Newstelling Extra | Charts

SMART RESOURCES | An excellent resource to develop conversation. The resource has five charts with questions prompting students to participate in conversation about themselves, family, home, activities and interests. There are a further twenty cards with the prompt questions; these can be used to engage students using Kagan Structure- ‘Quiz, Quiz, Trade’ (instruction card included) or in other oral activities. There are additional comment cards to encourage students to add detail to the conversation. A first rate resource for ESL students.

PREMIUM RESOURCE | Twenty-seven feeling word cards and twenty-six action cards create a multi-purpose resource for critical and creative Thinking, Speaking and Listening, and Writing. Two speaking frames (with instructions) are included to assist students with the expression of their feelings. All feeling and action cards have supporting illustrations which provide a valuable source for conversation. An excellent resource for ESL / ESOL / EAL studies! Feelings & Action List FEELING: angry bored clever concerned confused embarrassed excited friendly frightened happy healthy lonely lucky mean okay peaceful positive relaxed sad scared shocked shy sick silly sleepy surprised tired ACTION: agree blush celebrate cry disagree dance disapprove eat exercise flirt frown grin hug kiss laugh listen play quiet read sleep smile talk text type wink write

SMART RESOURCE | The Speaking and Listening resource enables the teacher to easily organise the oral language with the class. Through speaking with individual, partner or groups the student can explore ways in which to express feelings and emotions while also developing a vocabulary to describe and answer questions about a chosen topic. The Newstime resource includes students Learning Intentions and Success Criteria, a Today’s Class Management Board together with a variety of Newstime focus cards. The resource is presented with a colour background and a white background. New to the resource is a student Self-Reflection Assessment sheet to assess their presentation against the Learning Intentions and Success Criteria; also include is a blank Self-Assessment sheet.

SMART RESOURCE | Two communication charts present a check list of questions for a good speaker and a good listener. An excellent resource for student self - assessment.