An activity book for students to practice the skills they need to pass the exam. Looks at identifying all the techniques language and structure for paper 1, looks at writing PEACE paragraphs, comparing texts and creative writing activities. I made this after teaching this course for three years upon getting students feedback on what they struggled on. Hope it helps. revision lessons and activities can be found on: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-JQchhF9CJakm2Al271olw?view_as=subscriber

A lesson to prepare students for the reading exam of level 1 functional skills English and to prepare them to move up to GCSE. Can be used for any lesson where the inferring skill needs to be developed. Includes: A reading comprehension on a descriptive text. Vocab development. inferring from images and inferring from context to help students understand difficult language. All resources are editable, extension activities have been included to aid differentiation , lesson has been designed with lesson objectives using Bloom’s taxonomy. A video to help students infer at GCSE level can be found here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oiXxPRrniec

A lesson on growth mindset where students learn about the benefits of positive thinking and that most things can be achieved through hard work and dedication. Students also learn about a fixed mindset way of thinking which can be a barrier to success. Activities include Growth or fixed mindset quiz - to see if students are too ridgid in their thought process. Case study of two individuals facing adversity - students select which one is growth and which one is fixed and try to explain why this is. Speaking and listening activity - Students watch a video on growth mindset and fill in a worksheet to see what information they understood, the questions are red, amber and green for differentiation and for students to take on a challenge. Writing to advise activity - students look at a few scenarios of where people with a fixed mindset are asking for help. For more activities please check out my youtube page: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-JQchhF9CJakm2Al271olw

A quick starter activity for functional skills students who want to practice their skimming and scanning skills, will attach a reading comprehension with answers soon. https://youtu.be/mvYwYEtbFkI

A speaking and listening resource based on the theme of employability. Looks at: Ranking employability skills in order of importance. - Makes students think about the skills they might need. ** Making civil requests to avoid conflict - resolving conflicts without making the situations escalate and answering difficult questions in a work interview. Interpreting body language - This gets students to think about what they are communicating by the way they are standing.

The first resource in part of a ten part series helping students to improve their grammar.

A worksheet and powerpoint to show how to use brackets and dashes, I give the explanation of how to use them on the powerpoint/video and then the students correct six examples, then write an example of their own. This is aimed for students doing either Functional skill or GCSE English language and who need to vary their punctuation usage.

An exercise and powerpoint/video on tenses

A resource for anyone who is looking to increase the depth of their analysis for when answering language analysis questions. This technique is used to help students say more, moving away from a grade 4 and moving towards the higher levels. It’s been done with AQA GCSE English language in mind but I believe it has it’s benefits for all kinds of language analysis, regardless of specifications, I’ve included an accompanying worksheet and a copy of the PowerPoint with a sample answer.

A video lesson and resources for students wanting to develop their grammar.

A quick video/resource I made by request on writing an email to a friend or a professional.

A powerpoint to support a video I made on some of the key details of the Functional Skills writing exam level 2 for Edexcel.

A sample version of a quiz I made, students figure out English idioms and pictograms. The full version has general knowledge questions, identify the sound, pictogram and emogi stages and is fully editable, there are 20 questions in total and should take at least 40 mins to complete depending on your student’s ability. it can be found here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/quiz-12442955 a supporting video can be found here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=61tMXwCgcV0&t=57s where students can go through the quiz either in class or at home, answers are included at the end of the video.

A set of writing resources that can be completed at home, focusing on persuasive writing. Free resource of choice to anyone who likes and subscribes to my Youtube channel https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-JQchhF9CJakm2Al271olw?view_as=subscriber

A sample answer I wrote for a guide on how to write reports aimed mainly at Functional Skills students.