Resources aimed at Functional Skills English and GCSE English language students, designed and created by an English Lecturer in FE with 7 years' experience teaching and 3 years' experience as an AQA English Language GCSE examiner.
Resources aimed at Functional Skills English and GCSE English language students, designed and created by an English Lecturer in FE with 7 years' experience teaching and 3 years' experience as an AQA English Language GCSE examiner.
Diagnostic assessment for students indicated to be studying E2 Functional Skills English - designed based on the E2 City and Guilds reading and writing assessments.
Mark scheme and level recommendation inc.
A step by step booklet, designed to coach low level learners, through creative writing tasks. With step by step guides to scaffold them into writing using an image as a prompt.
A range of slides to aid with the teaching of paper 2 q4 to help students achieve a minimum of a “attempted” response. With a range of different planning techniques students can adopt, and examples of different ways to approach the question.
A walk through lesson of paper 1 question 4 using the June 2018 Jigs and Reels paper 1. Based at lower level learner. With a range of examplar answers included with the marks awarded.
A walk through lesson of how to answer Q4 for low level learners based on the June 2018 Jigs and reels paper 1. With a range of low, medium and high marked examplar responses.
Full PowerPoint presentation looking at AQA question 4, breaking down the mark scheme and showing students a planning method using venn diagrams to help them organise their ideas, moving to structured paragraphs to help them meet the skills descriptors on the mark scheme
AQA sources and questions collated into a handy booklet, in past exam date order. Examplar answers for questions 2 - 5 at the end. Can be printed in a booklet format and printed out to give to students to keep for annotation and reference.
Complete with texts from:
Novemeber 2017
June 2018
Novemeber 2018
June 2019
November 2019
Novemeber 2020
Novemeber 2021
A scaffolded Powerpoint to guide students through paper 1 question 2, with activities and the full text for students so students can complete the summative task of completing question 2 independently.
A resource designed to assess a student’s knowledge on fact and opinions and formal and informal through a range of assessment methods. Students are required to answer questions, then read text and answer the questions accordingly. Additionally, there is a summative assessment of the skills using Edexcel sample L1 reading exam questions.
A complete workbook focused on travel training. With a focus on
1.Pedestrian Skills - The Green Cross Code, different pedestrain crossings, road signs and safe places to cross the road.
2.Comminuication Skills -Safer strangers, speaking up and staying safe, communicating while making journeys.
3.Personal Safety - Medical needs, packing your bag appropriately, safe places in the community to seek help, diet and health and time.
4.Problem Solving- Everyday problems we may encounter and how we would deal with these.
5.Journey Planning - Planning and preparing for journeys which you may begin to make independently.