This is a fully differentiated lesson looking at the poem Ozymandias. The lesson helps students to gain an understanding of the poem as well as it’s context. The lesson goes on to help learners map out what happens in the poem and to understand the significant aspects of the poem.

This is a full differentiated lesson looking at the theme of intelligence and how children are treated it regards to this. The lesson has many opportunities for AFL and has both a reading and writing focus. All of my lessons are tried and tested with my own learners. If you liked this resources, then please check out my shop for more resources.

This is a planning sheet for writing a review for the functional skills level one and two of the new reform. If you liked this resource, then please check out my shop for more resources.

This is a fully differentiated lesson looking at a key scene on Macbeth. The lesson covers many aspects of context that will affect the interpretation of Lady Macbeth’s soliloquy. The lesson goes on to help students annotate and understand the scene as well as opportunities for AFL and an exam-style question.

This is a fully differentiated lesson looking at the theme of homelessness for paper 2 of the English GCSE exam. This is an ideal lesson to introduce students to some of the main questions in the paper and how to respond to them effectively.

This is a fully differentiated lesson focusing on the topic of what choices to make after finishing compulsory education. The lesson helps build vital reading and writing skills for the level 1 and level 2 functional skills English exam. If you liked this resources, then please check out my shop where there are free resources and more lessons.

This is a simple worksheet looking at some of the common grammatical mistakes made in GSCE and Functional skills English

This is a fully differentiated lesson focusing on paper one of the Edexcel GCSE English paper. The lesson uses Mary Shelley’s text, The Mortal Immortal and builds some of he important skills needed to appropriately respond to each question.

This planning sheet was designed to help students build the skills they need to appropriately attempt the writing section of the functional skills exam. There are tasks to build skills with spelling, grammar and punctuation and helps them to plan a successful written response. If you found this resource helpful then please see my page for more lessons, which are updated each week.

This is a fully differentiated lesson helping teachers to conduct a diagnostic assessment in class to understand the needs and ability of their students. The lesson focuses on the theme of the weekend and has opportunities to assess reading and writing skills needed from E1-level 2 of the new functional skills specification. If you found this resource helpful then please see my page for more lessons, which are updated each week.

A lesson doing through some of the key skills needed for the creative writing section of the English exam

This is a fully differentiated lesson designed to improve students understanding of language and structure and how to develop a good piece of creative writing.

I put together this A3 sheet to help my students plan and write question five of paper 2 Writer’s viewpoints and Perspectives. I have tried to break it down to make planning easy, and included a punctuation task to help improve in this area. If you liked this resources, then please check out my shop for more.

This is a fully differentiated lesson using the theme of money as a focus. The lesson has both reading and writing elements which are ideal for functional skills level one or two. Their is a strong emphasis on writing and developing the skills to intelligently express and structure a response. All of my lessons are tried and tested, if you like this lesson then please visit my shop for more resources.

This is a fully differentiated lesson looking at developing students reading and writing skills for functional skills level one and two. The lesson focuses on the Grenfell Tower fire and enables the class to have a firm understanding between the differences of facts and opinions. All of my lessons are tried and tested. Please see my full bundle for more lessons.

This is a fully differentiated lesson focusing on the theme of art. The lesson helps students build on their skills in order to prepare them for the functional skills exam level one and level two. 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 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 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.