This lesson has been designed for learners studying Functional Skills level one and level two. The lesson uses a blog text to help learners test their understanding on some of the languages techniques that they need to know for the reading and writing assessment. If you liked this lesson then please check out our shop for more lessons and resources uploaded each week.

This is a fully differentiated lesson looking at the poem Valentine Carol Ann Duffy. The lesson has opportunities for ALF and has been developed for learners sitting the GCSE English examinations. All of my lessons are tried and tested with my own groups. If you liked this lesson then please check out my shop for more lessons and resources uploaded each week.

This is a fully differentiated lesson designed for learners studying any level of Functional Skills or ESOL English. The lesson uses the topic of vaping to help learners understand how to construct a leaflet and also practise key reading and writing skills. If you enjoyed this lesson, then please check out our shop for more lessons and resources uploaded each week.

This is a fully differentiated lesson using the topic of the Cost-of-Living Crisis to help learners apply both Maths and English to real life situations. The lesson focuses on the practical use of maths and understanding interest rates. In addition, it helps to build skills with reading and writing to produce a leaflet giving advice and support for families. If you enjoyed this lesson, then please check out our shop. We upload new lessons every week.

This is a fully differentiated lesson looking at the character of Mercutio in the play Romeo and Juliet. The lesson looks at key extracts within the play and helps learners to write an exam response. This lesson can be taught wither remotely or face-to-face and has been tried and tested with my own learners. If you liked this lesson, then please check out our shop for more lessons and resources uploaded each week.

This is a fully differentiated lesson looking at question five paper one, Explorations in Creative Reading and Writing. The lesson helps learners build on their knowledge and to start implementing more advanced features of language and structure into their writing. The lesson includes model examples and has many opportunities for AFL. The lesson can be delivered either face-to-face or remotely and has been tried and tested with my own groups. If you liked this lesson, then please check out our shop for more lessons and resources uploaded each week.

This lesson has been created to be used as an initial assessment for learners studying English Language. The lesson takes learners through implicit and explicit information, language and structure. The lesson works well to ascertain the learners current understanding and was designed with lower-mid abillity learners in mind. If you liked this lesson, then please check out our shop for more lessons and resources uploaded each week.

This is a fully differentiated guide to building skills for the paper one GCSE exam. All of my resources have been tried and tested, and work well as a full lesson or one-to-one support. This resource is also part of a bundle and has helped my students to prepare for their exams. The resource includes a link to the text.

The lesson provides students with an introduction to the writer Allen Edger Poe and one of his most important pieces of writing, A Tell-Tale-Heart. The lesson begins with a fact-finding task, then progress to looking at the text and the Gothic conventions that are presented. There are tasks for the class to identify quotations linked to key images. The class will then move on to attempt an exam-style question, there is also a written example to help them to construct a well-written response.

A revision lesson for Act One of Macbeth. The lesson starts with a quiz on the prophecy is for Macbeth and which one is for Banquo.

This is a fully differentiated booklet looking some of the key aspects of A Christmas Carol. The booklet explores several important themes of the story and also includes a creative writing task that guides students to producing their own piece of writing. All of my resources are tried and tested and have helped me with whole classes and also to provide tuition and individual support.

This is a fully differentiated lessons looking at the character of Sherlock Holmes in the story The Speckled Band. The lesson introduces learners to the key concept of making inferences and how this can be applied to studying English. The lesson has many opportunities for AFL and helps to develop skills when responding to language questions. The PowerPoint includes a student example that works well to help learners to make a response to an exam-style question. All of my lessons are tried and tested with my own groups, if you like this lesson then please check out my shop which is updated weekly with more resources and lessons.

This is a fully differentiated, thirteen-slide lesson building skills for functional skills level one and two. The lesson uses the topic of Halloween to develop a deeper understanding of the new exam format. There are many opportunities for AFL and there are both reading and writing tasks to practice and build confidence within English.

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.

This is a fully differentiated two-three-hour lesson looking at the key questions/skills of the paper one exam: Explorations in Creative Reading and Writing. Due to the restrictions put in place by Covid, the lesson can be taught without the need for additional printing or resources, making it ideal for either face-to-face or on-line teaching. The lesson looks at the novel, The Boy In Stripped Pyjamas which is a fantastic text to help introduce learners to the exam paper. The lesson has a strong focus on both language analysis (question two) and creative writing (question five) which include both learner and teacher examples. All of my lessons have been tried and tested with my own groups. If you liked this resource, then please check out my shop for more lessons and resources uploaded each week.

This is a fully differentiated lesson looking focusing largely on chapter seven of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde. The lesson works well for revision as it tests learner’s ability to recall the key chapters within the novella and they key events. The lesson moves on to look at the theme of good and evil and how this is conveyed in key sections of the text. The lesson works well both face-to-face as well as online and have been tried and tested with my own groups. If you liked this resource, then please check out my shop for more lessons and resources uploaded each week.

This is a fully differentiated lesson looking at the poem, “War Photographer” by Carole Satyamurti. The poem looks in-depth at the role and risks of being a War Photographer and how this could affect our interpretation of the poem. The lesson takes learners through each stanza to help them gain a good understanding to then apply to an exam-style question. In addition, there is a model response to help learners to craft their own response. This seventeen-slide lesson has been designed to be delivered both online and face-to-face. All of my lessons have been tried and tested with my own groups; if you liked this lesson then please check out my shop for more lessons and resources uploaded each week.

A lesson looking at how to approach the writing element of the Functional Skills level two English assessment. The lesson helps learners understand the importance of Topic, Audience and Purpose in their writing and the importance of this when starting an assessment. There is also a link to the follow-up lesson which includes model responses to help learners improve their writing. If you liked this lesson, then please check out my shop for more lessons and resources. Additionally, you can find more help and guidance on my YouTube page by searching Write-On-Resources.

This is a resource created for learners studying the English functional skills qualification. The resource looks at some of the issues facing people during lock-down and allows learners to assess their reading and writing skills. If you liked this resource then please check out my shop which is updated each week.

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