 | Creating worksheets for reading and writing activities needn’t be too difficult. You don’t have to invent your own original text. Create some interesting worksheets by using the texts in your textbook. Here are some examples of what you could do. |
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Gap Fill
Make a Gap Fill worksheet. Copy out a text from the textbook but leave gaps for the students to fill in the missing words. Ask the students to copy the text into their notebooks adding in the missing words where the gaps are. When each pair has finished, ask the students to check their partners text to see whether the missing words are in the correct places. Give points to the students who not only get all the correct answers but also write clearly and neatly. This will stop the students rushing to be the first to finish.
Spot the mistake
Copy out a text from the textbook but makes some factual mistakes. Ask the students to copy the text into their notebooks correcting the factual mistakes. Again, when each pair has finished, ask the students to check their partners text to see whether the correct changes have been made. You could read the correct text while the students check. This will give the students some listening practice too.
Reorder
Give the students a text with the sentences in the wrong order. They have to rewrite the text into their notebooks but in the correct order. It is a good idea if the students work in pairs for this activity as it can be a little difficult. They should also write in pencil because they might make a few mistakes in the beginning!
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Remember that producing large numbers of worksheets is very time consuming and is too much work for one teacher. There are may ways of sharing the work so that is becomes quite easy and also allows the worksheets to be used in more classes. Share the production of worksheets with other teachers in your school and work with schools in your neighbourhood to create a bank of worksheets.
For a bank of online worksheets that have been created for primary classes go to Friends and Fun in the kids zone.
This unit has been based on materials from 'Teach English: A Training Course For Teachers' by Adrian Doff (CUP 1998) and 'English For Primary Teachers: A Handbook Of Activities And Classroom Language' by Mary Slattery and Jane Willis (OUP 2001)
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