Introduction
These Teacher’s Resource Materials are downloadable in a lesson while providing each student with a level of
worksheets that can be printed, photocopied and used in
class or set for homework as part of the Harmonize course.
They consist of:
• 11 Vocabulary worksheets (Basic, Standard, Challenge)
• 11 Grammar worksheets (Basic, Standard, Challenge)
• 8 Reading worksheets (Basic, Standard, Challenge)
• Worksheet answer key
• 8 Speaking pairwork worksheets (Levels 1–5 only)
The materials have been carefully designed to provide
systematic further practice of the language areas covered in
the Student’s Book.
These ready-to-use worksheets offer teachers a range of
extra practice options and ensure that students are working
with materials that give them the appropriate level of
challenge.
They can be used:
• as in-class practice after the corresponding Student’s
Book lessons
• as homework to complement the Workbook
• as differentiated activities for mixed-ability classes
• as revision
• for fast finishers
• as warmers or fillers
• for substitution classes.
The exercises in the worksheets are all activity types
that the students will be familiar with from the Student’s
Book or Workbook. The worksheets can be completed
in class as an opportunity for students to practise new
language before they then do the Workbook exercises
for homework. You can also set them for homework as a
levelled alternative to the Workbook content, or give them
for homework later as revision.
An answer key is provided for you to use for a class check,
to mark worksheets individually, or to give to students in
order for them to self/peer check.
Note that all of these worksheets are available to download
from Oxford English Hub in PDF format. In addition, the
Vocabulary and Grammar worksheets and the answer
key are available in editable Word format so that you can
download them to your computer and customize them as
you wish.
Mixed-ability classes
The worksheets offer further options when you are working
with mixed-ability groups. All worksheets (apart from the
Speaking pairwork worksheets) are provided at three levels
(Basic, Standard and Challenge). These worksheet versions
cover the same vocabulary, grammar points or reading
skills, but contain activities at a higher or lower level of
challenge. This means that you can cover the same content
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challenge that is suited to their language level.
The three levels of each worksheet can also be used with
the same student as they progress through the year. For
example, you may choose to use the basic level after
presenting the new language in class, the standard level for
revision, and the challenge version for consolidation later
in the year.
We recommend being open with students about how you
plan to use these levelled worksheets; if students are aware
of the decision-making processes around their learning it
empowers them to engage with their own learning.
It is also worth talking to parents about why you are
working with the levelled worksheets, and what the
benefits are. Some parents might be concerned that
differentiated methods are putting their child at a
disadvantage. Explain to parents that the materials provide
students with effective learning options that are better
suited to their current language ability.
Further information on teaching mixed-ability classes can
be found in the introduction to the Teacher’s Guide.
Vocabulary worksheets
For each Student’s Book unit there is one photocopiable
Vocabulary worksheet, which is available at three levels
(Basic, Standard, Challenge).
These Vocabulary worksheets are designed to provide
extra practice and recycling of the two core vocabulary
sets presented in each Student’s Book unit. They also
incorporate the extra vocabulary sets which are also
practised in the Workbook.
You can use each set of Vocabulary worksheets at the
end of the Student’s Book unit, or later in the term, as
a valuable revision tool. Alternatively, you can choose
to use the relevant section of the worksheet after each
corresponding lesson.
In addition, there is a Vocabulary Review worksheet for
Units 1–4 and another for Units 5–8.
Grammar worksheets
For each Student’s Book unit there is one photocopiable
Grammar worksheet which is available at three levels
(Basic, Standard, Challenge).
These Grammar worksheets are designed to provide extra
practice and recycling of the two main grammar points
presented in each Student’s Book unit.
You can use each set of Grammar worksheets at the end of
the Student’s Book unit, or later in the term, as a valuable
revision tool. Alternatively, you can choose to use the
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 relevant section of the worksheet after each corresponding
lesson.
In addition, there is a Grammar Review worksheet for Units
1–4 and another for Units 5–8.
Reading worksheets
There are eight Reading worksheets which each link to
the topic of the corresponding Student’s Book units,
1–8. These worksheets are also available at three levels
(Basic, Standard, Challenge). However, all three levels of
worksheet are based on the same reading text and share
identical opening and closing activities (exercises 1 and 4).
Exercises 2 and 3 are then graded to Basic/Standard/
Challenge level. This approach ensures that the teacher
is able to easily manage the reading task in class and it
enables students to discuss the content and broader topic
of the reading text as a group.
We recommend following these steps:
• Distribute a worksheet to each student, ensuring that
they receive a worksheet at an appropriate level.
• Do exercise 1 together as a class, eliciting answers from
students of all levels.
• Tell students to read the text and work through exercises
2 and 3 on their worksheet, working either alone or in
same-level pairs.
• Check answers to exercises 2 and 3, either by collecting
in the worksheets or by copying the relevant answer key
for self/peer checking.
• Do exercise 4 together as a class, eliciting answers and
ideas from students of all levels.
The Reading worksheets provide extra reading skills
practice and also incorporate recycling and extension of the
vocabulary, and sometimes the grammar, presented in the
relevant Student’s Book unit.
Speaking pairwork worksheets
For Levels 1–5 of Harmonize, there are eight Speaking
pairwork worksheets which each link to the topic of
the corresponding Student’s Book units, 1–8. As these
communication activities by their nature involve
collaborative pairwork, levelled versions are not provided.
The Speaking pairwork worksheets focus on extra speaking
practice with practical outcomes. The activities also
incorporate recycling and extension of the vocabulary,
grammar and functional language covered in the relevant
Student’s Book unit.
These worksheets are best used at the end of the
corresponding Student’s Book unit since they effectively
bring together and activate a range of language and
skills from the lessons. Each worksheet features a Useful
language box and, for Harmonize 4 and 5, a Life skills
box is also included. We recommend going through the
2 Starter
instructions and Useful language and Life skills boxes
with the class before beginning the activity to ensure that
students understand the task and the target language.
Assessment for Learning
At the end of each photocopiable worksheet there
is a self-assessment panel. Here is an example of a
self-assessment panel:
For me, these exercises are … easy OK difficult
Before marking any completed worksheets, encourage
students to use the panel to reflect on their performance
by indicating whether they found the worksheet easy, OK
or difficult. This prepares students for lifelong learning by
encouraging them to take responsibility for their learning
and be more self-aware. It also provides you as a teacher
with a useful springboard to discuss how individual
students are feeling about the level of challenge they have
been given.
Classroom management tips
• Be prepared. Take the time to familiarize yourself with
the exercises on the worksheets, so that you can answer
any questions that students might have about them
before, during and after the lesson.
• Let students decide. As teachers, we are aware which
students in the group are the stronger or weaker.
However, this does not mean that we should always
assign levelled worksheets to students based on our own
assessment of their abilities. Instead, let the students
sometimes decide for themselves which option they
would like to tackle. This is an excellent way to increase
self-awareness, motivation and learner autonomy.
• Be flexible. Prepare enough worksheets for the lesson so
that all students who wish to work at a particular level
are able to. If they want to discuss the materials with
each other, it can be helpful to let them do so.
• Give students their own space. Unless you are using the
worksheets for assessment, encourage students to turn
to each other for help. Collaborative working methods
often lead to co-operative outcomes: that’s when
students are likely to teach each other and also learn
from each other.
• Vary your approach. It’s a good idea to vary the way
the worksheets are used in class. Ask students to work
individually, in pairs or in small groups. Sometimes ask
them to take a worksheet home to finish it, or do it at the
beginning of the next lesson as revision.
• Use mixed pairs and groups. There is no need to always
group students according to which level of worksheet
they are working on. Let them sit where they usually sit.
In this way, students working on the worksheets also
have the opportunity to compare their materials and
help each other out where possible.
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