A full lesson on comparing texts based on theme of Police power. Task 1 - using quotes Task 2 - A Padlet debate on in class debate depending on home learning or in school. Task 3 - Comparing texts comprehension questions Task 4 - spelling patterns explanation and tasks looking at ‘tion and sion’ patterns, suffixes that end in Y and plural suffixes. Task 5 - Plenary students choose one of three options in order to express their opinion on police powers. Answers included and all worksheets have been put on one editable document so that it can be used for home learning or in the class. I made this for level 1 functional skills but it can be applied to different year groups.

A resource that can be used as a tutor time activity, assembly or an English lesson. Includes: A reading comprehension that I wrote, that is fully editable to suit the needs of your students, of a short scary story. The origins of Halloween - this goes into why people trick or treat, the story behind Jack O ’ lanterns and the historical and religious significance of the celebration. Youtube video and slide explaining. A short quiz on Halloween.

A bundle with a resource and power point slides dealing with the assessment objectives of level 2 functional skills English, topics covered are: Purpose of text Reading between the lines. Understanding the writer. Spotting different types of text. Spotting layout techniques. Spotting language techniques. Identifying tone and style. Each activity has an extension task and an answer sheet. All resources are editable to change if you wish. Ideal for home learning. Could be of a great help to native English speakers currently in year 6, great for home learning.

Exam practice for Edexcel GCSE English language creative writing section. Focuses on the skills and the language/layout techniques students need to know. We look at GOMASSIVE techniques for language and we look into dialogue , narrative voice ect for structure. The text is ‘The Tell Tale Heart’ by Edgar Allen Poe, all other resources and tasks are editable. The lesson is scaffolded with quick tasks for students to develop their confidence before looking at the exam, Edexcel even have a full mock exam based on this extract should you wish students to attemot the full thing by themselves after having this. Lesson should take a little over two hours.

Quiz on general knowledge/current events and Maths and English, a great way to break the ice and get students thinking, or a good warm down before the end of term, the types of question are: General knowledge Pictograms for maths questions Emojis for English idioms Sound clips Picture rounds There are twenty questions in total and each one is a little bit different from the rest to keep students engaged. Answers are included the powerpoint is editable if you wanted to add any more questions, feel free.

Reading for information is about teaching students how to extract particular pieces of information from a text. Its a functional skill that enables them to use English for everyday life, things like looking at holiday deals and train timetables. I’ve put all the resources on one sheet and included a separate answer sheet so that it can easy to follow for home learning. Some of the texts are based on crime and punishment. It covers: Fact and opinion Skimming and scanning Some speaking and listening opportunity in the form of a class debate using information on crimes and punishments. Exclamation marks and possessive apostrophes. Further learning is included with a separate document and a skimming and scanning video.

A lesson to suit Black History Month. The lesson is based on speech writing with a focus on Martin Luther King. Looks into DAFORREST techniques and King’s use of symbolism. Then goes into how to use verbs and adjectives to make the writing more powerful. Goes into detail on how to write speeches and looks into today’s modern problems around the globe so that students can choose a topic of their own to express their views on. The lesson should last around two hours, all resources are editable, can suit any lesson that needs to teach persuasive writing.

A lesson on report writing that can be used for both E3 and Level 1 level learners. Spelling rules E3 - 'ce’ vs ‘se’ LV1 - ‘cious’ or ‘tious’ I then go over how to structure and write a report. I have written a sample answer from a question I wrote and then gave the students a sample question to have a go of as well. I’ve included a video explanation of the how to write a report and a quick run through of my answer, so it can be used for homework or remote learning. I haven’t turned it into a PDF because I wanted to give you the option of editing and adapting this as you see fit but I hope it helps. At the end of the resource I’ve included a table with the idea in mind that students will start to recored the different features of different texts.

A functional skills lesson on the theme on employability, looks at common work terminology for British employment, it has a reading and a writing task to suit writing a cover letter and understanding a person specification. Discussion opportunities throughout the text its a really good opportunity to talk to students about work. Tasks on connectives and complex and simple sentences included. Should last around 1 hour 40 mins depending on class ability.

A Christmas/end of term lesson for English GCSE language for AQA. Starter 10 minutes define sophisticated vocab Celebrations taboo 20 minutes Word search of language techniques 15 minutes A05 practice 15 minutes Identify four things from the video and discuss 10 minutes AO2 use inference to get meaning from nonsense sentences 10 Minutes Writing puns (AO5) Students write cheesey jokes based on the prompts. 15 minutes. Over the break game where students build on each others activities 10 minutes Team quiz with 12 questions - sorry theres a promise of chocolate for the winners at the end. Plenary match up of the sophisticated words from the beginning.

A functional skills English lesson looking at how to write all texts. Fact and opinion and writing an article. Comes with both a reading and a writing task, lasts about two hours, extension activities included. Letter writing, Email writing, Article writing, Speech Writing and Instructional Texts

Functional skills lesson on punctuation, paragraphing, writing in different tenses and using this to write a review. Comes with a reading comprehension, a discussion and a recap of a spelling technique I used in a previous lessons. Lesson is complete with sample answers, extension activities and peer marking for the final written piece. Punctuation covered: commas, full stops, exclamation marks, apostrophes and possessive apostrophes.

A functional skills lesson based on using information to write a letter, its based on a zombie apocolypse to keep students interested, it was designed so that students go into an appropriate amount of detail when explaining their reasons. This is a lesson to prepeare students to take the level one functional skills writing exam. I had to remove video links and pictures but the resouces are adaptable for these to be included.

A series of slides with really small sample paragraphs that have particular techniques in them for the students to spot. The resource has been designed to show students how to answer question 4 of paper 1 of AQA GCSE English language paper 1. Students read only a few lines on the powerpoint and are given five mins to spot the techniques, they are then asked if they agree, partially agree or disagree, they are then asked to explain themselves in relation to the question making reference to the text and basing their answers on the technique they have found. I did this because it is very very simple and it shows just how easy question four can be. This has been designed for students new to this question who need to practice finding the techniques and knowing how to actually answer this question. I used it for a thirty minuet revision session before my students sat a mock and for individual tutorial sessions.

Writing activites and lesson to support the new functional skills specification for September 2019.

A lesson on AO1 based on Coventry. The lesson looks at AO1 with skill building for question 5, it introduces the use of techniques, lesson should last around an hour and a half. Techniques: Metaphors, Similes, Personification, Group of 3, Powerful Adjectives and Sensory Language. A good introduction for Creative writing.

A short activity and power point to be used as a warm up or induction activity.

A starter and main activity of about 30 minutes in time the activites get steadily harder beginning with identifying word classes and connotations and then analysing and then seeing if the students can also apply it to question 4 paper 1, peer assessment table is included to close the loop, helpful hints have been placed in there to give guidence to studetns and extention activities for the more able.

A lesson based on the theme of alcohol addressing A01 and general paper 2 questions. The lesson has two sources one from 19th C and one from the 21st looks at attitudes and values. Comes complete with writing frames for students to choose from (questions 2,3 and 4) using PEACE paragraphs. Self/peer assessment included. Plenary consists of a revision sheet that goes over the skills and marks of all the questions across the GCSE English language papers. Lesson is scaffolded with extension activities with every task - everything is timed and should last two hours.