Designed for GCSE and Functional Skills English Speaking and Listening Assessments, this Powerpoint is a great starter to help your group get used to conversing together. Each slide has a one-sided opinion about a controversial topic. Learners must give a quick opposing point of view, with evidence. Includes a quick self-assessment at the end to encourage learners to improve their performance next time. Easy to adapt and customise - rearrange, delete or add your own slides. Please check out my other free and paid resources in my store. Happy teaching!

A free poster to designed to help young adults and teens engage with learning language features through music lyrics. GCSE and Functional Skills English. Using Lady Gaga pop music lyrics, there is an example of a rhetorical question, simile, metaphor, repetition and more. Please check out my other free and paid resources. I appreciate all reviews and feedback to help my resources grow. Thanks for looking.

A free poster to help young adults and teens learn language features/figurative language. Great revision tool for Functional Skills and GCSE English reading assessments. Includes the DAFOREST structure, with an example of a rhetorical question, simile, metaphor, alliteration and more. Try my other free and paid resources. Thanks for looking. I appreciate all reviews and feedback to help my resources grow.

Designed as a quick starter, or a springboard for further discussion and research, students will match up Eminem’s song lyrics with the figurative language being used, such as a rhetorical question, simile, three part list and more. Aimed at teenagers and young adults, who may not have engaged with language features before. GCSE / Functional Skills English. Serving Suggestion: Students research the lyrics of bands and artists they like to find any language features being used. Introduce them to Canva or Publisher and get them to make posters about a band of their choice. I have an awesome poster made by a student that has examples of language features used in Manchester Indie music. Happy teaching! Please check out my growing store for more free and paid resources.

Designed for Functional Skills Level 1 and Level 2, but useful for GCSE and beyond, there are more than 50 pages of activities and recaps on all the fundamentals that get the best out of your students’ writing. There are sections on spelling, punctuation and grammar, with short, engaging activities for each. They are designed for young adults, who may not have enjoyed English in the past. These include proof-reading celebrity tweets and street signs, a spelling activity linked to maths and much more.

A collection of 10 spelling flashcards, each with 10 words. Use one per lesson as a great starter or break-off activity. Each word has been well-researched and carefully selected to specifically help Entry Level 3 learners prepare for the City and Guilds English writing assessment. The words are also put into a sentence, which mirrors the style of the assessment. Features a variety of commonly misspelled words and homophones that open up useful discussions with your students. Made in an easy to print, cut out and laminate (remember single-sided!) format on Microsoft word. This copy is in black and white, for economy, but the tables can be quickly colour-coded to suit your needs. Please have a look at my other English resources and help my little store. Thanks for looking.