This resource consists of a revision exercise for a Functional Skills Entry Level 1 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 resource consists of three Entry Level 2 Functional Skills reading texts with questions related to Halloween. The first text gives advice on how to catch a ghost, the second is an advertisement for The Monster’s Club and the third presents information about Halloween-like traditions around the world. The texts can be used as revision tests or as stand-alone activities which can incorporate speaking and listening activities and possible research tasks. Please check out our other Functional Skills English Halloween materials. This includes reading, writing and speaking + listening resources for ranging from Functional Skills Entry Level 1 to Level 1.

This resource consists of two Entry Level 2 Functional Skills writing activities related to Halloween. The first asks pupils to complete an application form, asking for permission to use a chosen venue for a Halloween party. The second asks them to write to a friend to invite them to a Halloween party. The tasks can be used as exam revision or as stand-alone activities during Halloween. Please check out our other Functional Skills English Halloween materials. This includes reading, writing and speaking + listening resources for ranging from Functional Skills Entry Level 1 to Level 1.

This resource consists of two Entry Level 1 Functional Skills writing activities related to Halloween. The first asks pupils to write about a mask that they want to order for Halloween. The second asks them to invite a friend to a Halloween party. The tasks can be used as exam revision or as stand-alone activities during Halloween. Please check out our other Functional Skills English Halloween materials. This includes reading, writing and speaking + listening resources for ranging from Functional Skills Entry Level 1 to Level 1.

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 3 Functional Skills reading activity consisting of two texts with questions. The first text gives advice on how to know if there is a ghost in your house or if it is just your imagination. The second text explains how to kill a vampire, contrary to what you have heard in stories. The texts and questions are used to help the pupils improve their functional skills reading while at the same time being engaged with the themes that they deal with.

This is an Entry Level 1 functional skills reading activity consisting of two texts with questions. The first text gives advice on how to be a witch and the second explains how to dress-up for Halloween. The texts and questions are used to help the pupils improve their functional skills reading while at the same time being engaged with the themes that they deal with.

This is a resource that helps pupils to learn how to read and spell the months of the year using a collection of auditory, visual and kinaesthetic activities. The powerpoint introduces the words with a series of slides that include the word for each month of the year and a selection of images that represent that month. These images include special events that take place in that month. The pupils can therefore also learn about these events and they will associate these images with the month. The teacher can say these words as they flick through the slides and get the pupils to repeat them to induce a rote style of learning. They can also flick quickly through the slides and when they stop, ask certain pupils to read the word. This is good for differentiation as teachers can stop suited to the targets of the individual pupils who they question. After this there are some kinaesthetic activities/games that can be used to reinforce the pupils recall of these words. This includes a team game where pupils have to say the words quickly to win points and a ball game where pupils have to throw the ball to hit the correct word. the ball game can be a team game or a more individual challenge. The rules of these games are explained further in the powerpoint itself. The final part of this resource is the spelling challenge. There are two options for the teaching of this challenge. ,In the first option pupils complete a powerpoint which includes the images associated with the months by typing the correctly spelled word for the month into the slide. The second option is a worksheet which includes the images associated with the months. In this, the pupils simply write the correctly spelled words for the month in the box next to these images. This resource can be edited to fit any selection of words. When the pupils become familiar with this way of learning, they can make their own spelling challenges with images to learn to spell new words themselves and to test their classmates.

This presentation is to be used when delivering a session to the whole school on how to mark written work. It explains the value of good marking and feedback. It presents different forms of marking and feedback and it explains what is required to make marking effective. Advice is given on what to mark on a written text and what not to mark, so that marking is effective and does not demotivate the student. It then introduces ‘live’ marking and explains how staff can do this successfully in lessons. This then leads to a marking activity where staff put these ideas into practice while marking four examples of pupils’ work. After this activity, the texts are displayed on the presentation for a feedback session. The final part of the presentation is about what should happen after marking, with advice given on how to follow up ‘Next Steps’ and ‘Literacy Targets’ by giving the pupils ownership of their own progress. This presentation can be adapted to include your own school’s writing marking code and policy.

This presentation is used to introduce similes and metaphors to pupils while also giving them a series of activities to complete that help them to understand them. These activities are either completed verbally, on an interactive white board or on paper. It is normally used in a series of lessons, lasting between three and four hours. The first part of the presentation deals with similes and concludes with pupils making a similes poem that describes a beast. The second part introduces metaphors and concludes with the pupils describing themselves using metaphors.

This lesson is best taught after the pupils have read or listened to the second chapter of ‘Fantastic Mr Fox’. The main activities in this lesson are centered on the question of whether farmers should be allowed to kill foxes or not. The main production activities are a class discussion on this question and a writing activity where the pupils write a formal letter to the council giving their own opinion and asking for the council to act. There are structured writing plans for the pupils to complete, one that argues for farmers killing foxes and one that argues against it. These writing plans are differentiated, with different versions to accommodate more and less able pupils. There is also an extension activity for pupils who finish before others in the class, which is called ‘The Angry Farmer Conjunction Challenge!’

This writing course is designed to be used with any school subject. It includes a variety of writing frames and planning activities that pupils can easily use to produce different types of writing. There are three separate booklets which represent three different levels. These are Initial Level, Higher Level and Advanced Level and the tasks in each are differentiated accordingly. The names are chosen for motivational reasons so that all pupils feel they are working to a good standard. The types of writing included at each level are: Informative Writing Personal Writing Writing Instructions Persuasive Writing Imaginative Writing Discursive Writing Most of these types of writing can be used along with topics studied in any subject. Staff may not feel that some types of writing fit their course, for example imaginative writing, so you may choose to only use some units in some subjects. This is a great resource to promote literacy across the curriculum. With numerous subjects following the same structure for writing and with them all completing this course, your pupils are more likely to improve their writing skills.

This lesson is the first in a series of lessons for the Roald Dahl novel ‘Fantastic Mr Fox’. It has a variety of tasks, leading towards the pupils writing about the farmers. There are visual writing help sheets for pupils who require more support and a challenging extension activity that is aimed at building the pupils vocabulary.

This resource is best taught after the pupils have read or listened to the first four chapters of Michael Morpurgo’s ‘Private Peaceful’. It contains comprehension exercises regarding the character development of some main characters in the first four chapters. It also deals with the theme in Chapter 4 of ‘An Amazing Event’. In Chapter 4 the kids see a yellow aeroplane and meet its pilot. Pupils are asked to list amazing events from their lifetime and ones they have lived witnessed, before they plan then write about witnessing an amazing event. also included, is a presentation that accompanies the lesson. It can be used with the activities in the lesson, as a starter, a plenary or it can lead to further speaking and listening activities. Here are the main activities in this unit: • Listen to/read the 4th chapter of the novel. • Complete the comprehension challenge regarding 4 characters in 4 chapters. • Make a list of any amazing events that have happened in your lifetime or that you have witnessed. • Take part in a class/group discussion about these events. • Work on a writing plan for describing witnessing an amazing event. • Write a text about witnessing an amazing event.

This resource consists of a selection of activities that can be used to help pupils to write about an experiment or a project that they have completed in a science lesson. There are differentiated writing frames that the pupils can complete to create an easy to follow plan for their written text. This frame helps the pupils to structure their texts and includes some vocabulary suggestions (varied sentence openings). Pupils are then asked to use the plan to write their text about what they have achieved in their experiment/project. This resource can be used in English or science lessons and is an effective way of promoting literacy across the curriculum.

This resource consists of a selection of activities that can be used to help pupils to write an essay about a religious event festival. There is an information planning exercise which pupils can use to plan what they wish to include in their text and their thoughts on the event. This is followed by differentiated writing frames that the pupils can complete to create an easy to follow plan for their written text. This frame helps the pupils to structure their texts and includes some vocabulary suggestions (varied sentence openings). Example frames and texts are included so pupils can easily see how the frame is used to create the writing text. Pupils are then asked to use the plan to write their text about the religious festival. This resource can be used in English or R.E lessons and is an effective way of promoting literacy across the curriculum.

This resource consists of a selection of activities that can be used to help pupils to write an essay about a religious event. There is an information planning exercise which pupils can use to plan what they wish to include in their text and their thoughts on the event. This is followed by differentiated writing frames that the pupils can complete to create an easy to follow plan for their written text. This frame helps the pupils to structure their texts and includes some vocabulary suggestions (varied sentence openings). Example frames and texts are included so pupils can easily see how the frame is used to create the writing text. Pupils are then asked to use the plan to write their text about the religious event. This resource can be used in English or R.E lessons and is an effective way of promoting literacy across the curriculum.

This resource consists of a selection of activities that can be used to help pupils to write an essay about a person associated with a religion. There is an information gathering exercise which pupils can use to research and learn more about a chosen person. This is followed by differentiated writing frames that the pupils can complete to create an easy to follow plan for their written text. This frame helps the pupils to structure their texts and includes some vocabulary suggestions (varied sentence openings). Pupils are then asked to use the plan to write their text about this person. This resource can be used in English or R.E lessons and is an effective way of promoting literacy across the curriculum.

This resource consists of a selection of activities that can be used to help pupils to write an essay about a deity. There is an information gathering exercise which pupils can use to research and learn more about a chosen deity. This is followed by differentiated writing frames that the pupils can complete to create an easy to follow plan for their written text. This frame helps the pupils to structure their texts and includes some vocabulary suggestions (varied sentence openings). Pupils are then asked to use the plan to write their text about a deity. This resource can be used in English or R.E lessons and is an effective way of promoting literacy across the curriculum.