Bilingual Timeline – Stages of Life

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⚠️ This material is an adapted activity with questions (it is not a complete theoretical workbook on the topic).

Number of questions in the activity:
3 pages involving the organization of the student’s timeline, identification of life stages, use of sentences in the past tense in English, image–sentence association, and personal production.

Target Audience:
Students in the literacy process, Elementary School (Early and Middle Years), High School, Youth and Adult Education (EJA), and Specialized Educational Support (AEE).
Especially recommended for students with Intellectual Disabilities (mild to moderate), ASD, ADHD, Down Syndrome, Dyslexia, and difficulties in learning English.

Format:
Color printable PDF with strong visual support (life stages), bilingual structure (English + Portuguese), spaces for writing, drawing, and personalization, with answer key included.

Important for the teacher:
This material was developed as a practical activity with questions and can be used as:
✔ content introduction
✔ guided production
✔ adapted assessment

Key Features:

✅ Teaches timeline organization in a concrete and visual way (birth → childhood → school → present).
✅ Bilingual structure (English + Portuguese), facilitating understanding.
✅ Uses simple and functional sentences: I was born, I was a baby, I started school.
✅ Allows personalization with the student’s real data (years, experiences, and drawings).
✅ Promotes personal narrative construction (high engagement).
✅ Includes activities that involve identifying, organizing, writing, and drawing.
✅ Progressive teaching sequence: recognize → organize → relate → produce.
✅ Strong visual support that reduces the need for advanced reading skills.
✅ Can be used in regular classrooms, AEE, or individual support.
✅ Can be applied as a meaningful adapted assessment.
✅ Saves 6h48min of teacher planning time.