We supply engaging and practical educational resources across a variety of settings. On our experienced team we have Primary teachers, Secondary teachers, TEFL teachers, Senior Management and Specialist Leaders of Education. Together, we aim to spread our knowledge and enthusiasm to other professionals and pupils around the world.
We supply engaging and practical educational resources across a variety of settings. On our experienced team we have Primary teachers, Secondary teachers, TEFL teachers, Senior Management and Specialist Leaders of Education. Together, we aim to spread our knowledge and enthusiasm to other professionals and pupils around the world.
This lesson is to be taught with Chapter 8 ‘Fourteen Minutes Past Two’ of Private Peaceful by Michael Morpurgo. There is a series of worksheets and a powerpoint presentation to be used during the lesson. The presentation is used to help organise the lesson structure and to provide visuals to help check pupils’ understanding of the text and to generate ideas for their oracy and their writing. This resource is normally used for between two and three hours of teaching.
The activities of the lesson are:
• Listen to/read the 8th chapter of the novel.
• Check your comprehension of the story by describing what happened using the images on the lesson powerpoint.
• Group Discussion: What makes a character effective in a story?
• Lesson Activity:
Write A Character Report On Charlie Peaceful
Complete a writing plan for your report on Charlie Peaceful.
Write your report on Charlie Peaceful.
• Extension Work:
• Were Charlie’s Actions Right Or Wrong?
Write down as many reasons as you can for why Charlie’s action were right and wrong.
Plenary: Class Discussion
Class debate on whether Charlie
was right or wrong to act the way he did.
Please look at our other Private Peaceful lessons.
This resource consists of a Functional Skills Level 1 reading text with comprehension questions. The text is a magazine article which discusses the question of whether Halloween is the best celebration or not. It presents different viewpoints on the issue and its own opinion.
This reading text can lead to the pupils having a discussion on the same topic using our Functional Skills speaking and listening resource that presents this discussion and gives guidance for staff on how to assess the pupils.
Please check out our other Functional Skills English Halloween resources that range from Entry Level 1 to Level 1. We have a range of resources for reading, writing and speaking + listening activities.
This bundle consists of Functional Skills English resources linked to the theme of Christmas. In this bundle, there are reading, writing and speaking + listening resources for Entry Level 1, Entry Level 2, Entry Level 3 and Level 1 Functional Skills.
It includes:
9 reading texts with comprehension questions
10 speaking + listening activities
13 writing activities
The Christmas themes and activities are engaging, making the functional fun.
The resources can be used as stand-alone activities, exam revision, homework or for pupil assessment.
This bundle consists of Functional Skills English resources linked to the theme of Halloween. In this bundle, there are reading, writing and speaking + listening units for Entry Level 1, Entry Level 2, Entry Level 3 and Level 1 Functional Skills.
The Halloween themes and activities are engaging, making the functional fun.
The resources can be used as stand-alone activities, exam revision or for pupil assessment.
This is a Functional Skills Entry Level 2 Reading Activity. It has 3 texts with comprehension questions. ‘Zombie Alert’, ‘School Closed For Rats’ and ‘Dating Advice For Boys’. All the texts are functional, but fun.
This resource contains two functional skills writing activities with instructions for the pupils to follow. The tasks could be used for either Entry Level 3 or Level 1 with the pupils’ outcome determining their level. You could ask the pupils to plan their work before writing if you wish.
The first text asks pupils to write a letter applying for permission to use the Spooktacular Ballroom as the venue for a Halloween Party that they are hosting. In the second task, pupils become magazine writers. They are asked to review a Halloween party that they have attended for their magazine.
We at Engage Education believe in making functional fun. Please check out our other Functional Skills English resources.
This is an Entry Level 2 Functional Skills English reading resource. It consists of 3 non-fiction reading texts with comprehension questions. The first text gives advice on how to safely make a bonfire, the second is an advertisement for a Guy Fawkes fireworks display and the third is an informative text about different ‘fire’ celebrations around the world.
These texts can be used as class activities, exam revision or as homework.
Please look at our other Functional Skills Bonfire Night/Guy Fawkes resources.
This includes a Level 1 Functional Skills English reading resource. Pupils are asked to read a text discussing whether we should celebrate Guy Fawkes Night or not. The writer discusses both sides of the debate and then concludes with their opinion on how we should change the way it is celebrated in modern times. Pupils could research this topic before or after reading the text, looking into the gunpowder plot and the history of how Guy Fawkes Night has been celebrated. After reading, the pupils have to complete a comprehension exercise and they are also asked for their opinion on the topic.
The reading leads to a Level 1 Functional Skills speaking and listening exercise where pupils debate whether we should celebrate Guy Fawkes Night, stop celebrating it or continue to celebrate it, but change the way that we do it. The group must come to a conclusion at the end if the discussion, taking everyone’s views into account.
The speaking and listening resource included is for staff to use as an assessment tool. There is a checklist of skills used to chart pupil progress both as a group and individually. This is a quick and easy way to assess pupils in their Functional Skills speaking and listening and it provides clear evidence in pupils’ books or folders.
This bundle contains a collection of resources to help pupils prepare for Entry Level 1 English Functional Skills examinations. It includes reading, writing and speaking and listening activities and practice exam papers.
This unit contains a series of lessons for an ‘All About Me’ topic. It includes reading, writing and speaking and listening. The writing lessons are differentiated with higher level planning sheets and writing support sheets. The lessons in the unit include:
Read about other people and complete a profile about them.
Have a group discussion with other pupils telling them about the person you have read about and taking notes on the people they tell you about.
Complete a profile about yourself.
Write all about yourself.
Have a group discussion telling other pupils all about you and taking notes on what they tell you about themselves.
Complete an
‘All About Me’ poster.
This bundle contains a series of resources designed to be used when preparing pupils for the OCR Entry Level English qualification. The units can be taught with the classic texts ‘Of Mice and Men’ and ‘Romeo and Juliet’. However, they are also great stand alone activities on a variety of topics and themes. They are an excellent source of revision activities that can be used in the classroom, or given to the pupils as homework.
This resource consists of a revision exercise for a Functional Skills Entry Level 2 assessment. It is for staff use, providing a topic for a discussion and a checklist to assess whether pupils have passed the test or not. Although this assessment follows the theme of Halloween, it can easily be edited for any topic and used multiple times. There are two pages for this resource, one for teachers to assess multiple pupils and one for assessing one pupil which can be placed in this pupil’s file.
Please look at our other Functional Skills Halloween resources ranging from Entry Level 1 to Level 1 and including reading, writing and speaking and listening activities.
This is a Functional Skills Entry Level 2 English writing resource. There are two writing tasks. In the first task, the students have to apply for permission to hold a firework display. In the second task, they have to write an article for a newspaper informing the public about a Bonfire Night that they are holding.
These resources can be used as a stand-alone exam revision exercise or in a series of lessons involving Guy Fawkes Night or other celebrations. Before writing, the pupils may benefit from researching different types of fireworks and how to make the displays safe.
This is a series of resources that help pupils develop their initial writing skills. It begins with pupils writing simple sentences which include capital letters and full stops and leads to them writing full independent paragraphs using higher level language and punctuation. These resources can be used as class activities, as extension work or as homework.
The resources include activities dealing with:
Writing 1 simple sentence
Writing 2 simple sentences
Writing multiple sentences
Writing a paragraph
Capital letters
Full stops
Question marks
Exclamation marks
Commas in a list
Punctuating speech
Using ‘and’
Using ‘but’
‘and’ v ‘but’
Using ‘when’
Using ‘because’
Using ‘so’
Using adjectives
Using adverbs
Nouns
Using varied sentence openings
Many of the resources in this bundle have more than one download included.
This series of resources is to be taught while studying ‘Of Mice and Men’. It is designed predominantly for classes in Special Needs schools in the UK. The resources help the pupils prepare for various qualifications. This includes Entry Level English, Functional Skills English and GCSE English Language. In total, there are 11 lessons in the series. Each lesson is differentiated. This means that the lessons are set at EL1, EL2, EL3 and at wither Level 1 Functional Skills or GCSE. There are reading, writing and speaking and listening lessons. Both the writing and speaking and listening lessons can be taught using various marking schemes.
These lessons can also be used in main stream education for pupils working either below GCSE level or at a low GCSE level.
This bundle includes the resources to be used with Functional Skills English in mind.
This is a selection of resources that can be used in any English/Literacy lesson. Carry a selection of these resources with you and you have a better chance of surviving the most difficult of lessons that you are thrust into. There are differentiated reading and writing activities, some that will engage most pupils. There are also many full units of work so that if you are with the same class for a longer period of time, you have the resources ready to go.
This bargain bundle includes:
4 All About Me Units, including differentiated reading texts and comprehension exercises and writing plans and activities.
Both full sets of Stage 3 challenges of the Ultimate Writing Championship! All the writing challenges focus on particular literacy skills and the pupils can use them to write about any topic. A very valuable resource.
Reading questions that can fit any fiction or non-fiction book. You can therefore use any reading resources, in any classroom and you will have differentiated reading questions ready to give to the pupils.
A full imaginative writing unit of work including the short story ‘The New Pupil’ with numerous activities for the pupils to do about it.
A booklet containing many engaging short stories with comprehension exercises and other activities to go with each story. You can give these to pupils to work independently or in groups. Or you can read them to the class, engaging them this way before they complete the tasks.
Functional Skills reading tips and practice papers. A good resource for teaching basic reading skills.
GCSE editing and proof-reading activities.
A whole unit of work for the increasingly popular wrestling novel ‘Night Of Warriors’. This is used in a growing number of schools as a reading catch-up resource for use of with small groups. However if you carry a copy of this book with you, reading it to a class is sure to engage many more challenging pupils and you can then use their interest as springboard to their engagement in this unit’s resources.
This series of resources is to be taught while studying ‘Of Mice and Men’. It is designed predominantly for classes in Special Needs schools in the UK. The resources help the pupils prepare for various qualifications. This includes Entry Level English, Functional Skills English and GCSE English Language. In total, there are 11 lessons in the series. Each lesson is differentiated. This means that the lessons are set at EL1, EL2, EL3 and at wither Level 1 Functional Skills or GCSE. There are reading, writing and speaking and listening lessons. Both the writing and speaking and listening lessons can be taught using various marking schemes.
These lessons can also be used in main stream education for pupils working either below GCSE level or at a low GCSE level.
This lesson should be taught after Lennie has had the fight with Curley. It prepares pupils for Functional Skills Level 1 reading exams.
This series of resources is to be taught while studying ‘Of Mice and Men’. It is designed predominantly for classes in Special Needs schools in the UK. The resources help the pupils prepare for various qualifications. This includes Entry Level English, Functional Skills English and GCSE English Language. In total, there are 11 lessons in the series. Each lesson is differentiated. This means that the lessons are set at EL1, EL2, EL3 and at wither Level 1 Functional Skills or GCSE. There are reading, writing and speaking and listening lessons. Both the writing and speaking and listening lessons can be taught using various marking schemes.
These lessons can also be used in main stream education for pupils working either below GCSE level or at a low GCSE level.
This bundle includes the Entry Level English and GCSE resources.
