A Secondary School English Teacher who is currently teaching GCSE English. I have also previously taught English Functional Skills and Employability courses for over 3 years.
A Secondary School English Teacher who is currently teaching GCSE English. I have also previously taught English Functional Skills and Employability courses for over 3 years.
This is a 110 page PowerPoint that can be used in the delivery of Functional Skills Reading Level 2. This PPT includes everything learners need to know in order to pass their reading assessment (it is based on the level NCFE awarding body criteria).
The PPT gives learners an overview of the following:
Skimming and Scanning
Layout Features
Purpose of a Text
Fact or Opinion
Bias
Main Point of a Text
Summarising
Tone and Style
Compare and Contrast
Language Techniques
Words and Phrases
Expressions
Following an introduction and a brief explanation of each of the above, examples are then given.
Following this, practice exam questions (that are either taken from the NCFE practice examinations or have been created by myself) are then shown on screen. Learners can answer these questions using small whiteboards or as a group.
Suggestions on how to answer the questions are shown and this is followed by the answer to the question being revealed.
Cut out and hide the clues around your building / classroom. The learners should be split in teams of two. They have to locate each clue which will contain an individual letter. Once they have located the clues they have to unscramble the letters which will reveal a royal related word.
This is a 95 page PowerPoint that can be used in the delivery of Functional Skills Writing Level 1. This PPT includes everything learners need to know in order to pass their writing assessment (it is based on the level NCFE/City & Guilds awarding body criteria).
The PPT gives learners an overview of the following:
Introduction to the Writing Module
Text, Audience, Purpose
Planning & Drafting
Purpose of a Text
How to Write a Formal Letter
How to Write an Email
How to Write an Article
How to Write a Review
How to Write a Report
How to Write a Blog
How to Write a Leaflet
Thereis a step-by-step guide of how to structure and format each text and examples are given throughout the slides.
Following this, practice exam questions (that have been created by myself) are then shown on screen. These questions are based on each text type. There are 8 writing tasks to complete in total.
An English Reading Comprehension Activity.
This resource gives the learner an overview of the movie Encanto and well as listing the characters and their ‘super’ powers.
Learners will read the text and then answer ten skimming and scanning questions based on this document. There is an extension question.
Answers are provided so that learners can self mark.
This would suit KS2/ KS3 aged learners.
This is an 2 page PDF document that would be suitable for high Level 1 / Level 2 students.
Topic: Alcohol misuse
Questions include writing down examples of the following from the source document:
5 presentational devices
5 persuasive language techniques
5 facts
5 opinions
There are also five reading comprehension questions for learners to complete.
A PowerPoint that can be used in the delivery of Functional Skills Reading. This PowerPoint contains 94 slides and contains all the information needed to pass the Reading Functional Skills Assessment at Entry Level 3 to Level 1 (based on the NCFE awarding body criteria).
PowerPoint overview:
Understanding different types of text
How to find information quickly - skimming and scanning
The use of presentational devices and the layout of a text
Distinguishing facts and opinions
Finding the main point of a text
Summarising a text
Functional Skills reading assessment practice questions
Quiz and answer sheet provided. Students will try to guess the name of each social media platform by looking at their icons.
You could add an extension question and ask them to name other social media platforms.
BUNDLE INCLUDES:
This is a 95 page PowerPoint that can be used in the delivery of Functional Skills Writing Level 1. The PPT gives learners an overview of the following:
Introduction to the Writing Module
Text, Audience, Purpose
Planning & Drafting
Purpose of a Text
How to Write a Formal Letter
How to Write an Email
How to Write an Article
How to Write a Review
How to Write a Report
How to Write a Blog
How to Write a Leaflet
There is a step-by-step guide of how to structure and format each text and examples are given throughout the slides.
Following this, practice exam questions (that have been created by myself) are then shown on screen. These questions are based on each text type. There are 8 writing tasks to complete in total.
PLUS:
6 X Booklets containing 3 writing tasks each: articles, emails, reports, reviews, blogs and leaflets.
1 Level 1 / 2 Writing Revision Guide
Character Analysis Worksheet.
The learner will pick one of the characters from a book they are reading and then create an Instagram profile for that character.
Worksheet Instructions: Choose a character out of the book that you are reading and create a social media profile based on this character.Following this, create 3 posts to show your understanding of this character and their personality traits.
A fun character analysis activity
The learner has 2 X writing tasks to complete. These tasks are based on scenarios that celebrate the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee.
Task 1 : Write an Email
Task 2: Write an Article
A ten page revision guide that helps learners to understand how to pass their test.
P2 Explains the marking criteria and what learners need to include in their writing in order to pass the assessment
There is a guide on how to correctly format the following: letters, emails, articles, reviews and reports. I have also provided picture examples on how each text should be formatted.
Learners are then given tips on how to ‘bulk out’ their writing by using word association. A practice exam question ‘scenario’ is given. It also includes a visual step by step guide on how to use word association to generate ideas.
This is a sixteen page workbook that features a number of different tasks. It focuses on spelling, punctuation and grammar and can be used beside the functional skills writing module. After you have showed them the important SPAG techniques, they can then practice what they have learnt and work their way through this booklet.
This is aimed at Entry 3 / Low level 1 learners. The tasks included are as followed:
Spelling
syllables
alphabetical order
using a dictionary
plurals
prefixes
suffixes
Grammar
homophones ( four tasks including an extension skim/scan task)
Common grammar errors
Punctuation
-capital letters
-end marks
-commas
-apostrophes
*Attached a word document and rich text format version
A PPT lesson for low ability year 7/ 8 pupils or an introduction to PEE paragraphs. This can be used for primary school aged pupils. This is an introduction that tells pupils what a PEE paragraph is and provides a step-by-step guide on how to answer a question using the PEE paragraph technique.
13 page PPT with four different tasks based on extracts from the first chapter of Gangsta Granny. Complete with an accompanying worksheet for one of these tasks.
2 X Revision Guides
Reading: This is an English Functional Skills reading revision guide that has been written for learners who will be taking the level 1 reading assessment.
The guide includes an overview of all the information they will need to know in order to pass this assessment ( based on the NCFE level 1 assessment).
The fifteen page revision guide includes:
How to skim and scan a piece a text
The purpose of a text
Layout features of a text
Facts and opinions
Tone and style
Main point of a text
Summary of a text
Each section contains information on each topic and gives examples and tips. This is given to my learners before their assessments and has helped them a lot.
Writing: A ten page revision guide that helps learners to understand how to pass their test.
P2 Explains the marking criteria and what learners need to include in their writing in order to pass the assessment
There is a guide on how to correctly format the following: letters, emails, articles, reviews and reports. I have also provided picture examples on how each text should be formatted.
Learners are then given tips on how to ‘bulk out’ their writing by using word association. A practice exam question ‘scenario’ is given. It also includes a visual step by step guide on how to use word association to generate ideas.
Quiz and answer sheet provided. Students will try to guess the names of each of the bands just by looking at a picture of them.
You can add an extension question and see if they can name a song by these bands.
This is a template to cut around for your learners to create their Jubilee own mask.
This is an image or Elizabeth ll’s face. The size when cut out should mask the perfect sized mask, My learners cut around the face and cut out the picture’s eyes. We then threaded a piece of thin elastic either side of the mask to wear a mask.
This is perfect for our upcoming jubilee party.
This is a PPT which will help L1/L2 learners to answer the reading assessment’s compare and contrast question. This question is worth 10 – 13% of the papers overall mark! Therefore, it is important learners know how to answer it.
**Powerpoint Overview: **
Introduction to what compare and contrast means followed by two short exercises to ease learners in to answers the assessment question
A step by step guide on how to plan and answer the assessment question
Practice assessment question and a workbook that includes: 2 source documents, planning page ( using a Venn Diagram) and the assessment question
Functional Skills / GCSE Writing Bundle.
You will receive six different workbooks each containing three tasks each.
The booklets include:
Letter Writing
Email Writing
Review Writing
Report Writing
Blog Writing
Leaflet Writing