This is a fully differentiated lesson looking at how to write a review for level one and level two Functional Skills. The lesson uses the theme of TV shows to look at an example review, understand the conventions and also write an appropriate review for an exam-style assessment. This lesson includes both reading and writing tasks and can be taught both remotely and face-to-face. If you enjoyed this lesson, then please check out our shop for more lessons and resources uploaded each week.

This lesson has been designed for anyone studying Functional Skills English Level One and Level Two. The lesson goes through two different texts and helps learners to understand how to use quotations to make comparisons and respond to the higher value questions on the reading exam paper. If you enjoyed this lesson, then please check out our shop for more lessons and resources uploaded each week.

This lesson has been designed for anyone studying level one or level two Functional Skills English. The lesson helps learners understand how to approach a report writing question and includes a modelled response. If you liked this lesson, then please check out our shop for more lessons and resources.

This is a fully differentiated lesson looking at key extracts of A Christmas Carol which helps learners to consolidate their understanding of the text and develop their ability at responding to exam-style questions. This lesson works well for both online and face-to-face learning and has been tried and tested with my own groups. If you liked this lesson, then please check out my shop for more lessons and resources uploaded each week.

This lesson has been designed for anyone studying any aspect of Functional Skills English. The lesson looks at how to plan a response for speaking and listening as well as some ideas for topics. If you liked this lesson then please check out our shop for more lessons and resources uploaded each week.

This lesson has been created to help learners who are studying Functional Skills English level one or level two. In this lesson we go over key aspects to help plan a response to a typical writing exam question.

This is a fully differentiated lesson looking at The Class Game by Marey Casey. The lesson looks at understanding how language, structure and form has been used to present the theme of conflict. The lesson has a model response and helps learners to plan a response to an exam-style question. The lesson also looks at drawing comparisons to the other poems in the anthology. All of my lessons have been tried and tested with my own groups and has been designed to require no additional printing. If you liked this recourse, then please check out my poetry bundle and my shop which is updated each week.

This is a fully differentiated lesson looking at writing a letter of complaint for Functional Skills Level One and Level Two. The lesson focuses on writing skills and how to write a letter of complaint when receiving a parking fine. The lesson has been designed for both remote learning and face-to-face teaching and has been tried and tested with my own groups. If you liked this lesson, then please check out our shop for more lessons and resources uploaded each week.

A lesson to help students prepare for their GSCE exam on the play Macbeth. The lesson goes through how to write a response to an exam-style question.

This is a fully differentiated booklet looking at the text Lamb to the Slaughter. The lesson helps build and develop the skills needed for questions one to three on paper one of the GCSE language exam.

This is a fully differentiated lesson focusing on the theme of politics. The lesson starts off by looking at how bias may be seen within the media. The lesson then gets the class to study several famous speeches, and the techniques that have made them so memorable. In addition, the lesson includes a writing task along with a modeled example. All of my lessons have been tried and tested. If you like this resource please check out my shop for complete bundles and also free resources.

This is an eleven slide quiz for learners who need to revise the structure question (Q3) of Paper One: Explorations in Creative Reading and Writing. The quiz uses different methods to help learners recall techniques, apply them to an extract and assess an exam-style response. All of my resources have been tried and tested with my own groups. If you liked this resource then please check out my shop for more resources and lessons uploaded each week.

This is a 19 slide PowerPoint quiz for the WJEC Eduqas poetry anthology. The quiz has three separate rounds which help assess learners ability to: Recall key contextual information about the poets, Identify the missing elements from key quotations and assess who has an in-depth understanding of the poems and what they may need to work on in the future. If you liked this resource, then please check out my shop for more lessons and resources that are uploaded each week. Additional quizzes for the rest of the poems will be uploaded shortly.

This lesson has been created for learners studying Functional Skills English level one or level two. The lesson covers some key language techniques and helps learners understand how a bias is presented in non-fiction. If you liked this lesson then please check out our shop for more lessons and resources uploaded each week.

This is a free resource created for learners of Functional Skill English. The mock reading test can be used with any level of the functional skills qualification as well as a comprehension activity for GCSE students. The resources help learners to use skimming and scanning to identify key details in two texts and works well to assess their understanding of language techniques. If you liked this resource, then please check out my shop for new content which is uploaded on a weekly basis.

This is a free resource to help people remember the key rules when having a debate or carrying out a speaking and listening assessment. The resource helps learners to plan a response linked to the theme in my lesson: Functional Skills Reading, Writing and Speaking and Listening.

This is a free A3 sheet with differentiated tasks to help learners understand the important elements to include in creative writing. The worksheet also includes a sample response as well as guidance on how it might be improved. If you liked this resource, then please check out the full lesson via our shop Creative Writing: Gothic Literature.

This is a fully differentiated, fifteen-page booklet for functional skills level one and two. This booklet has worked well on an individual basis and has also been successful in whole class teaching. The booklet covers both the reading and writing elements of the functional skills course and builds on some of the most important skills to help learners stretch and challenge themselves to achieve. The booklet also comes with an answer booklet in order to enable students to take control of their own learning and to check their understanding. If you liked this resource, then please check out my shop which is updated each week with lessons and resources for functional skills and GCSE English.