Fact and Opinion finding worksheet. Using a range of resources from audio/visual to scanning newspapers and articles. Assessment for learning - Learners have to create their own fact or opinion based report based upon their research. (This can be done independently of you can put learners in pairs or groups) I used top gear clips but any can be used (Jeremy Clarkson describing a car)

Lesson which helps to build ambitious vocabulary with learners and challenges them to use connectives in their writing. Prompting them to create sentences and use connectives to expand - all through the use of visual imagery.

Full Persuasive devices lesson on identifying DAFOREST in video and texts. Texts and video provided, with worksheet and card match. Aims and objectives: To identify and revise persuasive devices and their definitions. To be able to explain the impact of persuasive devices and the effect they have on the reader. Analyse the persuasive devices in a piece of text and explain how they have been used for effect. Take part in the ‘verbal boxing’ challenge using your persuasive devices to win the debate.

Writing for purpose research/group work worksheet. Includes ideas and mind mapping on all the different types of purpose of text.

Speaking and listening activity based upon the popular fact and opinion television show. Differentiated activity in which learners have to research themes to contribute to their speaking and listening assessment/discussion. QR codes for research into videos and questions supplied.

Differentiated DAFOREST activity for E3 and L1 Functional Skills learners. Research activity/independent study in which learners have to find examples of DAFOREST. This can be done: On posters around the college, on videos you have provided or a selection of texts.

Team based work activity/puzzle Each activity needs to be cut into flash cards or folded in to an envelope. Each activity has a reference on the grammar challenge sheet and learners will work in teams to complete. This covers parts of speech, homophones, apostrophes, punctuation, work breakdown and vocabulary building.

A DAFOREST task card that can be cut out and act as an extension or starter activity. This can be applied to any text/reading/visual method.

Will need paper/plastic cups for activity. Persuasive writing structure lesson with recap for writing styles and how to answer a writing question in the exam. Breakdown activity on sentence building which learners will apply to a personal profile and then peer assess to develop vocabulary. All worksheets are printable from the PowerPoint.

Full lesson on how to write an article. Covers key features of an article with vocabulary/features and analysis activities to aid futher understanding. Includes Newspaper clippings to aid understanding and Crime scene activity and clues to influence writing activities.

3 activities and a display/help sheet. Parts of speech infographic for displays or learner workbooks with space for learners to add to the poster. Part of speech activity that covers nouns,adjetives,verbs etc: learners have to find the definition of the term in the dictionary. The Jabberwocky parts of speech activity worksheet in which learners need to identify the word class. Lewis Carroll parts of speech activity in which learners need to identify and explain the word class.

Punctuation mark bingo questions and bingo cards. Punctuation mark display poster or learner assessment sheet.

Ambitious vocabulary worksheet to put in the back of learner books. Learners can fill in as and when they come across interesting words to use in their writing answers for paper1 and paper2.

Graded outstanding GCSE English lesson. Introduction to Language features used in text. Team based session with three activities to complete. Term, Definition and Example card match activity with card provided. Million pound drop quiz and in powerpoint activities. Learners will use the display poster to analyse a video from PETA 'behind the leather' allowing them to create a link the use of language to form emotions and perceptions.For assessment learners will analyse a PETA text as well as being encouraged to find their own sources online. Engaging and interactive lesson that promotes some good discussions embedding E&D.

Reading for detail, skimming and scanning in texts. Starter activities included, texts with flash card questioning, Kahoot quiz and a challenge worksheet activity.

Full differentiated lesson. Interactive crime scene activity with resources, tone music activity and finding bias in the media. Separate worksheets for entry level, level 1 and level 2 learners. Texts provided from two different sources for Level 2 learners to compare: Daily Mail and The Guardian.

Formal and informal vocabulary used for writing an email. The powerpoint covers the format, layout and vocabulary to write an email with writing based activities for assessment.

Teach the teacher worksheet used to assess learner knowledge and application of any topic

Definitions for word class and sentence structure worksheet with answers.

Introduction video