there is no need to start from the beginning with a topic; you can select the most appropriate level for your student.

The worksheets have been designed so that students can work through them on their own. The rubrics are in Spanish or Catalan to help students understand the task clearly and each worksheet has a glossary with translations of the words used in the worksheet.

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Grammar

See page 12 for full table of contents.

The worksheets have been divided into affirmative, negative, questions and mixed forms to make it easy for you to choose the most appropriate worksheet for your students. The approach to presenting and practising the grammar is divided into three stages.

The first stage focuses on presentation of the most basic elements of the grammar point, for example subject pronoun plus verb and recognition of full form and contracted form for affirmative, negative and interrogative. The exercise types require students to choose answers or complete matching activities. There is a greater focus on recognition of form and meaning than on active production. For students who need to start from the very beginning with a particular grammar point, stage 1 might be the most appropriate starting point.

The second stage provides progression and focuses on short sentence-based practice of the affirmative, negative and interrogative. The exercise types encourage students to produce key language in simple, familiar exercise types.

In the third stage, students consolidate what they have learnt and are encouraged to produce the key language. The context will be slightly broader. For those students who are generally keeping up with the level of the coursebook but need extra practice of a particular grammar point, stage 3 worksheets might be the most appropriate.

There is an answer key in Word for each worksheet.

• There is a glossary to help with any unknown language.

• All the rubrics are in Spanish or Catalan to enable students to work autonomously.

• Most grammar worksheets contain a short explanation of the use of the grammar point.

• Most grammar worksheets contain a grammar table with the full and contracted forms of the tense or structure.

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Vocabulary

See page 13 for full table of contents.

The vocabulary section contains basic vocabulary sets that students are expected to have covered in primary education as well as common topic areas for ESO.

The general approach to presenting and practising the vocabulary is divided into three stages.

The first stage focuses on meaning, recognition and spelling. The set is presented through labelled illustrations or photographs to ensure that students have fully understood the meaning.

In the second stage, students practise the items presented in the first stage at a slightly more challenging level. Students produce the key vocabulary with less support.

The third stage requires students to produce the vocabulary items and to recognise simple structures, for example ‘I can play basketball’. The vocabulary is combined with one grammar point. In some worksheets, students will be encouraged to produce the vocabulary and simple structures in the final exercise after careful preparation. In large topic sets that have multiple subsets, the subsets are combined at stage 3. For example, the stage 3 worksheet in the jobs topic area combines items from the four stage 1 worksheets.

For the most basic vocabulary areas, such as colours and numbers, practice is at one or two stages only.

There is an answer key in Word for each worksheet. • There is a glossary to help with any unknown language.

• The vocabulary sets are presented through labelled illustrations or photographs.

• All the rubrics are in Spanish or Catalan to enable students to work autonomously.

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Everyday English

See pages 14–15 for full table of contents.

The Everyday English worksheets provide students with an opportunity to practise basic oral expressions in simple contexts. They cover a wide range of topic areas from the most basic, such as saying hello, to the more advanced, such as talking about last weekend. In the more advanced topic areas, students will begin to put their basic grammar knowledge into practice in familiar contexts.

• There is a glossary to help with any unknown language.

• The worksheets cover a range of basic phrases to use in conversation.

• All the rubrics are in Spanish or Catalan to enable students to work autonomously.

Reading and Writing

See pages 16–17 for full table of contents.

The Reading and Writing worksheets provide students with an opportunity to use basic grammar and vocabulary in context. Short, manageable texts cover familiar topic areas and also act as writing models for students to produce sentences and short texts of their own.

• There is a glossary to help with any unknown language.

• Simple comprehension activities test students’ understanding of the text.

• Guided writing activities ensure students at all levels can produce a text successfully.

• The reading texts also act as models for students to produce their own written work.

• All the rubrics are in Spanish or Catalan to enable students to work autonomously.

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Table of contents: Grammar

Topic

Number of worksheets

be 18have got 15Present simple 13Present continuous 14Past simple 17was / were 14Past continuous 13be going to 10will 10Present perfect 11First conditional 8can 7have to 4should 4must 4Possessives 6this / these 2there is / there are 8some / any 4Countable and uncountable nouns 2Adverbs of frequency 3How much? / How many? 2Question words 3Imperatives 2Comparative adjectives 4Superlative adjectives 4Like, enjoy, love, hate + -ing 4Subject pronouns 2a / an 2Plural nouns 3

Table of contents: Vocabulary

Topic

Number of worksheets

The alphabet 1Clothes 7Numbers 4Ordinal numbers 2Colours 2 Days of the week 2 Months of the year 2Seasons 2Dates 1Prepositions of time 1Prepositions of place 1The time 3School subjects 3Classroom objects 3 Family 3Face and body 3Countries 3Nationalities 3Food and drink 14Home 8Weather 3Jobs 10Places 10Transport 5Activities 8Sports 9Animals 3Films 5Holidays 8Adjectives 10Music 5Television 3Travel 8Computers 3The natural world 3

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Table of contents: Everyday EnglishTitle Function 1 Hello! Introducing yourself 2 How are you? Greetings 3 Nice to meet you. Meeting people 4 Where are you from? Exchanging personal information 5 How old are you? Giving your age 6 When’s your birthday? Giving your date of birth 7 About me. Giving personal information 8 What’s your name? Asking for personal information 9 What’s your phone number? Saying your phone number 10 Can I speak to … ? Phoning a friend 11 My family. Talking about your family 12 What do you like? Talking about your interests 13 Can you ski? Talking about what you can do 14 Listen to me! Using classroom English 15 Can I go? Asking for permission 16 Would you like to … ? Making and responding to invitations 17 Can I have … ? Ordering food in a café 18 What would you like to eat? Ordering food in a restaurant 19 Which date and place? Talking about dates, numbers, places and prices 20 What size is it? Shopping for clothes 21 A kilo of apples, please. Shopping for food 22 What about this one? Comparing things 23 A ticket to London, please. Buying a train ticket 24 What’s your favourite film? Talking about films 25 Can I help you? Asking for and offering help 26 Let’s go … Making suggestions (1) 27 What about … ? Making suggestions (2) 28 Good idea! Making suggestions (3) 29 What’s the matter? Making suggestions (4) 30 What time is it? Telling the time (1) 31 What time is dinner? Telling the time (2) 32 Where is the bus station? Giving directions (1) 33 Where is the café? Giving directions (2) 34 I’m looking for … Giving directions (3) 35 Do you like … ? Talking about music (1) 36 What is your favourite … ? Talking about music (2) 37 What did you do last weekend? Talking about the past (1) 38 How was your weekend? Talking about the past (2) 39 What are you doing on Saturday? Talking about the future (1) 40 What are you going to see? Talking about the future (2)

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Table of contents: Reading and WritingTitle Grammar 1 My name is … be: affirmative 2 My favourite things be: affirmative 3 I’m … be: affirmative; have got 4 My family be: affirmative; have got 5 My day Present simple: affirmative 6 A typical day Present simple: affirmative 7 My school day Present simple: affirmative and negative 8 A different life Present simple: affirmative and negative 9 I play sports Present simple: affirmative and negative 10 Shopping Present simple: affirmative and negative 11 Food and drink Present simple: affirmative and negative 12 My clothes Present simple: affirmative and negative 13 My school Present simple; have got 14 My bedroom there is, there are 15 My town there is, there are; prepositions of place 16 A festival there is, there are; present simple: affirmative 17 A description of a person Adjectives; have got; present simple 18 My best friends Adjectives; comparatives 19 A description of a place Adjectives; comparatives and superlatives 20 My classroom can 21 A fantastic place can; imperatives 22 My laptop can; adjectives; present simple 23 A problem should 24 My school rules must 25 I’m on holiday Present continuous: affirmative 26 A letter to a friend Present continuous: affirmative 27 What are you doing? Present continuous: affirmative and negative 28 My blog Present simple and present continuous 29 My favourite music Present simple and present continuous 30 A trip to London Past simple: affirmative 31 A film review Past simple: affirmative and negative 32 My favourite film was, were; past simple: affirmative 33 Scary stories Past simple and past continuous 34 A trip to the USA Present simple; present continuous; past simple 35 An email Present perfect: affirmative 36 My favourite sports Present perfect: affirmative and negative 37 My weekend be going to 38 A party be going to 39 A school trip be going to 40 The summer holidays be going to

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Teaching notes

To a certain extent all classes are mixed ability. Students learn in different ways and at different paces, and they are individuals with different personalities and different interests. Some may be quite extrovert and enjoy working in groups, whereas others may be more reserved and prefer to work on their own. One student may be motivated by the topic of sport, while another may be interested in music.

The worksheets in 1000+ Activities for Mixed Ability are designed to be used independently or alongside the main course book.

While presenting the main language point of the unit to the class, select the most appropriate grammar worksheet for weaker students so that they feel involved and may benefit from the main presentation. For example, when presenting the present perfect, give weaker students the first worksheet from the present perfect section. Further worksheets can be distributed as students gain confidence in their knowledge of the language, giving them a sense of achievement each time they complete a worksheet correctly. If the main unit language point is reported speech, which is too difficult for weaker students, give them a grammar worksheet that links to one of the tenses, or a vocabulary worksheet which links to the topic of the unit.

Practical issues

One way of accommodating the needs of weaker students is to encourage them to participate to the best of their ability. Engage them in the class before they open their books by playing a memory game to revise the grammar or vocabulary of the previous class or brainstorming the topic of the next unit. Make sure students know classroom language in English so that they can ask questions using the correct English expression.

In some cases, teachers may be able to split the class according to their level and have one group work with another teacher in a different room. Another possibility is for different groups to work in different areas of the classroom with material specially adapted for their level. However, these options are not open to

the majority of teachers, who have to deal with both stronger and weaker students at the same time.

Here are some tips on how best to use the worksheets from 1000+ Activities for Mixed Ability either alongside the main course book or in a group of weaker students.

Grammar

Distribute a Grammar worksheet from 1000+ Activities for Mixed Ability for weaker students to complete while stronger students are completing the exercises in their course book.

Read through the observation box at the top of each worksheet with students. Ask them questions to elicit the main concept of the language point. For example, for worksheet 1 there is / there are: affirmative, ask the following questions:

Do we use there is or there are for singular words? [there is]

Do we use there is or there are for plural words? [there are]

Leave a simple summary of the language point on the board as students do the exercises, for example: there is = singular there are = plural

Read through the example with students and ask them to explain in their own words why this answer is correct. Allow students to answer in their L1.

If possible, complete the first two sentences in a grammar exercise with the students, so they know exactly what they have to do and so feel more confident.

Remind students they can use the key vocabulary box at the bottom of the page to find any words they need.

Encourage students to see how many sentences they can complete within a certain time limit, so that they do not feel obliged to complete the whole exercise.

If you are correcting the worksheet as a group, allow them to compare answers before you ask for them.

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Let individual students correct their own mistakes by giving a prompt to indicate the error.

Encourage peer correction among the students by using the prompt Can anyone help?

Vocabulary

Distribute a Vocabulary worksheet from 1000+ Activities for Mixed Ability for weaker students to complete while stronger students are completing the exercises in their course book.

Focus on the photos or illustrations of the words in stage one of the worksheet. Model the word and drill it in chorus and then individually.

Ask one student to spell the word and write it on the board.

Elicit which syllable carries the stress of the word and underline the relevant syllable.

If the students’ L1 is not Spanish or Catalan, encourage them to make a note of the L1 translation of the word. You could print off the complete word list for students to use as a mini dictionary and complete with L1 translations as they learn new vocabulary.

Complete the first two items of a vocabulary exercise with the students, so they know exactly what they have to do and so feel more confident.

Remind students they can use the key vocabulary box at the bottom of the page to find any words they need.

Encourage students to see how many items they can complete within a certain time limit, so that they do not feel obliged to complete the whole exercise.

Allow students to compare answers before you ask for them.

Let individual students correct their own mistakes by giving a prompt to indicate the error.

Ask students to spell the word when you are checking their answers.

Encourage peer correction among all the students by using the prompt Can anyone help?

Speaking

Distribute an Everyday English worksheet from 1000+ Activities for Mixed Ability for weaker students to complete while stronger students are completing the speaking task in their course book.

Focus on the presentation at the top of the worksheet. Read each sentence and elicit an L1 translation. You could print off the complete Expression Bank for students to use as a record of new language and complete with L1 translations.

Write the target language on the board and elicit which words carry the stress. Underline the relevant words.

Model the sentence and drill it in chorus and then individually.

Read through the example with students and complete the first item of the exercise with them so that they know exactly what they have to do and so feel more confident.

If possible, correct the activities as a group and encourage students to read their answers aloud.

Reading

Distribute a Reading and Writing worksheet from 1000+ Activities for Mixed Ability for weaker students to complete while stronger students are completing the reading task in their course book.

Read the article aloud with students and ask them to underline any new vocabulary. Stop after each paragraph and answer any questions. Encourage students to ask about vocabulary using appropriate expressions in English.

Remind students they can look at the key vocabulary box at the bottom of the page to answer any of their questions.

Read through the example with students and complete the first item of the exercise with them so that they know exactly what they have to do and so feel more confident.

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Ask students to underline the part of the text which contains the answers to the questions.

Let individual students correct their own mistakes by reading out the relevant sentence from the text to indicate the error.

Writing

The final activity on the Reading and Writing worksheets focuses on writing skills. Explain to students that their text will be very similar to the text they have just read.

Focus on the first sentence in the writing text and ask students to underline the corresponding sentence in the reading text.

Ask students to complete the first sentence and elicit answers from various students.

Repeat for the second sentence.

Remind students they can use the key vocabulary box at the bottom of the page to find many of the words they need.

Allow students to write as much or as little as they like. More capable students may be able to follow the model of the reading text and expand their answers.

Refer back to the reading text to encourage individual students to correct their mistakes.

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