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Functional Skills English - Compare and Contrast Reading Question. 13 Page PPT & Workbook
This is a PPT which will help L1/L2 learners to answer the reading assessment’s compare and contrast question. This question is worth 10 – 13% of the papers overall mark! Therefore, it is important learners know how to answer it.
**Powerpoint Overview: **
Introduction to what compare and contrast means followed by two short exercises to ease learners in to answers the assessment question
A step by step guide on how to plan and answer the assessment question
Practice assessment question and a workbook that includes: 2 source documents, planning page ( using a Venn Diagram) and the assessment question
Salem Witch Trials English Comprehension Reading Activity. KS2 / KS3/ Functional Skills. Halloween
An English Reading Comprehension Activity.
This resource gives the learner an overview of the Salem Witch Trials.
Learners will read the text and then answer ten skimming and scanning questions based on this document. There is also an extension question.
Answers are provided so that learners can self mark.
How to Write a Report PowerPoint: GCSE/Functional Skills English.13 page PPT Lesson & 3 Tasks,
This is a 13 page PPT on how to write a report.
The PPT includes:
What is a report?
What do I include in a report?
Step-by-Step report format and content slides
Examples throughout PPT
Layout of a report
3 practice question tasks
Report Writing Template & Writing Sheet
GCSE Poetry Anthology Themes Power and Conflict Revision Cards / Display / Task. English Literature
Ideal for KS4 students to help them with remembering which poems fall under which key theme.
Uses for this document
Get your learners to pick one of the eight key themes. For each poem under that theme, they have to locate a quote from that poem. The quote should relate to the theme.
Example:
Power of Nature - Ozymandias -“Nothing beside remains. Round the decay
Of that colossal Wreck…”
Use as posters for a wall / visual display
Print double sided, laminate and turn into a revision book
SPELLING MISTAKE RECTIFIED - 16/02/2024
Functional Skills English Writing Article Activity: AMERICAN BULLY XL DOGS. Dangerous Dogs Topic
A worksheet containing an article writing activity that asks the learner to write a newspaper article on a current topic.
The topic for each text is the current UK ‘dangerous’ dog debate.
Information, planning template page is provided as well as two blank lined pages for writing
Functional Skills English: Review Writing Level 1 & 2. 22 Page PowerPoint and Task Booklet
This is a twenty-two page PowerPoint that is designed to be used with learners who are due to complete their English Functional Skills writing examination.
It is designed for L1 and L2 learners and is entitled: Review Writing
The PowerPoint is a step-by-step guide of how to format and write different types of reviews. At the end of the presentation, there are two review writing tasks for learners to attempt.
For one of the review writing tasks, I have given on-screen ‘tips’ on how to plan the content of the review and how to ‘expand’ a draft version of the text, in order to raise the learners word count and to also make it more engaging for the reader.
The PowerPoints contents include:
How to write a review
How to format a review
What to include in a review
Sample assessment questions
How to plan your review’s content and how to ‘expand’ your writing
There is also a booklet attached which includes a review template and contains the two writing tasks that can be also viewed in the PowerPoint.
English Functional Skills / GCSE Language Techniques. Figurative Language Activity Katy Perry Lyrics
A worksheet which will to help learners to identify different language features.
This worksheet uses lyrics from Katy Perry’s song* Firework. Learner’s are asked to identify the language techniques used a selection of lyrics. An answer sheet is provided.
How to Write an Email PowerPoint: GCSE / Functional Skills English. 18 page PPT Lesson and 4 Tasks
This is a 18 page PPT on how to write an email.
The PPT includes:
What is an email ?
What do I include in an email?
Step-by-Step emailing format and content slides ( email address, subject, greeting, introduction, main body, conclusion and sign off)
Examples throughout PPT
Layout of an email
1 email formatting task
3 practice question tasks
Emoji Similes - English Figurative Language Worksheet
This is an English activity which can be used with primary and secondary aged learners. The learner will look at each of the 12 emojis and will be asked to write a simile which describes the emotion of each emoji.
A fun English task!
PEE Paragraph 3 X Classroom PDF A4 Posters. PEE Sentence Prompts
3 X PEE (point, evidence, explanation) A4 PDF classroom posters. Can be used in the classroom to aid students with writing a successful PEE paragraph!
How to Write a Leaflet PPT: GCSE KS3 & KS4 / Functional Skills English. 16 page PPT Lesson and Tasks
This is a 16 page PPT on how to write a leaflet.
The PPT includes:
What is a leaflet?
What do I include in a leaflet?
Step-by-Step leaflet guide ( title, heading, subtitle, subheadings, paragraphs and conclusion).
Examples throughout PPT
Layout of a leaflet
3 practice question tasks - Get students to research the topic and then get them to write a leaflet based on this topic
15 Revision Cards: Functional Skills / English GCSE Figurative Language & Literary Devices
English Writing Revision Cards.
Theses cards contain the important information that learners will need to know in preparation for their exam. They can be cut out and laminated or can be stuck into the learner’s exercise books.
Cards include information on:
Similes
Metaphors
Idiom
Alliteration
Hyperbole
Onomatopoeia
Personification
Irony
Sarcasm
Puns
Bias
Contrast
Rhetorical Question
Rule of Three
Functional Skills English Email Writing Task & Writing Formatting Planning Template Entry 3/Level 1
Email Writing Task.
The learner has an email writing task to complete and can plan and format their email correctly by using the included email writing template.
The Outsiders Quiz - English Literature Novel 25 Page PPT and Answers
This quiz will test your learner’s knowledge of the novel. Once they have read the entire novel, get them to grab their white boards and try to answer each multiple choice question. There are 23 questions for learners to answer which are from chapter 1 to chapter 12 of the novel.
ENGLISH FUNCTIONAL SKILLS READING COMPREHENSION 8 PAGE L1 & L2 TASK BOOKLET/PRACTICE EXAM & ANSWERS
This is an 8 page PDF booklet that contains 3 tasks:
Skimming and Scanning X 8 Questions
Fact or Opinion
Layout features
Learners will be given a source document and will answer questions based on this documents. All answers are provided so that learners can self-mark.
GCSE English Literature. Character Facebook Profile Analysis Template. Social Media Activity
Character Analysis Worksheet.
The learner will pick one of the characters from a book they are reading and then create a Facebook profile for that character. They will fill in all of the information that they know about them from the book and add other additional presumed information of their own.
They will also write a status that sums up what that character is feeling at a particular moment in the book.
A fun character analysis activity.
Functional Skills English Level 1 - Purpose of a Text Reading Question. 15 Page PPT & Task
This is a PPT which will help level 1 learners to answer the reading assessment’s ‘Purpose of a Text’ question.
**Powerpoint Overview: **
Overview of the question
What is the meaning of ‘Purpose of a Text’ and the different purposes they need to know for the assessment
Explanation of each purpose with examples
Sample questions from past papers of different examination boards
Sample question and source document from a past paper to answer as a class. Model answer included
Activity: a teacher created source document on ‘Graffiti Art’ and a sample question with model answer attached.
English Reading Comprehension ( Skimming & Scanning Skills): Singers
An English reading comprehension task that will improve learners skimming and scanning skills.
Gangsta Granny Recap Quiz Chapters 1 -15 - Fun KS2/KS3 Quiz
A fun lesson starter to see how much students remember from chapters 1 - 15 .
GCSE English Poetry Anthology: Power & Conflict Quotes Quiz 2
A fifteen question multiple choice quiz. Students will be given a each from each poem and must write down on the white board which poem it is from. Answers are given on the PPT once they have answered the question.
I also have an alternative quiz with other key quotes from the anthology which you can download for free:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/poetry-anthology-power-and-conflict-quotes-quiz-12636653