English Functional Skills - Level 2

English Functional Skills - Level 2

A ready to teach 10 lesson unit of work which includes a 109-slide editable PowerPoint and 9 worksheets

This detailed teaching unit covers everything required by Level 2 Functional Skills English. It focuses on the impact of social media on society and covers reading, debating and discursive writing. The resource includes a range of activities which develop communication skills and cover the key criteria for Functional Skills English from 2019.

Contents include the following:

• An introduction to Functional Skills with an accompanying video

• Reading, discussing, comparing and contrasting articles about the negative and positive effects of social media

• Learning about trusted sources and the dangers of Fake News

• Following and understanding both sides of an argument and taking part in a class debate

• Activities to improve writing skills – how audience affects a text and how to write a balanced discussion text

• Reading and comprehension skills – studying articles and writing answers

• How to structure writing for impact

• Drafting and editing to improve written work

• And more!