A fun task that gets learners to draw characters from the writers description and to recognize adjectives.

This 131 page Powerpoint is aimed at Entry 3 - Level 1 learners. I call this lesson ‘back to basics’ and usually teach all of its content on day one of my course. I call it ‘primary and secondary’ school English rolled into three hours. It goes over the basic SPAG that they will need to know before they start writing for the writing module. It is a refreshers guide on the following: How to use syllables as a strategy to spell difficult words How to use a dictionary quickly and correctly What is a plural What is a prefix and what is a suffix What is verb tense How to use punctuation correctly Homophones and how to tell the difference between them Each section is a step by step guide that will help your learners to re-learn all the basic English skills that they need. There are different quizzes in the Powerpoint including: what punctuation marks are missing from these song words/song titles and spell the following word by breaking the word down into syllables…plus many more… I have designed the Powerpoint so that all learners can get involved. Just give them a white board and they can answer the questions as you read them out - great for differentiation. I have also attached three activities that I have made myself: Grammar activity - a house for sale advert that needs to be changed to the present tense A punctuation exercise Homophone exercise - using the story of Red Riding Hood to find all the misspelled homophones ( there are twenty in total and it is a great proofreading exercise). I hope you find this resource useful!

Ideal for KS4 students to help them with remembering which poems fall under which key theme. Uses for this document Get your learners to pick one of the eight key themes. For each poem under that theme, they have to locate a quote from that poem. The quote should relate to the theme. Example: Power of Nature - Ozymandias -“Nothing beside remains. Round the decay Of that colossal Wreck…” Use as posters for a wall / visual display Print double sided, laminate and turn into a revision book SPELLING MISTAKE RECTIFIED - 16/02/2024

This is a twenty-nine page PowerPoint that is designed to be used with learners who are due to complete their English Functional Skills writing examination. It is designed for L1 and L2 learners, however, can be used to teach Entry 3 learners. This module is: Letter writing. The PowerPoint is a step-by-step guide of how to write and format a formal letter. At the end of the presentation, there are two letter writing tasks for learners to attempt. For one of the letter writing tasks I have given on-screen ‘tips’ on how to plan the content of the letter and how to ‘bulk out’ a draft in order to raise the learners word count. The PowerPoints contents include: How to write a formal letter What to include in a formal letter Sample assessment questions How to plan your letters content and how to ‘bulk out’ your writing. A booklet is also attached with the PPT letter writing texts included and a 1 page overview of how to correctly format a letter.

A PPT aimed at level 1 learners. This will prepare them to answer the reading assessment’s compare and contrast question. This question is worth 10 – 13% of the papers overall mark, dependent on the examination board used. **Powerpoint Overview: ** Short introduction to the compare and contrast reading question Comparing and contrasting ‘opinions’ group question. Three example questions from different exam boards to give learners a visual image of how the question may be written / formatted Example question from a sample assessment and tips on how to answer this. The class will be given a worksheet and will read the source documents to find the similarities and differences between the texts. A model answer will then be shown on the board. Compare and contract sample assessment activity: Graffiti: Vandalism or Art. 13 slides.

This is a 24 page task booklet based on the book: Uncle Montague’s Tales of Terror. I created this booklet for my KS3 English reading class. The booklet contains 22 different tasks that pupils can complete as they read through the book. There are tasks for each of the ten chapters. Tasks include: Description writing ( articles, reviews etc…) Creative writing Reading comprehension Rich Text Format and Word Document files attached for compatibility.

This is an 8 page PDF booklet that contains 3 tasks: Skimming and Scanning X 8 Questions Fact or Opinion Layout features Learners will be given a source document and will answer questions based on this documents. All answers are provided so that learners can self-mark.

This is a 25 page PPT on figurative language devices. A task sheet is also attached. The PPT includes: What is a figurative language Examples of figurative language and the meaning Figurative language class quiz. Learners will answer questions on their whiteboards. Answers will appear on PPT. Example of an exam question and source text Figurative language task - Learners must find the nine different figurative language techniques in the text. Colour coded answers to the task sheet on screen

An A3 worksheet which gives the learner a list of character traits and asks them which characters in the play possess these traits. There is also an extension task to complete and the learner will be asked to use evidence from the text to support their choices.

This is an 6 page PDF booklet that contains questions may find in their L1 & L2 reading exam. Topic: Fur Farming 11 Questions including: Skimming and Scanning Fact or Opinion True or False Language Techniques Phrases Learners will be given a source document and will answer questions based on this documents. All answers are provided so that learners can self-mark.

A worksheet aimed at L1 & L2 learners. This will be helpful as they are required to know the difference between a fact and opinion, in order to gain marks on their reading examination Get your learners to read each statement on the page. They can highlight the facts in one colour and the opinions in answer colour. Go through the answers as a class afterwards. Answer sheet is provided.

12X key quote posters and 2X Macbeth posters.

An A3 revision PDF poster that will help learners to remember how to format different types of texts. Letter writing Email Writing Article & Review Writing Report Writing

This is a 16 page PPT on how to write a leaflet. The PPT includes: What is a leaflet? What do I include in a leaflet? Step-by-Step leaflet guide ( title, heading, subtitle, subheadings, paragraphs and conclusion). Examples throughout PPT Layout of a leaflet 3 practice question tasks - Get students to research the topic and then get them to write a leaflet based on this topic

English Writing Revision Cards. Theses cards contain the important information that learners will need to know in preparation for their exam. They can be cut out and laminated or can be stuck into the learner’s exercise books. Cards include information on: Similes Metaphors Idiom Alliteration Hyperbole Onomatopoeia Personification Irony Sarcasm Puns Bias Contrast Rhetorical Question Rule of Three

How to write a newspaper article How to format the article What to include in the article Newspaper article task

This PPT was used as part of a revision session. I displayed a piece of context on the interactive white board from the PPT. Each piece related to one of the fifteen poems in the anthology. We read through the slide as a class and they were then asked which poem the information related to. They would then write the contextual information in their exercise books to be used for revision purposes. The information is off free resources I found during Google searches. I then compiled it into this PPT.