This shop produces Functional Skills English resources, for both Reading & Writing. Resources are well-planned and top quality with a lot of attention to detail. Any questions, contact me via my Facebook page! (Link below).
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This shop produces Functional Skills English resources, for both Reading & Writing. Resources are well-planned and top quality with a lot of attention to detail. Any questions, contact me via my Facebook page! (Link below).
Join our Functional Skills & GCSE English Language Discussion & Resources Group on Facebook! https://www.facebook.com/groups/232341065224383
This lovely looking ppt and handout set is best used with a bolt load of free brochures from The Brochure Bank online. Order as many as you need and they are delivered within 48 hours - free!
Practise writing skills, using language features, taking notes from videos and writing persuasive and informative postcards.
This leads nicely into Report writing - simply get my session or create one to follow removing the persuasive elements. This lesson is also good because some of the new C&G writing questions are mixing purposes.
This Reading session has been designed for Online delivery and has formative assessment tasks which are macro-enabled slides. Let your students take control in Teams and lead the tasks! There is also a summative Word document task which has text boxes for Online use but it can be written on, if printed.
Session plan included.
Carefully animated with step-by-step animations to aid delivery and will be part of my Neon Reading set - keep a look out for it!
**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 session covers basic Interpretation and i meant for Online delivery. It has formative tasks, some of which need to be edited during a live presentation and one has macro-enabled images which can be moves in the slide show. It would also be great in a classroom and on a touch screen.
Part of my Neon Reading Collection, this one has been visually matched and carefully animated, step-by-step, to aid delivery and questioning. Session plan included.
There is a link to GCSE, here, so this is aimed more at L2, however, there’s nothing like a stretch and challenge.
**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 session covers Speech Writing with an example response - Marco-enable powerpoint slides with moveable highlighting strips to highlight language features and a summative task.
It has an embedded speech and it was intended for use online. Carefully animated with step-by-step animations and transitions, to make it visually impressive and aid delivery and questioning. It has also been created with the new spec FS quals in mind.
Session plan included.
Any feedback would be greatly appreciated! =-)
**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 is a quick session which should last roughly 1.5 hours - on and offline. It contains two Marco-enabled sorting activities which are great for use with touch screens, in class, and for online delivery. See slide notes for brief instructions.
It has been carefully animated, has a sample response (sadly based on Friends) and has a summative assessment task for which students need to write a formal character reference.
Session plan included.
Any feedback would be greatly appreciated! =-)
**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 double session is intended for 3 hours but could be extended over a few sessions and contains 40 slides & an 8 page hand out. It is meant to follow my Language Features intro’ session and then features the main acronym running through all my resources.
Effectively, students create a language guide to carry forward through the year, or for revision at home.
Explore both fictional and nonfictional features of language -
Word Classes
Sentence Forms & Purposes
Listing
Repeating Letters
Figurative Features
Persuasive;
Informative &
Explanatory Features
This is quite detailed and is essentially 2-3 sessions in one. It is littered with task boxes and guided annotations via step-by-step/click-by-click animations. There are two main ways for delivery, either teacher-led or student-led.
Teacher-led, requires a prescriptive approach: providing the annotations and answers upfront. This can get quite monotonous but splitting it up will be necessary. Approaching this way, would be an introductory approach.
Student-led requires the opposite: holding back the answers and annotations and letting students find them, either independently or together, before providing any answers.
Any feedback would be greatly appreciated! =-)
This session covers Comparisons - it has two documents to work with and a number of formative tasks, some of which are macro-enabled slides which are interactive during the live presentation.
With the intent of using them Online, they are great for remote teaching, with step-by-step animations to aid delivery and questioning. Also great for use with a touch screen in classes.
It has a 2 page Word document hand out which has text boxes for Online use but which can also be printed. Session plan included.
Part of my upcoming Neon Reading set - two of which are already available in my shop.
**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. **
Didn’t find much on here by way of Report Writing - so thought I’d put my own together.
Covers informative writing and includes:
Example report written about informative language features and their use.
Informative Language Features
Annotation Task
Task on Facts/Opinions
Planning Exercise
Homework
Actual report writing based on homework completion. Refers, in part, to C&G new spec but could be adapted to fit others easily
Including the Subject Content Statements in colour-coded, comparative format, this 30 page booklet can be distributed and displayed in PDF format and written on with Microsoft Edge.
Likewise, it can be printed in A4 in booklet form, which looks really nice and works well going through it with a small group. It can also be taught - lecture-style - with a 49 slide, fully animated, answers Powerpoint.
Take your students through the main skills of the FS new spec. With detailed language feature grid, a multitude of tasks and activities, as well as a number of exam-style questions.
This can be used in classes, as a guided workshop set or it can be given as independent study. Aimed at both L1 and L2 students, it could also be used with lower GCSE and Adult groups, too.
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!
Adventure through the Solar System with this engaging, visually impressive and unique Functional Skills English session!
Practise exam-style reading questions, based on the new spec C&G exam papers and then flow straight into using these original and author-created documents to inspire and guide through article writing.
Differentiate with word count and let L1 learners have a little go of comprehension+ for L2…I also changed the audience aim of the writing to fit with vocational areas like children for childcare students and so on…
This took a couple of days to plan and put together, so I’m really proud of it. It covers every major skill and links to my Online Course Multipack - with a task designed to follow each session I planned, in order to make sure that learning continues, outside the classroom.
Tasks include:
Letters
Blogs
Reports
Leaflets - Independent Task
Articles
Speeches
Skimming and Scanning
Information Retrieval
Purpose
Audience
Tone/Mood
Comprehension
Interpretation
Comparisons
I’ve also added a very basic Scheme of Work for my bundle - here…
This assessment booklet is fully editable and original.
It includes:
8 assessments covering both Reading, Writing and Accuracy.
2 initial assessments,
1 schedule table.
It will complement my upcoming E3 TLA paid pack. Coming January 2023!
Any feedback would be greatly appreciated! =-)
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This is an inclusive booklet of 12 assessment tasks - 6 Reading and 6 Writing.
They have been based on the new specification and there is an online version with text boxes blank and ready to type into.
Covers all the major skills and exam question types and also has a separate Reading & Writing Initial Assessment Task. There is also a 19 slide ppt presentation which goes with it - to introduce and discuss each assessment with a visual display - it also has a full slide of answers for the final assessment, which is the most complex.
It would be worth spending some time going over the Reading assessments to
spot the answers for the basic ones.
The new Functional Skills Reading, colourful Neon Collection, consists of 5 paid resources which match visually and have a number of matching Word document hand outs which can be used both on and offline.
All sessions have macro-enabled slides which can be altered during the presentation slide show and can be used with touch screens, in a classroom - when we go back.
It covers a range of topics:
Structure
Comparisons
Interpretation
Comprehension
Mood
Tone
Purpose
Audience
Each also has both formative and summative assessments.
**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 was designed to help prepare upon return from lockdown. We have a number of students, however, whom might be sitting online exams at home. So with this in mind, this 6 week pack includes:
A pair of Reading Initial Assessments (Hair & Beauty/Engineering)
A 30 page Crash Course Workbook
A 60 slide Powerpoint Presentation
There are a number of fun and interesting tasks which can be taught with the presentation. PPT is fully animated with most answers and so this could even be sent out to parents to home school and help their children plan.
This is a selection of 3 Writing and 3 Reading Resources from my colourful ‘Neon’ collection. There are a few free sessions, in my shop, which compliment this set and it covers a range of topics…
Blogs
Formal Letters
Informal Emails (With Mark Scheme)
Purpose & Audience
Mood & Tone
Comprehension
Reading sessions have Word document hand outs which can be used both on and offline.
**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. **
For preview of the standard - see this free Article Writing Session:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/new-functional-skills-english-article-writing-interactive-session-12483185
Although this pack doesn’t cover Article Writing - so often focused upon, here; it covers newer spec topics for writing.
These include:
Writing -
Instructions
Blogs
Reviews
Informal Emails
Formal Letters
Formal Reports
Speeches
Narrative Accounts
All but one have Macro enabled slides which have moveable tabs - these have been great for online, remote learning - particularly with use in Microsoft Teams. They will also be great on touchscreens, in classrooms.
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***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 consists of 4 workbooks 3 of which have their own page-for-page ppt presentation -
A 6 week English Crash Course set (30 pages).
A full Reading & Writing revision workbook (30 pages).
Accompanying powerpoint presentations have been created with screenshots of the workbooks, so they can be used to teach or issued for independent work. The Homework book doesn’ have one - for explicit reasons.
The crash course set has its own set of assessments included, which have a choice between Engineering and Hair & Beauty (Reading) and the Assessment Book has 2 initials, as well.
This is a completely new course set, including my bright and colourful Neon Reading Collection. This will only be half price for a limited time…
There’s a very detailed and handy scheme of work included as a free item, which links all the assessments and homework tasks to the sessions and is meticulously planned. It constitutes almost 8,000 words of slide-by-slide planning, with slide screenshots, links to homeworks and assessments in the books provided.
This a COLOSSAL set!
There is an individual session covering all major topics, including:
Instructions
Formal Letters
Blog Writing
Informal Emails
Narrative Accounts
Reviews
Reports
Article Writing (Free)
Speeches
Structural Layout (Free)
Skimming & Scanning (Free)
Comprehension
Interpretation
Comparisons Double Session
Purpose & Audience
Tone & Mood
Also includes:
A New Spec Qualification Overview PPT (Download for free, from my shop)!
1 x 30 page Reading & Writing Assessment Booklet - 12 assessments, 2 initial assessments and a tracking page. with its own set of PPT slides - including answers for the final Reading assessment.
1 x 30 page Revision Workbook and Matching PPT for delivery.
1 x 20+ page On/Offline Homework Book, covering all these topics!
All but 1 Powerpoint Presentation have at least 1 macro-enabled slide (most have 2-3) - for delivery Online. Let your students take control, in Teams (and other platforms) and let them take the lead with activities. That being the case, they would also be great on touch screens in classroooms, when we are back in them!
Every resource is carefully created with step-by-step animations, to aid delivery and questioning.
This would be ideal for a departmental purchase and share! You could literally provide the link to a brand new/supply teacher and they would be able to deliver on the day…
**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 heavily discounted, deluxe resource pack will only be 53% off for a limited time. It is packed and includes 10+ individual sessions and a 30 page Revision Workbook covering various aspects of both Reading and Writing; relating to the new spec for C&G but can be used widely. Because they’re created for resit students, they are quite dense and whereas I create them for 1.5 and 3hr sessions…one session may last a week.
I’ve also included a fully resourced, intensive 6 week crash course set! Another hefty booklet and matching animated ppt.
As well as a 20+ page On/Offline Homework book which covers all the major topics.
Covers both Reading and Writing:
Discern Titles
Read for Purpose and Mood/Tone
Identify
Interpret
Summarise & Compare (Free - see link)
Fiction and Nonfiction Features
Language and Format
Matching Features to Purpose and Audience
Planning/Writing -
Formal/Informal Letters and Emails
Speeches
Formal/Informal Reports
Blogs
Articles
Instructions
This constitutes a year’s worth of resources, and more, with a mixture of themes and varied documents. With a basic scheme of work, a 30 page revision book which can used as homework or assessment and a full set of assessment tasks in the 6 week crash course book and ppt. There is also, now a 30 page assessment book which I created for my newer set.
For a free preview and the Scheme of Work, please download these: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/new-functional-skills-english-summary-and-comparison-apprenticeships-12245602
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/new-functional-skills-english-article-writing-interactive-session-12483185
Some clearly differentiated, others can be but you have to do that on-the-spot - as in, getting students of differing ability to complete a plan and/or opening, rather than a whole piece of writing (for example).
See individual resources for more details! =-)
