Relates to Pearson Edexcel Functional Skills English Level 1 and 2. Uses the topic of social media, lookign at both reading and writing skills. Some use of YouTube anf TikTok videos for challenging learners aged 14+. A full lesson (PowerPoint) that can last 3 hours.

GCSE English style question for AQA exams. Paper - reading and writing tasks complete with two extracts

A set of posters to show language features in popular music. I also use this as a game for reluctant and low level GCSE English Language students. You can make a playlist that accompanies this display too. If you need the songs and artists please ask. Makes a really good display in your classroom.

Using two short extracts on the Kray twins. Paper 2 style AQA English Language questions (Q1-Q5) Used successfully with re-sit and reluctant students to build confidence

Great lesson to support students in revising for the two exam papers coming up: x1 1 hour 30 min lesson on revising the overviews of both papers for June’s exams. Also x1 1 hour 30 min lesson on revising language features involving a game from YouTube to help revise 6 language features for paper 1. PowerPoint with countdown timers (with music if needed) and snappy help guides. To adapt to suit your own methods. A really bright, vibrant PowerPoint. Our most reluctant students have embraced this lesson and found it really helpful. Observed twice in one week my SLT and an external visitor from ETF who all commented highly upon the methods used to help create a revision tool.

A quick starter activity. You can print off for students to read and highlight/underline as they arrive into class.

Ladies' Day By Vicki Jarrett extracts used to show how to plan and write a narrative piece of text. Looking at setting the scene, the climax and the final. Included are tasks also.

Section B writing to describe activities. A set of 5 writing tasks where students plan using an image.

The topic of a hotel, looking at an image and selecting a narrative perspective. Also features a task on how to zoom in and out of an image.

An AQA style GCSE English Language paper (both section A and B) with extract from Uglies.

J.R.R. Tolkien's The Hobbit extract. Looking at Paper 1, questions 2, 3 and 4 as an activity.

PowerPoint with the following tasks: A formal complaint about a holiday from hell with YouTube clip and writing framework A review of the holiday with writing framework An online forum discussion task - relating to celebrities (Amber Heard and Johnny Depp) An accident report with video and writing framework A Pearson Edexcel past writing paper (level 2) with video A formal and informal game Spelling test A proof reading exercise Discussion starters to promote speaking and listening

Using the topic of bugs for an AQA style mock exam paper.

Increase their vocabulary starter activity. A short passage they must re-write or alter the word "very".