This is the second lesson I deliver on ‘a’, ‘an’ and ‘the’ allowing learners to have further practice and further consolidate their knowledge on the topic. The presentation also acts as a lesson plan and can be followed throughout the whole session. Included files: Presentation: begins with lesson warm up- verb alphabet, count nouns and uncount nouns in more detail, article rules with count/uncount, practice activity/gap fill, revisiting the infographic from previous class, measuring words/quantifiers, introduction to different types of nouns with noun sorting activity and final writing task Inserting measuring words activity- separate handout Articles and measuring words writing activity Article assessment with multiple choice quiz and writing activity- can be used to check understanding of the topic

L1 or L2 English grammar/writing class focussed on sentence writing specifically compound sentences. Lots of varied sentences and activities, writing own sentences and identifying sentences PowerPoint presentation which also serves as a lesson plan, with activities throughout, group tasks, paired tasks and individual tasks Dictionary hunt/game warm up activity Matching clauses game (can be adapted to suit a whole group games or paired Email without mistakes- teacher’s copy Email with mistakes to correct (and used further on to identify some compound sentences)

A jeopardy style quiz based on mostly general knowledge and fun facts about Christmas. I usually split into teams of around 4 students and record scores on the board. It works best with 2 teams, but will depend on your class size. There are 5 categories of questions (General Knowledge, Christmas facts, True or false, Spelling and English traditions). Each category has 5 question, worth 100 up 500 points, which increase in difficulty/reward. Each slide has the answer on it (shown by animation). All slides link to the first page, with a ‘home’ icon in the bottom right of all pages. It works best to go to your question, reveal answer, then use the home icon to go back to the first page and mark off which questions have been asked. On the final slide there is a final jeopardy question worth 1000 points, which means this final question can change everything!

This is the second session for Level 2 language features, making up the complete list provided by the Level 2 Pearson Edexcel exam spec. It covers: Emotive language Exaggeration/hyperbole Abbreviations Simile Acronyms Metaphor Informal language Alliteration Contrasts Sibilance Positive/negative language Slogans With examples of each taken from well known places. There is a short activity for language feature spotting, There is a Jam Board activity for which you would need to create a new Jam Board. Also a matching activity to be done on the smart board with correct answers. The session ends with a consolidation activity exam style question taken from a Pearson Edexcel mock exam. There is a table for recording the definition of each feature.

Main topic of apostrophe and comma usage/rules with consolidation activities, being contextualized in a written review in line with Pearson Edexcel possible writing exam task. Short sentence recap (5 question quiz) Apostrophe uses with activities Comma uses with activities Sentences taken from a written review of a fitness watch to insert commas Whole review, featuring previous task sentences with accurate commas Final consolidation quiz based on all apostrophe and comma learning

This lesson is focused on using the past simple tense to report details, with a specific aim at functional skills English letters and emails but can be adapted to a more general focus too. Lesson warm up based on a news article about two pilots being caught using Snap-chat whilst flying a plane with student handout Past simple tense re-cap with examples Gap fill exercise using the past simple tense in a formal letter setting with student handout. Changing language to the past simple tense in an email setting with student handout. Final task - students to write about a bad experience they have had using the past simple tense- task details on PowerPoint.