Functional skills lesson on speech writing, looks at proofreading, planning and employability, should take around an hour and a half depending on class ability.

A short powerpoint and worksheet on linking words and their usages, this can be used as homework as I’ve made a video going through this, or it can be adapted and used as part of a lesson. The worksheet has some questions on paragraphing (video to follow shortly) and all answers are included.

An English lesson based on Remembrance Day for AQA GCSE English paper 2 or any persuasive writing task. Students are shown and practice the following skills: Sentence variation Structure of paragraphs and discourse markers DAFORREST techniques How to write a letter in the correct layout. Includes a speaking and listening task on the orals and principles of war, which builds up to a writing task where students have to respond to a letter where they have been conscripted. The lesson has been designed to last about two hours if given the time to complete a full letter. All resources are editable.

DAFORREST is an acronym for persuasive writing techniques. This is suitable for anyone who is doing GCSE English language as paper 2 is all about persuasive techniques, so the ability to write and analyse these techniques is a good fundamental skill. This is also important for those who do persuasive writing for IGCE and those who are studying level 2 functional skills.

A presentation/ video with a step by step guide on how to write an article. It looks at writing headings, the 5 W’s witness statements and conclusions. There is a download available with a sample article I have written and labelled with each of the stages I wanted to include.

A brief introduction into question 3 paper 2 showing the students how to answer the question and has a sample question for the students to answer, comes with a writing frame and some scaffolding. Made primarily for home learning but can be used by a teacher.

A sample version of a quiz I made, students figure out English idioms and pictograms. The full version has general knowledge questions, identify the sound, pictogram and emogi stages and is fully editable, there are 20 questions in total and should take at least 40 mins to complete depending on your student’s ability. it can be found here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/quiz-12442955 a supporting video can be found here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=61tMXwCgcV0&t=57s where students can go through the quiz either in class or at home, answers are included at the end of the video.

A speaking and listening resource based on the theme of employability. Looks at: Ranking employability skills in order of importance. - Makes students think about the skills they might need. ** Making civil requests to avoid conflict - resolving conflicts without making the situations escalate and answering difficult questions in a work interview. Interpreting body language - This gets students to think about what they are communicating by the way they are standing.

A worksheet and powerpoint to show how to use brackets and dashes, I give the explanation of how to use them on the powerpoint/video and then the students correct six examples, then write an example of their own. This is aimed for students doing either Functional skill or GCSE English language and who need to vary their punctuation usage.

An exercise and powerpoint/video on tenses

A resource for anyone who is looking to increase the depth of their analysis for when answering language analysis questions. This technique is used to help students say more, moving away from a grade 4 and moving towards the higher levels. It’s been done with AQA GCSE English language in mind but I believe it has it’s benefits for all kinds of language analysis, regardless of specifications, I’ve included an accompanying worksheet and a copy of the PowerPoint with a sample answer.

A quick video/resource I made by request on writing an email to a friend or a professional.

A video lesson and worksheet on how to use commas. I’ve went into a little detail about how these relate to dependent and independent clauses.

A powerpoint to support a video I made on some of the key details of the Functional Skills writing exam level 2 for Edexcel.