This is an English Functional Skills reading revision guide that has been written for learners who will be taking the level 2 reading assessment. The guide includes an overview of all the information they will need to know in order to pass this assessment ( based on the City and Guilds / NCFE level 2 assessment). The 31 page revision guide includes an overview of the following: How to skim and scan a piece a text The purpose of a text Layout features of a text Language Techniques Facts and opinions Bias Tone and style Words and Phrases Main point of a text Summary of a text Each section contains information on each topic and gives examples of practice exam questions, answers, explanations of answers and tips on how to answer each question.

An active story time activity which is aimed at KS1 pupils. **Instructions: **Inform your pupils that they will be participating in an interactive story reading activity. As you read the story, whenever they hear a specific animal mentioned, they should make the corresponding animal sound. If they wish, they can also act out the animal’s actions for added fun. Included is a short story named: *Rosie’s Animal Friends. * Extra cards are also included that can be cut out and laminated. These can be held up to remind the pupils what sound to make during the story. You can also get pupils to Act It Out. They can also mimic the actions of the animals. For example: Flap your arms like the chickens pecking at the ground.

A workbook containing a writing activity based around the topic of the consequences of fast fashion. Learners are given a scenario and asked an email to a fast fashion company. They have two short source documents to read which will help them complete this writing task This writing task has a planning template which will help your learners to structure their text correctly. This writing task also includes three pieces of lined writing paper. This task is designed for L1 and L2 students. They are based on the City and Guilds / NCFE criteria.

A workbook containing three writing activities based around the topic of social media. Learners are given a scenario and asked to write the following: a report, a leaflet and a letter. Each writing task has a writing planning template which will help your learners to structure their text. Each writing task also includes two pieces of lined writing paper. These tasks are designed for L1 and L2 students. They are based on the City and Guilds / NCFE criteria.

A 16 page introduction lesson on commas. The PPT explains what a comma is and explains four common uses of a comma. A worksheet is provided. This has been used as a lesson for Year 5 pupils and also with KS3 students. Explanations and examples activities after each explanation Worksheet provided

A 17 page introduction lesson on apostrophes. The PPT explains what an possessive apostrophe is and explains how to use apostrophes for contractions. A worksheet is provided. This has been used as a lesson for Year 5 pupils and also with KS3 students. Starter exercise Explanations and examples White board activities Worksheet provided

An A3 resource which will help students to begin to think about how to structure their answers and how to compare poems. Examples are provided and the success criteria is included on the sheet. Please note you will receive one A3 sheet, as seen in the picture.

Based on the City and Guilds criteria. This booklet has a four activities to help E3 students prepare for their writing assessment. This is not a copy of the assessment and is structured slightly differently. Activity 1: Place the following words in alphabetical order (list of four words). Activity 2: Write the plural of the words in bold (list of four words). Activity 3: Write the correct spellings for the following words (six incorrect spellings taken from the spelling criteria booklet). Activity 4: Writing Activity - write an email to your local food bank to express your interest in volunteering (planning space and writing template included).

This resource has been created for L1 learners. This is a recap session and has a short overview of how to write and structure a report. This was created for my learners after they had learnt how to format the text. This is not a full lesson ( I have a full report lesson available on my online store). This purchase include: A resource that includes a report sample assessment question, a report writing template and two blank writing pages An 8 page PPT that contains a summary of the following: how to structure and format a report, planning to answer the assessment question and how to peer assess another peer’s work.

This is a 16 page PowerPoint which helps E3 / L1 learners to understand how to write a set of instructions for their writing assessment. This is step-by-step guide with a writing tasks included on the last slide. It is based on the City and Guilds assessment, but can be amended for other examination boards. The PowerPoint includes: What is instructional writing? Instructional structure and format How to write instructions: title, introduction, list of items needed, step-by-step instructions, A white board short task based on use of time connectives, imperative verbs and adverbs Layout of a instructions plus an example WAGOLL How to expand your instructions and aN EXAMPLE Nine instruction writing questions to choose from An instruction writing template planning sheet is included.

This is a 16 page PowerPoint which helps L1 / L2 learners to understand how to write narrative for their writing portion of their assessment. This is step-by-step guide with a writing task attached. It is based on the City and Guilds assessment, but can be amended for NCFE. The PowerPoint includes: What is a narrative? Narrative structure Narration Tense Description writing Narrative Structure Overview: Title, Introduction, Min Body and Conclusion Layout of a narrative plus an example WAGOLL Narrative writing task question Narrative template

**Instructions ** Cut out the five punctuation cards and place them in front of you. On the next page, you will be given a range of phrases and sentences. Each is missing a particular punctuation mark. Place each sentence / phrase underneath the correct punctuation card. Example: If the sentence reads: ‘Andys car had a flat tyre,’ then this sentence should be placed under the ‘apostrophe mark’ card.

A practice booklet which is based on the City and Guilds Entry 3 reading practice assessment. Ten questions and a source document based around the current issue of the XL Bully dog’s ban.

This style of questioning will feature in learners Functional Skills Reading Assessment.

This is a 38 pages PowerPoint which helps E3 learners to understand what to expect in the writing portion of their assessment. There are examples and short tasks for learners to complete throughout the presentation. It is based on the City and Guilds assessment, but can be amended for NCFE. The PowerPoint includes: Overview of the assessment ( marks, timing, sections) How the writing assessment is marked Overview of spelling task with an example Practice spelling task ( spelling bookmark sheet provided) Overview of alphabetical order question How to sort items into alphabetical order Alphabetical order task ( whiteboards) Overview of plural question Plural / irregular plural recap Plural task ( whiteboards) Writing assessment overview and marking criteria explanation Example writing question and how to answer the question (emails) Writing task ( planning / writing sheet provided)

This resource consists of a PowerPoint and worksheet. It will help learners learn how to use a dictionary and also how to answer the three questions, that require a dictionary, in their reading assessment. 28 slides There are tasks throughout for learners to complete on their whiteboards, as well as a worksheet ( with answers) for them to complete at the end of the lesson. This resource is base of the C&G assessment, but is also applicable for the NCFE assessment. Overview of Lesson: How to use a dictionary to locate words and their meanings Sample assessment question: how to find the meaning of specific words in the text Sample assessment question: how to identify words that mean the same as words in the text Sample assessment question: how to replace a specific word within the text with one of similar meaning Practice your learnt techniques by completing a task

12X key quote posters and 2X Macbeth posters.

A great lesson starter to get your students to remember character’s names and themes from the play. Instructions: Cut out the images on the grid sheet and place them inside of a container. Give each player a bingo card. As you draw an image from the container, ask the players to cross them out on their grid sheet. The first player who gets 3 in a row, wins the first round! Continue playing the game until someone gets a full house!

A worksheet containing an article writing activity that asks the learner to write a newspaper article on a current topic. The topic for each text is the current UK ‘dangerous’ dog debate. Information, planning template page is provided as well as two blank lined pages for writing

A five question reading task with answers. The text itself is a case study taken from the Comic Relief website. Topic: Food Banks / Food Poverty