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 GCSE English language for AQA. The lesson goes through how to write a letter, key techniques and how to respond to an exam question. If you liked this lesson then please check out our shop for more lessons and resources.

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 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 lesson has been designed for learners studying Functional Skills English level one and level two. The lesson has been designed to help learners practise skills for reading and writing and comes with a student example. If you liked this lesson, then please visit our shop for more lessons and resources.

This lesson has been designed for anyone studying level one or level two Functional Skills English. The lesson goes through how to write a blog and also includes an example as well as some reading questions to help practise the key skills. If you enjoyed this lesson then please check out our shop for more lessons and resources uploaded each week.

This is a fully differentiated lesson created for learners studying functional skills level 1 and level 2. The theme of the lesson is the controversy surrounding Video Assisted Referees which is a great topic if you are struggling to engage your learners. The lesson has been broken down to help support learners to improve their reading and writing skills. The lesson has modelled examples to help students to improve work and to see what a strong example looks like. In addition, the lesson has additional links for revision which can be very important for independent learning. All of my lessons are tried and tested with my own groups. If you liked this, then please check out my shop for more lessons and resources uploaded each week.

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 is a full differentiated lesson looking at the poem, Belfast Confetti by Ciaran Carson. The lesson helps learners understand the context surrounding the poem and the techniques used by the poet to convey conflict within the poem. The lesson has many opportunities for AFL and also has a cloze passage to help gauge learners’ comprehension of the poem. This lesson has been tried and tested with my own groups and can be taught either online or face-to-face with ease. 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 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 is a fully differentiated workbook that is ideal for large classes or small groups. Each question is linked to the paper one exam-explorations in creative reading and writing. All of my workbooks have been tried and tested and have helped my students to improve.

This lesson has been designed for anyone studying ESOL, Functional Skills or GCSE English to go over the key language techniques and how they are used for academic writing. If you enjoyed this lesson, then please check out our shop for more lessons and guidance

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 lesson for learners studying Functional Skills English. The lesson has been designed to help build learners confidence on the writing element of the course. The lesson is scaffolded to support learners to plan and write their own exam-style response. The theme of the lesson is gaming but offers alternative topics should the learners want to write about something else. This lesson requires no printing and is ideal for distance learning. All of my lessons have been tried and tested with my own students If you liked this lesson, then please check out my shop for more lessons and resources added each week.

This is a fully differentiated lesson looking at the poem, “No Problem” by Benjamin Zephaniah. The lesson looks at some contextual factors surrounding the poem and helps learners understand how language, structure and form has been used to convey the conflict within the poem. The lesson includes a model response and helps learners to start making comparisons with the other poems in the anthology. All of my lessons have been tried and tested with my own groups and has been designed to be taught either online or face-to-face. If you liked this lesson, then please check out my 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 reading test for learners studying Functional Skills English and is suitable for learners from E1-level 2. The test helps to assess the learner’s ability to pick out key information from a text and apply it to specific questions. This has been taken from my lesson: Functional Skills: Gaming 2. Please visit my shop for the full lesson and more resources uploaded each week.

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.