Entry Level Fiction Reading Paper Exam Practice SEN Functional Skills

This ‘Pearson/Edexel style’ Entry-Level worksheet is perfect for introducing fiction reading papers to KS4 and KS5 students working at Pre-GCSE level.

Mirroring the style of Pearson/Edexcel exam papers, this resource is based on WW1 and War Horse. I used this resource to introduce the students to a Fiction Reading Paper after teaching a unit based on War Horse by Michael Morpurgo - it could equally be used to practice answering questions about an “unseen” text as in the real exam. No former knowledge of the topic or story is required to answer the questions.

The questions are tailored to encourage discussion with the students about reading exam questions carefully, looking for key words and how to tackle questions with more than one point available. The language used to direct students is the same as in the official papers, although this resource is not endorsed by Pearson/Edexcel.

This activity was made for students working towards the Edexcel Entry Level 1 English paper, but could be used as a starter exercise or confidence-booster for students working at the next level up or doing Functional Skills.

This activity could also be used for teaching English as a foreign language.