English Functional Skills - Level 2 - Reading - PowerPoint Lesson and Workbook

This resource has been designed for students working towards Functional Skills English qualifications at Level 2 (Edexcel-Pearson, NCFE, City and Guilds, AQA, Highfield Qualifications, NOCN, Open Awards). It contains a 200-slide PowerPoint lesson and a 97-page workbook on reading.

This resource will help students to achieve these outcomes:

identify the main and specific details in texts
compare information, ideas and opinions in texts
identify implicit and inferred meaning
understand the relationship between textual features/devices and how they are used for different audiences/purposes
use a range of reference materials (glossaries, legends, keys)
understand organisational features and use them to locate information
analyse texts of different levels of complexity, recognise their use of vocabulary/identify levels of formality and bias
follow an argument, identify different points of view and distinguish fact from opinion
identify different styles of writing/the writer’s voice

Workbook

The 97-page workbook includes 54 information pages, 24 reading tasks and 3 progress checks. It is provided in PDF and an editable PowerPoint version. It can be used for classwork, homework, revision or as an independent learning pack.

Powerpoint Lesson

The editable PowerPoint outlines the reading skills needed at Level 2 and provides many examples. It contains links to several videos on reading and example exam questions. It is ideal for introducing the reading component of the specification and for revision purposes.

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