This is an Entry Level 3 Functional Skills reading activity. It consists of two texts and two comprehension exercises. The first text gives advice on how to be strong and not join a gang. The second text gives advice to police officers who will be working undercover in a gang. It is designed to be taught with Romeo and Juliet. It can also be introduced as a stand alone activity, a revision exercise or as a piece of homework. We at Engage Education create Functional Skills and Entry Level resources to be taught with GCSE recommended literature. We believe that functional can be 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 to the local council applying for permission to host a bonfire night. In the second task, the council has asked the students to write an informative text to schools describing a celebration or festival and its historical or religious significance. Students can choose real celebrations and write about them and you may also want them to research the chosen topic as they plan their text. Alternatively you may allow pupils to invent their own celebration, adding some imagination to the functional task. We at Engage Education believe in making functional fun. Please check out our other Functional Skills English resources.

A selection of reading questions that will fit any fiction book or story. There are 4 stages of difficulty for each question so they can be used as an assessment tool. They can also be used effectively in a reading session meaning that pupils have a greater choice of reading materials since you will not have to prepare different tasks on every possible book they may wish to read. They can be answered on paper by the pupil or be asked verbally by any member of staff or by parents/carers at home. Inference questions are included.

This unit of work is an extension of the ‘All About Me’ theme. It is about the people in your life. It includes reading, writing and speaking and listening lessons. The reading and writing lessons are differentiated. The lessons in the unit include: Read about people in Eric’s life 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 someone in your life. Write all about this person. Have a group discussion telling other pupils all about your person and taking notes on what they tell you about their people. Complete a ‘People In My Life’ poster.

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 just before George and Lennie arrive at The Ranch. It prepares the pupils for either Entry Level 3 or Level 1 Functional Skills English writing 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 lesson should be taught after George and Lennie meet Curley. It prepares the pupils for Level 1 Functional Skills English 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 lesson should be taught after Lennie has had the fight with Curley. It prepares pupils for Functional Skills Entry Level 3 reading exams.

This is a Functional Skills Entry Level 3 Reading Activity. It consists of 2 texts. It is best taught while studying Romeo + Juliet, sometime after Romeo and Tybalt’s fight.

This is a Functional Skills English - Entry Level 3 Reading Revision Test. It is best taught while the pupils are studying Romeo + Juliet around the time of the Capulet Ball. We at Engage Education create Functional Skills and Entry Level resources to be taught with GCSE recommended literature.

This is a Functional Skills EL1 reading activity. It consists of 2 texts with comprehension questions. It is best taught while studying Romeo + Juliet, before or after the story’s duels. We at Engage Education create Functional Skills and Entry Level resources to be taught with GCSE recommended literature.

A selection of reading questions for use with any factual text or book. Each question has four stages of difficulty so they can be used as an assessment tool. The questions can be used in reading sessions or at home. The pupils can write the answers or the questions can be verbally asked by anybody. These questions mean that pupils can choose to read any book and you will be able to provide them with differentiated questions that suit.

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 George and Lennie meet Curley. It prepares the pupils for GCSE English Language exams.

This is a Level 1 Functional Skills English writing revision test. It is best taught when the pupils are studying Romeo + Juliet abd before the characters go to the Capulet Ball. We at Engage Education create Functional Skills and Entry Level resources to be taught with GCSE recommended literature.

This is a revision test that fits with an Entry Level English exam body. It ca be used for revision or as part of a lesson linked to a play or novel. It was designed to be taught while teaching Romeo and Juliet at the point when Romeo is lovesick over Rosaline. However, it could be used for various novels, plays or poems that deal with the same theme, or as a stand alone revision exercise.

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 just after George and Lennie arrive at the ranch. It prepares pupils for the GCSE English Language paper.

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 murdered Curley’s wife. It prepares pupils for Functional Skills Entry Level 3 and Level 1 writing exams.

This is a Functional Skills English Entry Level 3 Revision Test. It can be taught while the pupils are studying MacBeth and is best introduced near the start of the play when the hero meets the witches for the first time. We at Engage Education create Functional Skills and Entry Level resources to be taught with GCSE recommended literature.

The full rules and instruction for a set of kinaesthetic literacy games and activities.

These three resources introduce students to the concept of using adjectives to improve their description when writing. They use strong images to provide the students with ideas and inspiration. The pupils move from adding one adjective to a given sentence, to writing a short text in which they describe a setting using a variety of adjectives. The first text sees pupils concentrating on using one adjective in a sentence. The second text sees them move to using two adjectives. The third texts deals with the use of multiple adjectives in multiple sentences. These resources can be used as class activities, extension activities or homework.

These two resources support pupils in improving their consistency in punctuating sentences correctly and helping them to know when to use ‘and’ + when to use ‘but’. In both resources, the pupils move from being given phrases to use to create sentences using either ‘and’ or ‘but’, to writing multiple sentences independently using both ‘and’ + ‘but’ appropriately. These resources can be used as class activities, extension work or as homework.