2X skimming & scamming tasks. The learner reads two short texts and answers questions about these texts by using their skimming and scanning skills. Answers are provided so that students can self mark. Topics: Football & Reality TV This would suit High Level E3 and L1 and L2 learners.

54 Flash card prompts which will help to spark your learners’ imaginations. These flash cards contain pictures from a number of different fictional genres: gothic, western, sci-fi, historical, romance, modern and fantasy. Instructions: Print out the cards double sided. One side will have the picture prompts on and the other a zig zag pattern. Cut the cards out and laminate them. Get your learners to pick one card each and write a story or description by using the pictures as a stimulus.

Different purposes of a text booklet. The learner has two tasks to complete. Answers are provided so that students can self mark. This would suit High Level E3 and L1 and L2 learners.

Practice questions for E3 learners which are similar to questions they will be asked on their Functional Skills English examination. 1 source document and 12 X questions which are similar to those the learners will encounter when completing their reading test (NCFE & City and Guilds criteria) Answers are provided so learners can self-mark.

A 31 page activity booklet which will help learners improve their descriptive writing. Each activity contains a colourful,detailed image that can to be used as stimuli for descriptive writing. There is a starter task that will ask the learner four questions that will help them in planning/ writing their descriptive piece. There are 14 other activities to complete.

24X Irregular Plural Flash Cards - double sided with polka dot print on one side. These are flash cards which are useful to use with Entry Level 3 learners. In the exam, learners are expected to write the plural form of a word. They will be expected to know a list of common plural nouns that don’t follow the usual spelling conventions. Each singular noun and its irregular plural form is on one of the 24 cards. You could add an extension activity and turn this into a matching game ( match the noun to the plural form). Learners could also create a sentence which includes each word.

Two revision guides - one catered for NCFE and one catered for City and Guilds. Both are 6/7 page revision guides that helps learners to understand what to expect in their reading assessment. They also gives advice and examples of how to answer the questions on the exam paper. Revision guides includes: Overview of the assessment Source document that will be used throughout the guide to show examples of how to answer the questions How to skim and scan a piece of text The different purposes of a text how to find the meaning of words How to replace a given word (C&G guide only) These revision guides are based on the NCFE and City and Guilds criteria and uses the updated REFORMED Functional Skills delivery guide.

A fun English match the pair game. Cut out and laminate the 24 cards. Turn them over and match the definition to the example. Print double sided and the definition / example will be on one side and a school pattern on the back.

32X cards that can be used to revise figurative language / persuasive language techniques including: Similes Metaphors Alliteration Onomatopoeia Idiom Oxymoron Sarcasm Irony Direct Address Facts Opinions Rhetorical Question Repetition Emotive Language Statistics Triples ( Rule of Three) There are statements on 2X cards each, which use one of the techniques above. These cards were created so that my learners could play a ‘match a pair’ game. Turn all of the cards over on the table. Get the learners to take it in turns to turn over two cards, if the statements match the technique then they ‘win’ that pair of cards. If they don’t match, then they turn them back over and another player gets to choose two cards. Continue until all the cards are matched. These can also be used as flash cards or revision cards and the cards are double sided, with a colourful polka dot design on the opposite side. Also attached, are a set of cards ( buyer to cut out) with each of the following persuasive devices names written on them. You can get your learners to place the correct statement cards under each of these headings.

Letter Writing Bingo Game. The bingo sheet contains words associated with letter writing. As they play the game, learners are also remembering what to include in a letter / how to format a letter. Instructions: Cut out the squares on the grid sheet and place inside a container. Give each player a bingo card. As you draw a square from the hat, ask the players to cross them out on their grid sheet. The first player who gets 5 in a row, wins! YOUR PURCHASE INCLUDES: A4 game and grid sheet: 21 x 29.7cm. PDF format. Crop and bleed marks 2.6 X A4 game and grid sheet: 21 x 29.7cm. PDF format.

Article Writing Bingo Game. The bingo sheet contains words associated with article writing. As they play the game, learners are also remembering what to include in an article / how to format an article. Instructions: Cut out the squares on the grid sheet and place inside a container. Give each player a bingo card. As you draw a square from the hat, ask the players to cross them out on their grid sheet. The first player who gets 5 in a row, wins! YOUR PURCHASE INCLUDES: A4 game and grid sheet: 21 x 29.7cm. PDF format. Crop and bleed marks 2.6 X A4 game and grid sheet: 21 x 29.7cm. PDF format. Read less

This is a 18 page PPT which is based on the book Hatchet. I created this following reading chapter 4 of the book: just before Brian enters the woods. The class will imagine that they are in the same position as Brian and will write a list of items that they feel will aid survival until rescue comes. They will then discuss animals that they many encounter in the wilderness and the dangers of encountering these animals. Following this, the learners are given a scenario and then will answers 8 scenario based multi-choice questions ( answers and short explanations provided). The aim of the quiz is to determine whether or not they would survive a night in the wilderness! An extension task is provided also at the end of the PPT. a fun classroom activity.

2X Flashcard sheets that contain 15 different reading tasks that learners can complete. The tasks are based on the book ’ Hatchet’ and includes tasks such as: Article Writing Creating a Storyboard Diary Entry Writing Creating a Facebook Character Profile Creating a New Book Cover / Blurb Changing the Novel Setting Task Plus many more. These sheets are double sided ( a wilderness background on one side of the cards). Laminate and cut out and get your student to choose a task at random. These are ideal to use once the students have read the book.

This resource includes four different activity sheets that will be useful for students when it comes to recapping / revising the play. Sheet 1 - Short recap on: plot summary, Act 1 - 3, context, setting, characters & themes Sheet 2 - Character summary Sheet 3 - Context: 1912 & 1945 Sheet 4 - Different settings in the play and how they relate to the plot

Quotes Double-sided. Printed double-sided on A4 paper. 2 cards per sheet. Each card, on the reverse, has a number of key quotes that connect to each quote. These can be cut-out and laminated to be used as revision cards In order to print correctly, print ‘double sided’ whilst also choosing the ‘flip on short edge’ option.

The learner has 2 X writing tasks to complete. These tasks are based on scenarios that celebrate the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee. Task 1 : Write an Email Task 2: Write an Article

3X World Cup Games. Great lesson fillers.

2 X Worksheets An A3 PDF Revision Sheet. A resource to use as your class reads through the novel. After each chapter, get your learners to write a short summary of that chapter. They can also note down any characters that are featured / mentioned in the novel. This can be useful for when learners need to revise the novel and its key scenes. An A4 PDF Task Sheet A resource to help learners can identify and analyse the different characters as they read through the novel. They can write down a description of the character and their personality traits.

2X A3 two page revision planners: English Language & English Literature. This revision planner will help students in preparation for their exams. This visual aid will help them to organise their study schedule more effectively. **Page 1 **of each document includes: a blank 7 day weekly calender overview of the GCSE topics, 2022 AQA exam date details and an area for students to write that week’s key areas of focus. **Page 2 **of each document includes: a blank 7 day weekly calender and a ‘key areas of focus’ section where students can write notes / study schedule. Get your students to laminate their planner and stick it on their wall.

A daily revision planner that will help students in preparation for their exams. This visual aid will help them to organise their daily study schedule more effectively. Daily study planning page 2 X note taking pages Study reflection page