This resource contains two functional skills writing activities with instructions for the pupils to follow. The tasks could be used for either Entry Level 3 or Level 1 with the pupils’ outcome determining their level. You could ask the pupils to plan their work before writing if you wish. The first text asks pupils to write a letter to the local council applying for permission to host a bonfire night. In the second task, the council has asked the students to write an informative text to schools describing a celebration or festival and its historical or religious significance. Students can choose real celebrations and write about them and you may also want them to research the chosen topic as they plan their text. Alternatively you may allow pupils to invent their own celebration, adding some imagination to the functional task. We at Engage Education believe in making functional fun. Please check out our other Functional Skills English resources.

This is an Entry Level 2 reading text that can be used as a stand alone revision paper or after reading Chapter 1 of ‘Of Mice and Men’. It has three parts. One about making a rabbit hutch, one a letter from a ranch owner advertising work and the final text is about predicting the weather.

This unit of work is an extension of the ‘All About Me’ theme. It is about the people in your life. It includes reading, writing and speaking and listening lessons. The reading and writing lessons are differentiated. The lessons in the unit include: Read about people in Eric’s life and complete a profile about them. Have a group discussion with other pupils telling them about the person you have read about and taking notes on the people they tell you about. Complete a profile about someone in your life. Write all about this person. Have a group discussion telling other pupils all about your person and taking notes on what they tell you about their people. Complete a ‘People In My Life’ poster.

This reading text is designed for Entry Level pupils who will be sitting an Entry Level English qualification. It is about Migrant Farmers in America and is best used to introduce the novel, ‘Of Mice and Men’. It is based on the OCR Entry Level English course.

This series of resources is to be taught while studying ‘Of Mice and Men’. It is designed predominantly for classes in Special Needs schools in the UK. The resources help the pupils prepare for various qualifications. This includes Entry Level English, Functional Skills English and GCSE English Language. In total, there are 11 lessons in the series. Each lesson is differentiated. This means that the lessons are set at EL1, EL2, EL3 and at wither Level 1 Functional Skills or GCSE. There are reading, writing and speaking and listening lessons. Both the writing and speaking and listening lessons can be taught using various marking schemes. These lessons can also be used in main stream education for pupils working either below GCSE level or at a low GCSE level. This lesson should be taught just before George and Lennie arrive at The Ranch. It prepares the pupils for either Entry Level 3 or Level 1 Functional Skills English writing exams.

This series of resources is to be taught while studying ‘Of Mice and Men’. It is designed predominantly for classes in Special Needs schools in the UK. The resources help the pupils prepare for various qualifications. This includes Entry Level English, Functional Skills English and GCSE English Language. In total, there are 11 lessons in the series. Each lesson is differentiated. This means that the lessons are set at EL1, EL2, EL3 and at wither Level 1 Functional Skills or GCSE. There are reading, writing and speaking and listening lessons. Both the writing and speaking and listening lessons can be taught using various marking schemes. These lessons can also be used in main stream education for pupils working either below GCSE level or at a low GCSE level. This lesson should be taught after George and Lennie meet Curley. It prepares the pupils for Level 1 Functional Skills English exams.

This series of resources is to be taught while studying ‘Of Mice and Men’. It is designed predominantly for classes in Special Needs schools in the UK. The resources help the pupils prepare for various qualifications. This includes Entry Level English, Functional Skills English and GCSE English Language. In total, there are 11 lessons in the series. Each lesson is differentiated. This means that the lessons are set at EL1, EL2, EL3 and at wither Level 1 Functional Skills or GCSE. There are reading, writing and speaking and listening lessons. Both the writing and speaking and listening lessons can be taught using various marking schemes. These lessons can also be used in main stream education for pupils working either below GCSE level or at a low GCSE level. This lesson should be taught after Lennie has had the fight with Curley. It prepares pupils for Functional Skills Entry Level 3 reading exams.

This is a Functional Skills Entry Level 3 Reading Activity. It consists of 2 texts. It is best taught while studying Romeo + Juliet, sometime after Romeo and Tybalt’s fight.

This is a Functional Skills English - Entry Level 3 Reading Revision Test. It is best taught while the pupils are studying Romeo + Juliet around the time of the Capulet Ball. We at Engage Education create Functional Skills and Entry Level resources to be taught with GCSE recommended literature.

This is a Functional Skills EL1 reading activity. It consists of 2 texts with comprehension questions. It is best taught while studying Romeo + Juliet, before or after the story’s duels. We at Engage Education create Functional Skills and Entry Level resources to be taught with GCSE recommended literature.

A selection of reading questions for use with any factual text or book. Each question has four stages of difficulty so they can be used as an assessment tool. The questions can be used in reading sessions or at home. The pupils can write the answers or the questions can be verbally asked by anybody. These questions mean that pupils can choose to read any book and you will be able to provide them with differentiated questions that suit.

This is an Entry Level 1 reading text that can be used as a stand alone revision paper or after reading Chapter 1 of ‘Of Mice and Men’. It has two parts. One about caring for rabbits and the other about writing to a farm to ask for work.

This series of resources is to be taught while studying ‘Of Mice and Men’. It is designed predominantly for classes in Special Needs schools in the UK. The resources help the pupils prepare for various qualifications. This includes Entry Level English, Functional Skills English and GCSE English Language. In total, there are 11 lessons in the series. Each lesson is differentiated. This means that the lessons are set at EL1, EL2, EL3 and at wither Level 1 Functional Skills or GCSE. There are reading, writing and speaking and listening lessons. Both the writing and speaking and listening lessons can be taught using various marking schemes. These lessons can also be used in main stream education for pupils working either below GCSE level or at a low GCSE level. This lesson is to be taught before reading the novel. It prepares pupils for the GCSE Language paper.

This series of resources is to be taught while studying ‘Of Mice and Men’. It is designed predominantly for classes in Special Needs schools in the UK. The resources help the pupils prepare for various qualifications. This includes Entry Level English, Functional Skills English and GCSE English Language. In total, there are 11 lessons in the series. Each lesson is differentiated. This means that the lessons are set at EL1, EL2, EL3 and at wither Level 1 Functional Skills or GCSE. There are reading, writing and speaking and listening lessons. Both the writing and speaking and listening lessons can be taught using various marking schemes. These lessons can also be used in main stream education for pupils working either below GCSE level or at a low GCSE level. This lesson should be taught after George and Lennie meet Curley. It prepares the pupils for GCSE English Language exams.

This is a Functional Skills writing activity for Entry Level 3. There are two planning and two writing tasks. It was designed to be taught with Romeo + Juliet when Romeo meets with the apothecary. It can also be taught as a stand alone activity, revision exercise or piece of homework. We at Engage Education create Functional Skills and Entry Level resources to be taught with GCSE recommended literature.

This is a Level 1 Functional Skills English writing revision test. It is best taught when the pupils are studying Romeo + Juliet abd before the characters go to the Capulet Ball. We at Engage Education create Functional Skills and Entry Level resources to be taught with GCSE recommended literature.

This is a Functional Skills English Entry Level 3 Revision Test. It can be taught while the pupils are studying MacBeth and is best introduced near the start of the play when the hero meets the witches for the first time. We at Engage Education create Functional Skills and Entry Level resources to be taught with GCSE recommended literature.

This is an Entry Level 3 reading text that can be used as a stand alone revision paper or after reading Chapter 1 of ‘Of Mice and Men’. It has two parts. One is about looking after rabbits and the other is about predicting the weather using nature itself.

This is a revision test that fits with an Entry Level English exam body. It ca be used for revision or as part of a lesson linked to a play or novel. It was designed to be taught while teaching Romeo and Juliet at the point when Romeo is lovesick over Rosaline. However, it could be used for various novels, plays or poems that deal with the same theme, or as a stand alone revision exercise.

This resource consists of a selection of activities that can be used to help pupils to write an essay about a historical event. There is an information planning exercise which pupils can use to plan what they wish to include in their text and their thoughts on the event. This is followed by differentiated writing frames that the pupils can complete to create an easy to follow plan for their written text. This frame helps the pupils to structure their texts and includes some vocabulary suggestions (varied sentence openings). Example frames and texts are included so pupils can easily see how the frame is used to create the writing text. Pupils are then asked to use the plan to write their text about the historical event. This resource can be used in English or history lessons and is an effective way of promoting literacy across the curriculum.