Literacy
activities using
Textease is a powerful program combining word processing with speech, desktop publishing and multimedia authoring. All Lancashire schools have at least one copy of the program. Further details, licenses and a demo version of the program can be obtained from www.textease.com
To complete the exercises below children will need to be able to double-click and drag words and text. They will also need to know how to scroll up and down the page using the scroll bar.
Even if these examples are not exactly what you are looking for they may give you some ideas on how to use Textease to create your own resources.
Click on one of the Textease links below to download a file to your own disc (or right-click and Save Target As ……..)
| KS1 | |
| Name of file (.te) |
About the activity/NLS reference |
| ellinkadake19.te (NEW!) | Drag the letters to make words - ell, ink, ad, ake endings. |
| opakeenink21.te (NEW!) | Drag the letters to make words - op, ake, en, ink endings. |
| ateideashill25.te (NEW!) | Drag the letters to make words - ate, ide, ash, ill endings. |
| ort.te | Match the scenes from ORT to the relevant text. |
| floppy.te | Match the pictures of Floppy with the relevant text. |
| enallopold20.te | Drag the letters to make words - en, all, op, old endings. |
| iceallayent22.te | Drag the letters to make words - ice, all, ay, ent endings. |
| ookackiceash23.te | Drag the letters to make words - ook, ack, ice, ash endings. |
| iceackentate24.te | Drag the letters to make words - ice, ack, ent, ate endings. |
| y1cvc.te | Year 1 Term 1 Making CVC words |
| unit10y2t1.te | Unit 10 - Developing Early Writing Year 2: Using connectives to sequence events. |
| unit11y2t1.te | Unit 11 - Developing Early Writing Year 2: Planting beans. Changing recount to instructions. |
| unit15y2t3one.te | Unit 15 - Developing Early Writing Year 2: Non-chronological report. |
| y1sentences.te | Developing Early Writing Year 1: Developing the concept of a sentence |
| Initial phonemes 1 | Hearing and identifying initial sounds in words (4) - Sacred Heart RC, Colne |
| Initial phonemes 2 | Hearing and identifying initial sounds in words (8) - Sacred Heart RC, Colne |
| Rhyming pics | Matching pictures that rhyme - Sacred Heart RC, Colne |
| wordsort 1 | Matching word to picture (4) - Sacred Heart RC, Colne |
| wordsort 2 | Matching word to picture (8) - Sacred Heart RC, Colne |
| stormynight.te | KS1 Stormy Night cloze poem. Find the rhyming words and move them to the right line. |
| alphabet.te | Lower case letter matching |
| keywords1.te | Word
recognition. Matching exercise using the 45 high frequency words from the NLS Appendix List 1. |
| keywords2.te | |
| keywords3.te | |
| KS2 | |
| Name of file (.te) |
About the activity/NLS reference |
| story.te** | Prefix wheel - un -spin the wheel to create new words |
| report.te** | Prefix wheel – re -spin the wheel to create new words |
| recount.te** | Recount - example of a writing frame. |
| Prefix wheel - un.te** | Prefix wheel - un -spin the wheel to create new words |
| Prefix wheel - re.te** | Prefix wheel – re -spin the wheel to create new words |
| Prefix wheel - pre.te** | Prefix wheel - de -spin the wheel to create new words |
| Prefix wheel - non.te** | Prefix wheel – anti -spin the wheel to create new words |
| Prefix wheel - mis.te** | Prefix wheel - mis -spin the wheel to create new words |
| Prefix wheel - ex.te** | Prefix wheel - ex -spin the wheel to create new words |
| Prefix wheel - dis.te** | Prefix wheel – dis -spin the wheel to create new words |
| Prefix wheel - de.te** | Prefix wheel - de -spin the wheel to create new words |
| Prefix wheel - anti.te** | Prefix wheel – anti -spin the wheel to create new words |
| Prefix wheel - al.te** | Prefix wheel - al -spin the wheel to create new words |
| Prefix wheel - af.te** | Prefix wheel – af -spin the wheel to create new words |
| Prefix wheel - ad.te** | Prefix wheel - ad -spin the wheel to create new words |
| Prefix wheel - a.te** | Prefix wheel – a -spin the wheel to create new words |
| explanation.te** | Persuasion - example of a writing frame. |
| Newspaper format.te** | Newspaper - example of a writing frame. |
| Alphabetical order.te** | Alphabetical Order - drag the words into the correct order |
| irregular tenses.te** | Irregular tenses - find the correct word to match up the irregular tenses |
| explanation.te** | Explanation - example of a writing frame |
| newspaper_review.te** | Irregular tenses - find the correct word to match up the irregular tenses. |
| newspaper_review.te | Template for analysing a newspaper article. (S. Hughes, St Leonards) |
| nonchron_rep_paris.te | Unjumble these sentences in this non-chronological report about Paris. (S. Hughes, St Leonards) |
| non_chron_rep_comets.te | Unjumble these sentences in this non-chronological report on comets. (S. Hughes, St Leonards) |
| limericks2.te | Unjumble these limericks. (S. Hughes, St Leonards) |
| softc.te | Year 5 Spellings with soft and hard 'c' sound |
| spelly3t3.te | Year 3 Term 3 identify short words within longer words as an aid to spelling |
| roadways.te | Rearrange 'Roadways' by John Masefield. Eg Year 5/6 Classic poetry |
| matthewstory.te | Redrafting. Download a story that needs editing. |
| prefixes: un, dis, im, re, pre Y3 term 1 | |
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Read and then
sequence the story of the Lion |
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| Three limericks
by Edward Lear that need reordering. Year 3 term 3, Year 4 term 3, Year 6 term 2. |
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Problem solving activity
using prepositions. |
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| lookcover.te | Look, cover, write and check activity for days of the week. |
| months.te | Look, cover, write and check activity for months of the year. |
| synonyms.te | Year 3 term 1. |
| easterjumbled.te | Good Friday: Sequence the events of Jesus' last day. |
| unit_20.te | Grammar for Writing Unit 20: Year 4 Term 1, Subject, Verb and Complement. |
| unit42cloze.te | Grammar for Writing Unit 42: Identifying and classifying prepositions |
| unit_44.te | Grammar for Writing Unit 44: Year 6 Term 1, Prepositional Phrases |
| bookreview.te | A book review template to be filled in online or printed off for use in the classroom. |
| bookreview2.te | A basic book review template. |
| poppy.te | Poppy's Bad Day by Charlotte and Rosie, Seven Stars School, Leyland. |
| bob.te | How Bob tried to fly by Michael and Sam, Seven Stars School, Leyland. |
| ** Kindly supplied by Chris Alton from Lea St Mary's Catholic Primary School | |
| Teachers | |
| Name of file (.te) |
About the activity/NLS reference |
| easycircle.te fullcircle2.te y5prepositions.te |
Year
1 (from the DfES 'ICT in the Literacy Hour' CDRom) Year 1 (from the DfES 'ICT in the Literacy Hour' CDRom) Year 5 (from the DfES 'ICT in the Literacy Hour' CDRom) |
| process.te | How to use Texts from the Internet to make your own resources - for teachers of all age groups. |
| spelling template.te | A template to create your own spelling lists for the look, cover, write and check method. |
| index.te page_one.te page_two.te page_three.te page_four.te |
Creating
storyboards /cartoon strips. Carters Charity School create storyboards and record roleplay using Textease. (This activity has five pages which all link together. To view the full activity, all five pages must be downloaded . Place all five pages into a new folder on your computer. Then click on the file called "index.te") |
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