This is a fully differentiated lesson that is appropriate for learners studying both Functional Skill and GCSE English. The lesson uses sources from the recent Black Lives Matter protests in the UK to help learners understand the British Values. The lesson is ideal for learners who need to improve both their reading and writing skills as the lesson has many opportunities for ALF. 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 that are updated each week.

This is a fully differentiated lesson on the new specification for functional skills. The lesson looks at the wages of footballers in comparison to other professions. The lesson builds students knowledge to help them build up and develop a balanced argument using connectives and conjunctions to structure their writing.

This is a fully differentiated lesson on the new specification for functional skills. The lesson introduces students to specific aspects of language techniques and how these can be used to express views on the topic of Christmas.

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 fully differentiated lesson created for learners studying functional skills level 1 and level 2. The theme of the lesson is the controversy surrounding Video Assisted Referees which is a great topic if you are struggling to engage your learners. The lesson has been broken down to help support learners to improve their reading and writing skills. The lesson has modelled examples to help students to improve work and to see what a strong example looks like. In addition, the lesson has additional links for revision which can be very important for independent learning. All of my lessons are tried and tested with my own groups. If you liked this, then please check out my shop for more lessons and resources uploaded each week.

This is a fully differentiated lesson for learners studying Functional Skills English. The lesson has been designed to help build learners confidence on the writing element of the course. The lesson is scaffolded to support learners to plan and write their own exam-style response. The theme of the lesson is gaming but offers alternative topics should the learners want to write about something else. This lesson requires no printing and is ideal for distance learning. All of my lessons have been tried and tested with my own students If you liked this lesson, then please check out my shop for more lessons and resources added each week.

This is a fully differentiated lesson for Functional Skill level one and two. The lesson has been designed to help stretch and challenge learners and has worked well with students that are looking to progress onto GCSE English. The lesson recaps the DAFOREST techniques and introduces some sophisticated persuasive devices. The lesson has both reading and writing elements and can be taught over two hours if needed. All of my lessons have been tried and tested. If you liked this lesson, then please check out my shop which is updated with more lessons and resources on a weekly basis.

This is a fully differentiated lesson for learners of both functional skills and GCSE English. The lesson helps learners to understand the differences between implicit and explicit information which is a key skill required for their GCSE’s. The lesson looks at one of the issues of Free School Meals during the Co-vid crisis and how this was overcome by the footballer Marcus Rasford. The lesson includes opportunities for AFL in both reading and writing and comes with an annotated student response. All of my lessons have been tried and tested. If you liked this lesson then please check out my shop for more lessons and resources with more being added each week.

This is a fully differentiated lesson designed to support learners studying GCSE English language. The lesson helps students to understand how to deal with section B of paper A (creative writing) and also uses an extract to help them come to terms with language analysis. All of my lessons have been tried and tested, if you liked this resource then please check out my shop for more lessons and resources which is updated on a weekly basis.

This is a fully differentiated lesson for learners of KS3 and KS4 English. The lesson looks at the origins of the crime genre and uses a key passage from The Sign of The Four. The lesson guides the learners to understand how to identify key language and structural techniques. The lesson also gives learners the opportunity to develop their creative writing skills aided by examples of showing and not telling.

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 lesson for learners studying any aspect of the Functional Skills English qualification. The lesson helps to improve both elements of the reading and writing skills and has a sample mock exam for AFL. The lesson looks at the understanding of word class and the importance of adjectives in writing. All of my lessons have been tried and tested. If you liked this lesson, then please check out my shop for more lessons and resources which are updated each week.

A full lesson taking students through the most important parts of article writing. The lesson looks at identifying techniques from an article about bank robbers. A fun and interactive lesson.

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 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 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 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 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.

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.