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I provide functional skills and English language GCSE lessons but I am looking to expand on this and produce more resources for students with specific learning needs. I also do Youtube videos for home learning https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-JQchhF9CJakm2Al271olw/ anyone who subscribes can have one resource of their choice for free

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I provide functional skills and English language GCSE lessons but I am looking to expand on this and produce more resources for students with specific learning needs. I also do Youtube videos for home learning https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-JQchhF9CJakm2Al271olw/ anyone who subscribes can have one resource of their choice for free
Skimming and Scanning
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Skimming and Scanning

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A quick starter activity for functional skills students who want to practice their skimming and scanning skills, will attach a reading comprehension with answers soon. https://youtu.be/mvYwYEtbFkI
Listening test
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Listening test

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A quick listening test activity for anyone on a course that requires speaking and listening. Aimed at functional skills and ESOL learners.
Grammar
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Grammar

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The first resource in part of a ten part series helping students to improve their grammar.
Subject verb agreement
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Subject verb agreement

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A video/power point that covers: What subject verb agreement is. Two different rules to apply. Printable worksheet. I made this for EFL students who jus need to brush up on their grammar, this has been designed to be given as homework or home learning. Alternatively you could just use the power point in your lesson.
Linking words
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Linking words

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A short powerpoint and worksheet on linking words and their usages, this can be used as homework as I’ve made a video going through this, or it can be adapted and used as part of a lesson. The worksheet has some questions on paragraphing (video to follow shortly) and all answers are included.
Plurals
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Plurals

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A video lesson and resources for students wanting to develop their grammar.
Speaking and listening
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Speaking and listening

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A speaking and listening resource based on the theme of employability. Looks at: Ranking employability skills in order of importance. - Makes students think about the skills they might need. ** Making civil requests to avoid conflict - resolving conflicts without making the situations escalate and answering difficult questions in a work interview. Interpreting body language - This gets students to think about what they are communicating by the way they are standing.
Tenses
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Tenses

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An exercise and powerpoint/video on tenses
Safer Internet Day
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Safer Internet Day

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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
Edexcel Functional Skills 2019
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Edexcel Functional Skills 2019

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A functional skills lesson designed to meet the new spec for 2019 Edexcel functional skills, looks at basic punctuation, using quotes and layout features. Lesson designed to last approximately an hour and a half depending on the ability of the class. Inference and Emphasis
Functional skills - Exam paper practice
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Functional skills - Exam paper practice

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Level 1 functional skills lesson that suits the new specification, can also be taught to lower levels if paced out. Starter - Write a different sentence to match a specific purpose. 10 Minutes Recap - skimming and scanning activity - 10 Minutes Parts of the exam explained Purpose and auidence mini text and questions - 15 Minutes Proofreading activity - 10 Minutes Developing your answers and how to start Plenary - quiz to test learning so far. Hour and a half in total. Second lesson (included) Starter - expressing your opinion on three statements - 10 to 15 minutes (dependent on discussions) Recap - match up of purposes - 5 Minutes Plurals and then SPaG activity - 10 Minutes Comprehension activity based on fortnight - 15 minutes How to write an article Choice between two articles to write - 15-20 Minutes Plenary - Age ratings discussion on computer games.
Punctuation
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Punctuation

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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.
GCSE AQA Question 2 paper 2
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GCSE AQA Question 2 paper 2

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Exam Question Practice - Inference A lesson on a word document on the theme of the attitudes towards drug use. Starter activity - students look at attitudes and decide if they are modern or 19th C. Task 2 - read the texts and state which one is 19th and which one is 21st and see if they can explain why. Task 3 - Students list the differences between the two in a Venn diagram Task 5 - students answer an exam style question following a basic writing frame, with a peer marking/self evaluation table at the end. Extension task - How this relates to question 4 paper 2 - students find the language techniques in the text and attempt to answer question 4 following the writing frame.
Creative Writing
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Creative Writing

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A lesson on writing descriptively or narratively, can be used as home learning or be taught as a lesson. Good for use as an introduction to writing creatively. Glossary and worksheet included. Covers: Metaphors Similes Personification word classes.
Exam question practice
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Exam question practice

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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.
Exam prep
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Exam prep

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A lesson to prepare students for the reading exam of level 1 functional skills English and to prepare them to move up to GCSE. Can be used for any lesson where the inferring skill needs to be developed. Includes: A reading comprehension on a descriptive text. Vocab development. inferring from images and inferring from context to help students understand difficult language. All resources are editable, extension activities have been included to aid differentiation , lesson has been designed with lesson objectives using Bloom’s taxonomy. A video to help students infer at GCSE level can be found here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oiXxPRrniec
Functional Skills - Reading Bundle
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Functional Skills - Reading Bundle

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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.
Functional skills new specification 2019
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Functional skills new specification 2019

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A collection of reading, writing and speaking and listening lessons and resources to suit functional skills English. 12 resources in total made to suit the new functional skills Edexcel specification but can be used for multiple awarding bodies.
AQA GCSE English language 1-9
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AQA GCSE English language 1-9

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A collection of AQA resources that can be used as entire lessons or just fun induction or revision activities. The activities are scaffolded and most of them have been designed to last a minimum of an hour. All resources have been designed to relate to the mark scheme of AQA English language paper 1 and 2.