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popg
Gabriela Pop
United Kingdom



Originally from Romania and with a Science degree, an EAL Teacher since 2010.
My students vary from early beginners with no educational background, to GCSE pupils. Watch this space for contributions related to English UK curriculum (especially Literature and writing)! Students from abroad can have a taste of what is taught in British schools. I hope you find my resources useful and exciting!

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Nouns
What are nouns - types and examples and a focus on using senses and adjectives to add detail to descriptions. The examples are colour coded to make grouping easier. It could be used for displays, as a help-sheet or simply for teaching about nouns. For some reason, when you preview, it shows incomplete text boxes. It�s fine though when you download....
Level: elementary
Age: 9-100
Type: grammar-guide
Downloads: 14


 
Short Vowels and CVC Words Mat
A word mat containing words with all short vowels.
Level: elementary
Age: 4-12
Type:
Downloads: 15


 
Describing a neutral setting
What�s neutral? Students are given a neutral setting image with descriptions and are asked to sort out the literary devices into a table. This could be used on its own or it could be used with the poem Neutral Tones by Thomas Hardy (or a similar one, where nature mirrors the feelings from the poem). I also uploaded a worksheet on the poem here htt...
Level: intermediate
Age: 11-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 30


 
The Iron Man - What shall I eat?
This activity sheet on what the Iron Man eats has 3 activities: Fill in the gaps with vowels; Group things into 4 categories (food, animals, made of metal, around the house) and an Odd One Out task. It is based on The Iron Man book, by Ted Hughes.
Level: elementary
Age: 7-14
Type:
Downloads: 11


 
Planning- Writing to argue- Article
We all know how crucial planning is in writing. This is a very useful resource to help students plan their ideas when writing an article. An example task is given: To write an article for the school newspaper arguing about the positives and negatives of distance learning. Students are taken step by step through the task. It�s useful to revise purp...
Level: intermediate
Age: 11-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 53


 
Adjectives
What are adjectives - types and examples and a focus on using vivid adjectives for description. The examples are colour coded to make grouping easier. It could be used for displays, as a help-sheet or simply for teaching about adjectives. For some reason, when you preview, it shows incomplete text boxes. It�s fine though when you download. Enjoy!
Level: elementary
Age: 9-100
Type: grammar-guide
Downloads: 19


 
Persuasive Techniques
Mix and Match definitions to technique. Fill in the gaps with the technique.
Level: intermediate
Age: 11-100
Type:
Downloads: 22


 
Neutral Tones poem - by Thomas Hardy
Who says Hardy is boring and difficult to read? Listen to the poem read on https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2s2Cl64zYzA. There is so much feeling (suffering) in a poem meant to show neutrality of a relationship. There is symbolism, pathetic fallacy, metaphors and more. However this worksheet has a copy of the poem, some quotes to match and a though...
Level: advanced
Age: 11-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 31


 
Refugee Boy - Chapters 2-3 Vocabulary Match
A words and definitions match on chapters 2-3. Answers included.
Level: advanced
Age: 10-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 3

 


Refugee Boy-Chapter 6 vocabulary
A list of vocabulary with definitions from Chapter 6, followed by a Fill in the Gaps Task to test understanding of new words.

Level: advanced
Age: 10-100
Downloads: 4


Vowel U word mat
A word mat to help with those words containing vowel U in the the middle

Level: elementary
Age: 4-12
Downloads: 18


Vowel O word mat
Vowel O words in a pupil friendly mat.

Level: elementary
Age: 4-12
Downloads: 18


Vowel I word mat
A word mat that supports learning of words with mid vowel I. You can use it for display, pupil reference, teaching or testing.

Level: elementary
Age: 4-12
Downloads: 18


Spelling Strategies
A list of useful spelling strategies with examples. How we apply some of these spelling strategies to remember �necessary�, �disappointed�, �accommodate� �beginning�, �know�. I used this as part of a spelling intervention program in a London secondary school.

Level: intermediate
Age: 9-100
Downloads: 19


The Iron Man by Ted Hughes- Chapter 1
This is a Iron Man, by Ted Hughes lesson on Chapter 1. It includes a simplified version with visuals, vocabulary work and some practice on past tense verbs. Solutions are included.It is very useful for making reading more accessible to beginner readers. It definitely helped my Year 7 EAL pupils to...

Level: elementary
Age: 7-14
Downloads: 17


At the Zoo poem - reading comprehension
This a poem with some comprehension questions which can help with some animals description vocabulary. There is a link for the audio version, so students can listen to the poem being read aloud (great for distance learning!).

Level: elementary
Age: 5-14
Downloads: 15


My Holiday: At the...
This is a wonderful writing tool for scaffolding the writing compositions about holidays. It includes: Planning by questioning, A pictionary word bank and 2 Writing Frames. I use this as part of Writing an Autobiography topic but can be used for any holiday writing topic I uploaded this resource ag...

Level: intermediate
Age: 9-100
Downloads: 35


Holiday: In the Mountains
A Mountains Holiday labelled pictionary!

Level: elementary
Age: 7-16
Downloads: 40


Vowels and CVC
A lesson explaining CVC and vowels with video links to help with grasping this topic. It also includes a table to sort out the words according to the middle vowel. Enjoy!

Level: elementary
Age: 5-12
Downloads: 12

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