Full lesson into enterprise project for cash for kids charity (this could be changed to a more local charity) Sponsored silence activity - team task allocations and aims and objectives all included.

Functional Skills English Conjunctions/connectives

E3-L1 Functional Skills English tense worksheet with a series of relevant examples.

Presentational Features lesson with activities included. Covers the use of headlines, colour, connotations and denotations and persuasion. 1.To consider the effect of presentational devices in texts. 2. To analyse the use of presentational devices in an image and their effect on the reader. 3.To create a poster that carefully considers language, image and colour to achieve its effect.

Language Devices poster/display can be used to go on walls or as a reference in learner books. PDF copy which covers definition, term and example and can be used for Functional Skills English and GCSE English.

Learners will develop the use of connectives creating sentences based on imagery. Equality and Diversity is embedded through stereotyping/prejudice discussion that may arise with imagery. Paragraphs - use of headlines and videos to develop learners use of the burger paragraph and topic sentences.

Harry Potter style card match activity for simple - compound and complex sentences.

Picture activity to build up vocabulary for describing an image. Each learner will get a section of a picture and write a short description. As a group all learners will piece together the images to make a complete image and share and discuss their descriptive sentences.

A full powerpoint lesson to revise and recap on word class. Integrated activities to include in descriptive writing with embedded peer assessment and class discussion . To revise relevant knowledge of word classes: nouns / verbs / adjectives / adverbs To practice using word classes and language features (similes / personification / alliteration) To assess relevant knowledge of word classes and language features (AO1)

Lesson which helps to build ambitious vocabulary with learners and challenges them to use connectives in their writing. Prompting them to create sentences and use connectives to expand - all through the use of visual imagery.

Functional Skills English Writing overview and top tips for the exam. Covers layout, format and features of letters, articles, emails and reviews.

Writing for purpose research/group work worksheet. Includes ideas and mind mapping on all the different types of purpose of text.

Full Lesson with aims and objectives. Covering reading for detail and skimming and scanning techniques. Starter activity included which can be edited to your individual needs: Terms and conditions starter: Give learners the terms to sign and date and give them the corresponding questionnaire. Assess how many learners read what they are signing and use the additional worksheet for those that do. Use as a discussion/icebreaker activity to skimming and scanning and why and how we use the skills in everyday life. PowerPoint: Included activities for the session with a link to a Kahoot as a plenary. The big scan activity can be applied to any texts you want to provide.

DAFOREST card match. Needs to be cut out into small cards, it covers Term, Example and Definition.

Revision flash cards for angles, formula, measurements and volume which learners can use and keep during lessons and for revision.

Two writing activities: Writing a college article and writing at letter. Questions are all based on L2 Functional Skills English exam criteria and a display poster to use as a prompt for planning for writing is included.

Booklet containing a series of examples for formula which functional skills maths level 2 learners will find in their exam.

Worksheet E3 - L1 and low level 2. Dealing with money, banks and negative numbers.

All the terms required for the AQA GCSE Specification, can be used for display in the classroom or in books. Can be cut up and used as task cards if required.

Worksheet for start activity in which learners must pick a letter as a class and try and answer all the categories on the sheet with an answer starting with the chosen letter.