Task: Circle the correct beginning sound of the following pictures.

An A3 punctuation worksheet. Can be given as to test prior knowledge or as a starter / lesson activity. Ideal for L1 / L2 learners. Includes questions for the following punctuation marks: Comma Capital Letters Full Stops Question / Exclamation Marks Apostrophe ( contraction and possession) Colon Semi-colon

This resource consists of a PowerPoint and worksheet. It will help learners learn how to use a dictionary and also how to answer the three questions, that require a dictionary, in their reading assessment. 28 slides There are tasks throughout for learners to complete on their whiteboards, as well as a worksheet ( with answers) for them to complete at the end of the lesson. This resource is base of the C&G assessment, but is also applicable for the NCFE assessment. Overview of Lesson: How to use a dictionary to locate words and their meanings Sample assessment question: how to find the meaning of specific words in the text Sample assessment question: how to identify words that mean the same as words in the text Sample assessment question: how to replace a specific word within the text with one of similar meaning Practice your learnt techniques by completing a task

This resource has been created for L1 learners. This is a recap session and has a short overview of how to write and structure a report. This was created for my learners after they had learnt how to format the text. This is not a full lesson ( I have a full report lesson available on my online store). This purchase include: A resource that includes a report sample assessment question, a report writing template and two blank writing pages An 8 page PPT that contains a summary of the following: how to structure and format a report, planning to answer the assessment question and how to peer assess another peer’s work.

An ideal lesson starter. Who can complete the word search in the quickest time?

A task sheet to help students reasearch and revise this poem.

I created this task for an Inspector Calls revision lesson. The learners were asked to write an overview of each character and their key quotes on the back of the cards. There are also revision cards on the plot summary, themes and context for them to fill in. I have also included blank revision cards. This was to refresh their knowledge in preparation of their mock exams. Four cards per sheet. Print double sided on short flip edge.

A fifteen question multiple choice quiz. Students will be given a each from each poem and must write down on the white board which poem it is from. Answers are given on the PPT once they have answered the question. I also have an alternative quiz with other key quotes from the anthology which you can download for free: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/poetry-anthology-power-and-conflict-quotes-quiz-12636653

This is a task that I have created. Students will use their skills to rewrite an informal letter into a formal letter.

A task sheet for learners in KS2 / KS3.

A worksheet to introduce KS3 or KS4 students to what to initially look for when they first read a poem. There are questions on the sheet to prompt them to read the poem and then answer the questions including: What the poem is about Why certain words and phrases are used What the mood and atmosphere of the poem is Who the narrator of the poem is. I have purposely left out the title of the poem, as I wanted my group to guess what the object ( the mirror) is.

Eight writing practice tasks for Functional Skills English.

Write an article task.

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

A fifteen question multiple choice quiz. Students will be given a each from each poem and must write down on the white board which poem it is from. Answers are given on the PPT once they have answered the question. I also have a sencond version of this quiz which you can download for free: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/-12649377

This style of questioning will feature in learners Functional Skills Reading Assessment.

Improve your learners’ reading skills with this skimming and scanning exercise.

A two page PPT which includes: the poem, 3 tasks based on the poem and a PEE paragraph questions for KS3 learners to answer.

A one lesson PPT for learners which shows them how to answer both Unseen Poetry questions. At the end of the PPT, the learners then have 45 minutes to complete their practice test. *Please note: some of the information on this PPT was sourced from free poetry powerpoints on TES. Thankyou for sharing your work.

Using the poems First Ice and Farewell My Love, this three lesson PPT is designed to help students to plan and answer Question 1 & 2 of Unseen Poetry. Please note that some of the information on the slides were sourced from other PPTs on the internet. Thank you for sharing your work with the teaching community.