This is a free resource to help learners check and track their understanding of key terms within Functional Skills English Level One and Level Two. The resource also includes the answers to help learners build on their knowledge. If you found this helpful, then please check out our shop for more lessons and resources uploaded each week.

This is a free resource helping learners revise some of the key skills needed for English language Paper Two.

This is a thirteen paged, fully differentiated booklet going over some of the key questions of the paper 1 exam. The booklet has been put together to help students gain an in-depth understanding of both language and structure and how to approach each exam question. All of my booklets have been tried and tested and work well with whole classes and on a one-to-one basis.

This is a fully resourced lesson to help my A-Level students to gain an understanding of the importance of narrator within the text. The lesson is structured to help them to plan a written essay which will help them to write at a higher academic level. The planning sheet provided helps studetns to break down what is important in their writing and to construct a well-written response to an exam-style question.

This is a fully resourced lesson that gives students an insight into the skills required to understand a text. The lesson includes three differentiated worksheets so that the teacher can meet the needs of individual students.

The lesson introduces students to the different types of narrators. It then moves on to look at an exam-style question which has a written example of how to write an effective essay at an A-Level standard. In addition to this, there is a break-down of the mark scheme to help students to understand what they need to do to achieve their desired marks.

This lesson looks at helping students to vocalize their views in terms of the impact adults play on their lives as they grow up. It will help them to build up skills in terms of expressing their opinions in a clear and logical manner. This lessons helps students to read critically and to develop the skills they will need in order to progress within the subject of English.

The lesson provides students with an introduction to the writer Allen Edger Poe and one of his most important pieces of writing, A Tell-Tale-Heart. The lesson begins with a fact-finding task, then progress to looking at the text and the Gothic conventions that are presented. There are tasks for the class to identify quotations linked to key images. The class will then move on to attempt an exam-style question, there is also a written example to help them to construct a well-written response.

This lesson looks at the opening of a Gothic story and helps students to understand how the writer has used language to create a sense of tension.

A revision lesson for Act One of Macbeth. The lesson starts with a quiz on the prophecy is for Macbeth and which one is for Banquo.

A two-hour lesson looking at Dahl’s novel, “Boy,” and what it is like to go through a first day at school.

This is a full lesson that takes students through question one and two of paper 1 Explorations in Creative Reading and Writing. The lesson breaks down how to approach question two, how to break-down quotations and how to structure a an exam-style response.

This is the first in a series of lessons I am doing to help students to become write effective descriptive writing. It helps them to recap the key language techniques used and shows them how to plan and write properly.

A lesson that looks at how tension is created in Stave two of A Christmas Carol.

A lesson that looks into the conditions facing children who are forced to be slaves and the impact this has on their childhood.

The lesson goes over the language techniques that are needed to write a good piece of travel writing. The lesson then moves on to help students to construct their own piece of travel writing based upon their perfect location.

A full lesson looking at the start of a collection of stories called Tales of Terror. The lesson helps students to understand how to make detailed inferences about a text and understand the importance of language within a text.

A lesson looking at the character of Gerald in the play, An Inspector Calls.