This session has two documents which I’ve created myself - specifically for purpose and generically enough for use with a range of vocational students studying English. The topic: Becoming an Apprentice. Start with a simple pairs task. Practise determining purpose and tone, locate and summarise main points, compare and synthesise ideas… It isn’t incredibly detailed but it does work well for reading and writing practice and it has slides with comparative phrasing - which are also A3 posters for display in the classroom. Differences are there just for reference as similarities is where the focus lies. It also shows what level of effort I put into my resources. Please take a look at my shop - more resources are in which are now fully planned with session briefs and 50% off full year packs! A free Punctuation book is also available from our partner GCSE English Language shop - https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/english-language-punctuation-workbook-and-answer-booklet-12225126 Any feedback would be greatly appreciated! This is quite popular but the reviews are limited! Thanks to those who have, already. It is much appreciated. =-)

This is a session for L 1/2 learners. The Instruction Writing question has appeared in new spec exams and is one that has puzzled a few teachers, including myself. Keeping it simple, it covers sentences, some punctuation and has a couple of tasks and examples. One task requires minimising the narrations screen, while the slide show is running, and moving them around to order them. It also has information from the local area - so you may want to update that with instructions of your own. There are brief details in the slide notes. Created with step-by-step animation, to aid delivery and questioning. I’ve made it as east to deliver as possible, so I hope people like it. Please leave a review! It would be much appreciated. =-)

Just a quick worksheet, with basic reading questions, that isn’t bad for starting any session, really. Aimed at Entry Level - the questions and text are very easy to complete/access. Any feedback would be greatly appreciated!

This starts off easy and with a little bit of guidance - then advances through stages to increase the level and could be used for either Functional Skills or GCSE English. Stage 1 needs a couple of commas but I did this in hope students would work it out. mine have been doing great with it. There are 6 image files with answers. Stage 6 can have varied responses, so there is no number. Some sentences could be ended or continued with a semi-colon, for example Hope you find it useful - any issues, leave some feedback and I will update.

I thought I’d upload this as another free sample of my work. This is a session covering Article Writing. There is a marco-enabled slide, towards the end, which has brief instructions in the slide notes. It has been carefully animated with step-by-step animations which aid delivery and questioning. There is also detailed session plan - with a slide-by-slide set of comments. Any feedback would be greatly appreciated! Please leave a review! =-) **Please be aware that these have been created in Microsoft Office 365 - they will work in older versions but the older it gets, the less advanced they will be - in terms of the visuals, transitions and animations. **

I didn’t want to just upload this to certain files in my pack - when I’ve literally poured my soul into it and it’s worth sharing, just as an example of how someone approaches planning. It also acts as a detailed catalogue of my recent resources. It’s a detailed scheme of work document with: A Lessons Grid A Mini Lesson Plans Grid with links to assessments and homeworks + images of Learning Outcome slides. 18 Individual, slide-by-slide session breakdowns, with slide screenshots, suggestions for delivery, approximate timings and links to every session in the pack. This is a document that will save me hours of future planning but it will save you more if you decide to purchase the fully planned pack: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/new-functional-skills-english-course-multipack-2-12487021 Imagine being told that you’re being observed and having this to hand. Attach a group profile and that’s all you really need… There are links to some free sessions wihtin the scheme - give one of them a go…if you like them - consider buying the pack. I absolutely promise value for money!

Here is a little free session on Hand-washing and Coronavirus (Covid-19). Contextually appropriate, this contains two nonfictional sources and is aimed at L1/2 students. It can be used as a revision session or an assessment one and has answers in a powerpoint slide set. The previews on here are a bit rubbish. Download and run the slideshow yourself, to see how it works. The writing also looks better than the preview shows! Again, any feedback would be greatly appreciated.

Another session for FS Reading which links to some of the other sessions in my shop. It covers the basic structures of: Articles Letters Speeches Emails Reports It has formative tasks and is intended as a quick overview/recap session Online. This would depend in which order you deliver Reading and Writing but it can be linked either way. Some tasks are on marco-enabled slides and can be moved on the slideshow - this is great online and would also be good on a touch screen in classrooms. Session plan included. Any feedback would be greatly appreciated and, please, check out my other resources. =-) **Please be aware that these have been created in Microsoft Office 365 - they will work in older versions but the older it gets, the less advanced they will be - in terms of the visuals, transitions and animations. **

Just a card matcher game/activity - which uses the acronym A DEEP FOREST (with some doubling up of letters for certain features). It was created to go with this language session which covers much more…including sentences and lists. There is also, now, an online version which can be displayed or used on platforms, like Teams, and collaborated on. I’ve been using it with multiple students at a time and I’ve sent it to individual students as homework. https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/english-language-language-feature-overview-l1-2-12254117

This is a quick Reading session, covering Identifying and Retrieving basic information. It was made with the intention to be used online and has a summative assessment which has been created on Microsoft Forms - as a self-marking quiz. There is a second starter task, on the first slide - now Marco-enabled with moveable tiles. See instructions in slide notes. Session plan included. Aimed at E3-L1 - This can be used as a quick into to Skimming and Scanning. Upload the starter task wordsearch, to Microsoft Whiteboard and collaborate with your group! Join the discussion! Like our Facebook page and join our group…share your experiences and ask any questions: **Please be aware that these have been created in Microsoft Office 365 - they will work in older versions but the older it gets, the less advanced they will be - in terms of the visuals, transitions and animations. **

This contains all the government issued Subject Content Statements for L1 & 2 - Functional Skills English. It shows highlighted/colour-coded, side-by-side comparison/contrast of L1 & L2 and aims to briefly explain some key differences between the two levels in relation to all 3 elements. These feature in my 30 page revision book for L1/2. Hope it’s useful!

This is my first E3 session and so I thought I’d give this one away as a sample. It is a fully animated, macro-enabled session, with slides that are interactive and can be used with a large touchscreen. Get students to take turns, leading the activities! It covers both skimming and scanning, alphabetising word lists, identifying explicit ideas and some basic interpretation. Each topic has a couple of formative tasks. Also includes a 2 page, A4 hand out. Enjoy!

These can be used as starters, bridges, or as part of formative assessment. They can be pasted into other marco-enabled files and they can be sent to students as a slide show which can be completed, saved and returned for assessment. The text boxes can be moved in the live slideshow, just use the ‘Duplicate’ function and not the ‘Extend’ and they work really well on a touch screen, as well as with a mouse. Students enjoy them because they can take responsibility, both On and Offline. Any feedback would be greatly appreciated! =-)

Can be used with either GCSE or FS English, as a starter or extension. In itself, it is differentiated - begins quite easy and works students through 4 levelsstages. see where they get to for Entry/ESOL learners All the best!

Title says it all really - distribute On or Offline as a starter or extension task. These words can be very confusing, so the more you know - the better your accuracy will be! Any feedback would be greatly appreciated! =-)

Add the images to your own docs by copying and pasting them. Challenge groups with larger pages or just use as extension tasks. Answers are on separate slides so it can be delivered easily in a class. A4 & A3 PDFs are also included. Distribute On or Offline as a starter or extension task. These words can be very confusing, so the more you know - the better your accuracy will be! Any feedback would be greatly appreciated! =-)

This Entry 3 session is fully animated and includes an interactive pairs slide, and some fun activities like crafting an origami box…this I did as a group and had to practise the night before! It’s great to challenge students and encourage some team work. There are formative activities throughout and a Terry Practchett page extract to highlight word classes, on a two-sided A4 hand out. Any feedback would be greatly appreciated! =-) Join the discussion! Like our Facebook page and join our group…share your experiences and ask any questions.

A set of 3 macro-enabled slides to compliment the Neon Reading set and 1 Year Fully Planned Pack. This has a 24 question answer-reveal quiz with general L1-2 questions. A pair of macro, tile-moving, language features task. A pair of 24 question quiz slides with unique questions and a catchphrase image beneath. Any feedback would be greatly appreciated! =-) If you like these - then check out my new 1 year pack which includes the Neon Reading pack and full scheme of work for each of the 17 individual sessions. It also has initial assessments, a full year assessment book, a homework book and a revision book. All based on the new specification and original. https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12487021

Title says it all really - distribute On or Offline as a starter or extension task. These words can be very confusing, so the more you know - the better your accuracy will be! Any feedback would be greatly appreciated! =-)

We are all having to adapt our methods for the online world. This can be a difficult process and so I thought I’d share one or two things my colleagues and I have been working on. This links to any specification but has been created with C&G in mind. Hope it’s useful! =-)