This history timeline, ‘Bell’s Invention of the Telephone’, features important dates and factual background information about the life of Alexander Graham Bell and the invention of the telephone. This is a great resource for broadening students’ historical knowledge about Canada and could be used as a prompt for further discussion or study of Canadian history.
This editing and revising learning activity, ‘Blogging’ encourages students to recognise spelling errors, correct tone, punctuation and sentence structure. Answer sheet provided with file download.
This editing and revising learning activity, ‘Car of the Future’ encourages students to recognise spelling errors, punctuation and sentence structure. Answer sheet provided with file download.
This editing and revising learning activity, ‘Enhancing Reality’ encourages students to recognise spelling errors, punctuation and sentence structure. Answer sheet provided with file download.
This Reading Comprehension worksheet, ‘Forgotten Inventors from History’, features two biographical texts about Oliver Evans, who invented the assembly line, and Mary Anderson, who invented the windshield wiper. It encourages students to use a variety of strategies to interpret the texts and includes questions about central purpose, cause and effect, visual comprehension, emotional reactions, figurative …More
This writing prompt, ‘Online School’ helps students to write about whether they would like to attend an online school. It encourages students to think about how an online education would affect their relationships with teachers and friends and is aimed at broadening students’ writing and language skills.
This technology activity, ‘Software User Licence’ ensures students gain confidence in using different software. Students will use appropriate software to create texts.
This editing and revising learning activity, ‘The Ethics of Computers’ encourages students to recognise capitalisation and spelling errors, correct tense, punctuation and sentence structure. Answer sheet provided with file download.
This history article, ‘The Evolution of Video Games’ features the history of video games and how they developed from early games like Pong and Pac Man to the more complex games we play today. It provides factual information and is aimed at broadening students’ cultural and historical awareness in a fun and engaging manner.
This Reading Comprehension worksheet, ‘Two Inventors’, features two biographical texts about Alexander Bell, who invented the telephone, and Thomas Edison, who invented the electric light. It encourages students to use a variety of strategies to interpret the texts and includes questions about reasoning, drawing a conclusion, detail, cause and effect, classifying, and comparison/contrast. Answer sheet …More
This illustration, ‘Victorian camera’ is available in PNG format at 300 DPI resolution with a transparent background for classroom use. This illustration is also available in black and white which makes it ideal for photocopying and colouring-in. The clip art is fast and easy to download, and can be reproduced for use on bulletin boards, …More
This illustration, ‘Victorian camera B&W’ is available in PNG format at 300 DPI resolution with a transparent background for classroom use. This black and white illustration is ideal for photocopying and colouring-in. The clip art is fast and easy to download, and can be reproduced for use on bulletin boards and student handouts, and in …More
This writing prompt, ‘What a Shock!’ helps students to write about spending one day without electricity. It encourages students to think about their reliance on electricity and is aimed at broadening students’ writing and language skills.
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