This is a free resource created for learners of Functional Skill English. The mock reading test can be used with any level of the functional skills qualification as well as a comprehension activity for GCSE students. The resources help learners to use skimming and scanning to identify key details in two texts and works well to assess their understanding of language techniques. If you liked this resource, then please check out my shop for new content which is uploaded on a weekly basis.

A lesson that introduces students to the context surrounding An Inspector Calls

A full lesson guides studnets through the process of writing a letter of complaint. This is a fully differentiated and engaging lesson. Bingo template to be added soon

This is a free A3 sheet with differentiated tasks to help learners understand the important elements to include in creative writing. The worksheet also includes a sample response as well as guidance on how it might be improved. If you liked this resource, then please check out the full lesson via our shop Creative Writing: Gothic Literature.

A transcript from Greta Thunberg’s speech to the UN about climate change. This resources also comes with diferentuated tasks and is a sample from my bundle Functional Skills New Reform 2

This is a free reading test for learners studying Functional Skills English and is suitable for learners from E1-level 2. The test helps to assess the learner’s ability to pick out key information from a text and apply it to specific questions. This has been taken from my lesson: Functional Skills: Gaming 2. Please visit my shop for the full lesson and more resources uploaded each week.

This is a fully differentiated lesson created in line with the new specification framework for Functional Skills level 2. The lesson looks at building reading comprehension skills as well as how to approach letter writing. This is a free lesson that ties in with my other functional skills lessons.

A lesson that explores the character of Ophelia in the play Hamlet

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 free resource to help people remember the key rules when having a debate or carrying out a speaking and listening assessment. The resource helps learners to plan a response linked to the theme in my lesson: Functional Skills Reading, Writing and Speaking and Listening.

This is an hour lesson, fully differentiated lesson and embeds British values and helps students to respond to an exam-style question.

This resource has been designed for learners studying Functional Skills English level one and level two. The worksheet uses typical questions for the reading assessment. If you liked this resource then please check out our full lessons in our shop which has new lessons uploaded each week.

This is a fully differentiated lesson on helping students to understand colloquial phrases and the different dialects of the British language. The lesson has been planned with the new functional skills reform in mind and is a short sample of the kind of activities I use in my other lessons. Each of my lessons have been tried and tested, with more resources added on a weekly basis.

This resource has been designed to help Functional Skills learners to revise some of the key questions for the reading assessment. The document consists of ten questions, more questions and resources to follow. The answers are available with the full lesson

A reading and writing lesson looking over some of the important aspects of the functional skills exam.

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

A worksheet that helps students to consolidate their knowledge from the Power and Conflict cluster on the poem Remains.

This resource is part of a lesson looking at how to write an article and has been designed for learners studying GCSE English Language. If you liked the resource, then please check out the full lesson that’s available via our shop.

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.