- Cut and paste your sentences on paper the same way as you would on the computer. You can always photocopy the grid to make sure you have enough words!
- Match pictures to words. Make a grid with the pictures at the top and the words in the wrong order at the bottom. Cut and paste again – on and off screen.
- Write sentences including the vocabulary on the grid.
- Write down the words that go with the pictures on the grid. (Print out a grid that appears on screen with pictures and words with just the pictures and ask the pupils to put in the words.)
- Cut or copy the words from the grid and use them to label pictures.
- Make up a subject dictionary by writing words into the spaces on the blank grid and transfer them to the computer later.
- Print out an on-screen book with just the pictures and write the text by hand in the spaces.
- Print out a grid in French and a blank identical grid for labelling in English (or vice versa).
- Find pictures to go with the words on a grid.
- Write a story including the words in the grid.
- Find alternative words for all the words in the grid.
- Use individual words or pictures made as flashcard style grids as flashcards or snap cards.
- Use a grid of sentence starters to prompt sentences written by hand.
- Write a sentence that has the same meaning as the sentence on the grid but uses completely different words.
- Print out word banks for children to use in their own writing, e.g. a bank of adjectives, or alternative/extended vocabulary. Put a copy in a word book, to refer to at any time when they may be engaged in similar writing activities.
- Make a printed version of an on-screen book – for reluctant readers; or for content relevant to a topic at an appropriate level; or for content relevant to a particular situation, e.g. photos around school.
- Make several books at the same level to address particular or problem reading issues – e.g. with continued emphasis on key words for reinforcement, or particular grammatical constructions.
- Print out books – for use at home – parents can be involved directly in class work.
- Print out a book alongside a version with no text and ask the pupils to alter the text from direct to indirect speech for example.
- Print out pages of the book with the illustrations deleted. Ask children to draw pictures to go with the text. You could then scan the pictures into the computer.
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