Using Technology in Adult Literacy: Creating Worksheets

Worksheets

Microsoft Word

Word is a very useful program for creating worksheets. Using Word the tutor can create:

Cloze exercises.

Punctuation exercises.

Reading comprehension worksheets

Wordsearches.

Sequencing exercises.

Matching exercises

Choice exercises.

Cloze

Example:

Words:

SH__P

S__OP

SH__RE

Tutor creates list of words on Word then prints them out. Student fills in blanks when told the word by tutor.

Sentences:

Example:

We went to the _ _ _ _ to get some milk.

Punctuation

Create a piece of text without punctuation, print out and work on with student.

Example:

Punctuate and capitalize the following paragraph:

we went on holiday to the seaside every year the three of us mum would wake me up before it got light once we were in the car id watch for the dawn through the gaps in the houses id tell myself that the sky only looked grey because it was really still night time not because it was cloudy some years i was right but the year im thinking of the year I was nine the sun didnt appear at all

From: The Way the Pit Works by Gaye Jee.

Correct:

We went on holiday to the seaside every year, the three of us. Mum would wake me up before it got light. Once we were in the car, I'd watch for the dawn through the gaps in the houses. I'd tell myself that the sky only looked grey because it was really still night-time, not because it was cloudy. Some years I was right, but the year I'm thinking of, the year I was nine, the sun didn't appear at all.

Reading comprehension

Example:

1. Juan loves to play games. His favorite game is chess because it requires a great deal of thought. Juan also likes to play less demanding board games that are based mostly on luck. He prefers Monopoly because it requires luck and skill. If he’s alone, Juan likes to play action video games as long as they aren’t too violent.

What is the main idea of this paragraph?

a. Juan dislikes violence.
b. Juan likes to think.
c. Juan enjoys Monopoly.
d. Juan enjoys playing games.

2. Maria is watching too much television. A toddler shouldn’t be spending hours staring blankly at a screen. Worse yet, some of her wild behavior has been inspired by those awful cartoons she watches. We need to spend more time reading books with her and pull the plug on the TV!

What is the main idea of this paragraph?

a. Watching a lot of television isn’t good for Maria.
b. Books are good.
c. All cartoons are bad.
d. Some cartoons are bad for Maria.

Word searches.

Example:

Clothes: COAT, HAT, SHOE, GLOVE, PANTS, TIE

To create a wordsearch using word.