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PDF Mini Resource Packs
These resource packs offers a range of ‘mini’ resource packs: packs that are shorter and cheaper than our standard resource packs, and which are only available as photocopiable PDFs.
This online series is just another way in which Macrat hopes to distribute quality, ready-to-use resources to teachers.
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PDF Mini Resource Packs
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Mini Resource pack: ‘Animal Farm’ selected worksheets (Gr 10 – 12)
Are you looking for new inspirational material when teaching ‘Animal Farm’? This selection of worksheets provides excellent revision material. The worksheets include a revision quiz; activities to revise satire and persuasive speech; two contextual questions and writing topics (transactional writing and essay topics). Some suggested answers are included. These worksheets... R72.00 Add to basket -
Mini Resource pack: Agenda and minutes of a meeting info page
The goal of this resource pack is to create a situation in which groups of learners can create an agenda, hold a meeting and then write the minutes of the meeting. Group discussion and role play form part of this process. Learners watch a virtual tour of an educational institution... R145.00 Add to basket -
Mini Resource pack: An alternative method of studying and reading the novel: the “whole novel” approach.
These notes offer an alternative approach to how the novel is studied in the classroom. It is based on work done by a New York teacher who said: “Perhaps ironically, I’ve found that the key to helping students take a work apart for close analysis is letting them read the... R27.00 Add to basket -
Mini Resource pack: Comprehension and language FAL GET (1)
This set includes two comprehensions which are ideal for use as a class test or a practice exercise. One exercise includes an introductory and a follow-up activity that looks at Standard English vs. American English, and considers why writers use particular features such as unusual word order or direct speech.... R37.00 Add to basket -
Mini Resource pack: Comprehension and language HL FET (1)
Based on an article entitled ‘Zen and the art of home maintenance’ (by Bev Rycroft), this worksheet provides a 30-mark comprehension test most suitable for Grades 11 and 12. Suggested answers are included. The worksheet was originally published in Macrat’s ‘Ratpack’ Volume 19.1. Total number of pages: 4 pages Compiled... R37.00 Add to basket -
Mini Resource Pack: Fun with foreign words FET
This worksheet introduces learners a selection of twenty foreign words and phrases that are commonly used in English. The follow-on activity is aimed at learners expanding the list of words provided in the exercise. Suggested answers are included. Most relevant to Gr 10 HL & FAL. Total number of pages:... R42.00 Add to basket -
Mini Resource Pack: GET Mixed Up Proverbs
NOTE: this exercise was previously published in issues of the Ratpack. A fun mix and match exercise listing 26 popular proverbs. Suggested answers are included. Suitable for grades 7 – 9, HL or FAL Total number of pages: 3 pages Compiled by Macrat Publishing R22.00 Add to basket -
Mini Resource pack: How to Start an Essay
Most learners struggle to get started with their essay, or are unable to write an interesting opening line that will catch the reader’s attention. This worksheet gets learners to think about the importance of opening lines and offers six ideas on how to start an essay. Learners are encouraged to... R27.00 Add to basket -
Mini Resource pack: Ideas for teaching drama
Studying plays with a class can be both rewarding and enjoyable. These notes give a brief overview of the terms and concepts relevant to teaching a play, but also provide many ideas on how to teach drama by incorporating reading and speaking activities. Reading, performing and writing plays is an... R42.00 Add to basket -
Mini Resource Pack: Know your Similes GET
This series of exercises reminds learners of all the similes that we use in everyday conversation, and we often forget that they are similes: slippery as an eel, proud as Punch etc. The use of these expressions shows that we know and understand English well. The worksheet also revises the... R42.00 Add to basket -
Mini Resource Pack: Malapropisms
The worksheets take a look at MALAPROPISMS and introduce your learners to a couple of other related terms (spoonerisms, eggcorns, mondegreens and a Freudian slip). These pages were originally published in issue 14.3 of the Ratpack and the January 2020 issue of the Ratpack Resources. Most suitable for Grades 8-10... R37.00 Add to basket -
Mini Resource Pack: Language Revision FAL FET (1)
A set of three worksheets that provide excellent revision exercises that can be used in the classroom or as tests. The worksheets cover textual editing, dictionary work, active and passive voice, using the correct form of the verb and other words, tenses, forming questions and negatives. Suggested answers are included.... R47.00 Add to basket