This is a free resource to help learners check and track their understanding of key terms within Functional Skills English Level One and Level Two. The resource also includes the answers to help learners build on their knowledge. If you found this helpful, then please check out our shop for more lessons and resources uploaded each week.

This is a fully differentiated lesson looking at writing a letter of complaint for Functional Skills Level One and Level Two. The lesson focuses on writing skills and how to write a letter of complaint when receiving a parking fine. The lesson has been designed for both remote learning and face-to-face teaching and has been tried and tested with my own groups. If you liked this lesson, then please check out our shop for more lessons and resources uploaded each week.

A two-hour lesson looking at Dahl’s novel, “Boy,” and what it is like to go through a first day at school.

A full lesson that will last at least an hour and a half. The lesson looks at the differences between fiction and non-fiction writing and the techniques that are used in each. The lesson goes on to guide students to write their own response to an exam style question. This is a fun and easy to use lesson that has been very helpful for my learners.

A fully differentiated lesson helping students to approach both the reading and writing components of the functional skills exam. Full lesson complete with mock exam paper

A lesson that focuses on the juxtaposition and how it has been used within classic literature. This lesson can be extremely helpful for students who are studying Explorations in Creative Reading and Writing.

This is a fully differentiated lesson planned for the new specification for Functional Skills level one and two. The lesson looks at how companies use persuasive techniques to influence their audience. The lesson builds skills introducing students to new techniques and how to effectively respond to an exam style question.

This is a fully differentiated lesson for the functional skills new reform. The lesson focuses on the activist Greta Thunberg and her speech to the UN. The lesson looks at some of the more advanced techniques used in speech writing. Additionally, the lesson looks at a transcript of the speech and allows the students to analyse this in-depth before going on to produce their own speech. This lesson works well for both functional skills and GCSE English, is well planned and comes with all resources needed.

This is a fully differentiated lesson looking at our perception of tattoos and the people that have them. The lesson builds both reading and writing skills for the new functional skills level one and two reform

This is a fully differentiated booklet looking at the text Lamb to the Slaughter. The lesson helps build and develop the skills needed for questions one to three on paper one of the GCSE language exam.

Speaking and listening lesson for functional skills and GCSE English

His is a full twenty-three slide lesson taking students through a past paper for Explorations in Creative Reading and Writing. This lesson is differentiated and fully ready to be taught. All of my lessons have been tried and tested and this lesson has been very beneficial in helping students overcome the obstacles within this paper.

This is a fully differentiated lesson looking at interview technique and expressing a letter of interest. The lesson is not only designed to help build skills towards the functional skills exam but also to improve interview and job seeking skills. The lesson has tasks to assess both the reading and writing elements of the exam. All of my lessons have been tried and tested with my own groups. If you like this lesson then please see the full bundles and free resources available at my shop.

This is a fully differentiated lesson focusing on the theme of politics. The lesson starts off by looking at how bias may be seen within the media. The lesson then gets the class to study several famous speeches, and the techniques that have made them so memorable. In addition, the lesson includes a writing task along with a modeled example. All of my lessons have been tried and tested. If you like this resource please check out my shop for complete bundles and also free resources.

This is a fully differentiated lesson looking at our expectations of New Year Resolutions. The lesson has a strong emphasis on spelling and introduces students to different methods of spelling. The lesson has both a reading and writing focus helping your class to improve and practice a diverse range of techniques. All of my lessons are tried and tested with my own groups. If you like this lesson, please check out one of my bundles or free resources from my shop.

This is a fully differentiated lesson on the new specification for functional skills. The lesson introduces students to specific aspects of language techniques and how these can be used to express views on the topic of Christmas.

This is a fully differentiated lesson for Functional Skill level one and two. The lesson has been designed to help stretch and challenge learners and has worked well with students that are looking to progress onto GCSE English. The lesson recaps the DAFOREST techniques and introduces some sophisticated persuasive devices. The lesson has both reading and writing elements and can be taught over two hours if needed. All of my lessons have been tried and tested. If you liked this lesson, then please check out my shop which is updated with more lessons and resources on a weekly basis.