A summary of punctuation, grammar and subject areas for Functional Skills L1/L2 Includes: Parts of Speech Sentence Types Paragraphing Discourse Markers Subject Overview

Reading for implicit meaning Includes: aims and objectives explanations of explicit and implicit meaning reading implicit meaning in fiction task reading implicit meaning in non-fiction task plenary

Presenting complex information clearly, concisely and logically. Based around the film Ready Player One. Includes: aims and objectives intro to complex information (with Q&A questions and dictionary task) definition of concision summarising task presenting logically article rearragnging (can be found at Vice.com - https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/kzgzz9/the-new-ready-player-one-trailer-is-a-pop-culture-onslaught-vgtrn) writing clearly and proofreading task (available at teachit ‘correct the mistakes in this passage’). video link and review task plenary

Writing formal letters. Includes: mindmap task features of a formal and informal letter layout rearranging task (available on skills workshop) writing task plenary

Point of view and bias lesson. Includes: intro to point of view video link matching and highlighting tasks (available on skillsworkshop) discussion task plenary

Planning a dinner party. Includes: deciding on a menu researching recipes creating a shopping list designing an invite designing your menu seating plan

Storyboarding a mathematical process. Includes: intro to mathematical processes intro to storyboards storyboard conventions differentiated examples task

An introduction to writing a newsletter. Includes: definition conventions layout content discussion and design tasks

A Lesson on identifying and researching London landmarks.

A powerpoint on using a dictionary, affixes and parts of speech revision.

An overview of Adverbs. Types of adverb Placing adverbs Positive, comparative, superlative Adverbs exercise

Aims and Objectives Introduction to similes Introduction to metaphor Figurative language and task Introduction to personification Literary examples Task, extension and task example Alliteration Onomatopoeia Onomatopoeia task Summary

Aims and Objectives Etymology and task Genre Conventions and task Blending genres Annotation task Genre Writing task Summary

Aims and Objectives Link to video Questions to ask yourself about narrative mode Types of narrative mode Omniscient and limited narration Writing task Summary

Aims and Objectives Different types of ending Ending literary examples Great Gatsby ending task Story Ending task Summary

Aims and Objectives Introduction to setting and link to video Literary Examples Different types of opening and task Tone, emotive language and senses Animal Farm annotation task Short story task Summary

Aims and Objectives Mini Sagas continued Planning your work Planning your mini saga Sentence Types revision Paragraphs revision and 2 tasks Adjectives and adverbs and task Metaphors and Similes and task Summary

Aims and Objectives Parts of Speech revision Parts of speech task Punctuation revision task Introduction to story and story arc Link to video Mini Saga task Summary

Aims and objectives Introduction to semantics and connotation and denotation Introduction to semantic field Mindmap task Highlighting and writing task Summary

Aims and objectives Definition and explanation Red Herrings and Flashworward Link to video Literary example and examples video Definition of Flashback and examples Task and extension Summary