E3-L1 Functional Skills English tense worksheet with a series of relevant examples.

Language Devices poster/display can be used to go on walls or as a reference in learner books. PDF copy which covers definition, term and example and can be used for Functional Skills English and GCSE English.

Functional Skills English Conjunctions/connectives

Worksheet for start activity in which learners must pick a letter as a class and try and answer all the categories on the sheet with an answer starting with the chosen letter.

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

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.

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)

Harry Potter style card match activity for simple - compound and complex sentences.

Definitions for word class and sentence structure worksheet with answers.

Introduction to the qualifications

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

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.

Full Lesson with aims and objectives. Covering reading for detail and skimming and scanning techniques. Starter activity included which can be edited to your individual needs: Terms and conditions starter: Give learners the terms to sign and date and give them the corresponding questionnaire. Assess how many learners read what they are signing and use the additional worksheet for those that do. Use as a discussion/icebreaker activity to skimming and scanning and why and how we use the skills in everyday life. PowerPoint: Included activities for the session with a link to a Kahoot as a plenary. The big scan activity can be applied to any texts you want to provide.

Confidence charts for Entry Level 2 - Level 2 that are individualised by topic. I stick one at the front of each learners book and before we start a topic they rate their individual confidence with a number out of 10. At the end of the deliery of the topic the learners rate themselves again.

SPaG booklet with QR code link to the BBC bitesize learning for spelling, punctuation and grammar. Learners must work through the tasks and complete the quiz for each topic recording their score in the coloured box. They must then write a recap of what they have learnt and demonstrate this within a piece of writing. Making improvements self/tutor assessment sheet also included.

GCSE/FS English Self Assessment forms for SPaG with learner and tutor comment boxes to add feedback.

Picture activity to build up vocabulary for describing an image. Each learner will get a section of a picture and write a short description. As a group all learners will piece together the images to make a complete image and share and discuss their descriptive sentences.

A full powerpoint lesson to revise and recap on word class. Integrated activities to include in descriptive writing with embedded peer assessment and class discussion . To revise relevant knowledge of word classes: nouns / verbs / adjectives / adverbs To practice using word classes and language features (similes / personification / alliteration) To assess relevant knowledge of word classes and language features (AO1)

A day in the life at ... Is a college/school based activity book in which learners will create a comic strip as a story board for their day. Learners will then be prompted to create a piece of writing based on the comic strip - self assessment forms included for teachers to provide formative feedback.

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.