Full Lesson with aims and objectives. Covering reading for detail and skimming and scanning techniques. Starter activity included which can be edited to your individual needs: Terms and conditions starter: Give learners the terms to sign and date and give them the corresponding questionnaire. Assess how many learners read what they are signing and use the additional worksheet for those that do. Use as a discussion/icebreaker activity to skimming and scanning and why and how we use the skills in everyday life. PowerPoint: Included activities for the session with a link to a Kahoot as a plenary. The big scan activity can be applied to any texts you want to provide.

Booklet containing a series of examples for formula which functional skills maths level 2 learners will find in their exam.

Will need paper/plastic cups for activity. Persuasive writing structure lesson with recap for writing styles and how to answer a writing question in the exam. Breakdown activity on sentence building which learners will apply to a personal profile and then peer assess to develop vocabulary. All worksheets are printable from the PowerPoint.

A sport themed session analysing presentational features in headlines and imagery. Acts as an introduction to presentational terminology and stretches learners to start using persuasive language devices.

Functional Skills English Writing overview and top tips for the exam. Covers layout, format and features of letters, articles, emails and reviews.

Functional Skills English Conjunctions/connectives

E3-L1 Functional Skills English tense worksheet with a series of relevant examples.

Learner worksheet to use to establish aims and objectives of the sessions. Learners must break down objectives to the following: What I need to know What I already know How I am going to get there Great to laminate and they can write their individual targets for each session and then wipe clean!

Differentiated DAFOREST activity for E3 and L1 Functional Skills learners. Research activity/independent study in which learners have to find examples of DAFOREST. This can be done: On posters around the college, on videos you have provided or a selection of texts.

Informative posters for the DAFOREST terms and a worksheet to go alongside for learner examples and assessment purposes.

Language Devices poster/display can be used to go on walls or as a reference in learner books. PDF copy which covers definition, term and example and can be used for Functional Skills English and GCSE English.

Worksheet E3 - L1 and low level 2. Dealing with money, banks and negative numbers.

All the terms required for the AQA GCSE Specification, can be used for display in the classroom or in books. Can be cut up and used as task cards if required.

DAFOREST card match. Needs to be cut out into small cards, it covers Term, Example and Definition.

Writing for purpose research/group work worksheet. Includes ideas and mind mapping on all the different types of purpose of text.

Learners will develop the use of connectives creating sentences based on imagery. Equality and Diversity is embedded through stereotyping/prejudice discussion that may arise with imagery. Paragraphs - use of headlines and videos to develop learners use of the burger paragraph and topic sentences.

Harry Potter style card match activity for simple - compound and complex sentences.

A full powerpoint lesson to revise and recap on word class. Integrated activities to include in descriptive writing with embedded peer assessment and class discussion . To revise relevant knowledge of word classes: nouns / verbs / adjectives / adverbs To practice using word classes and language features (similes / personification / alliteration) To assess relevant knowledge of word classes and language features (AO1)

Full work booklet to develop learners individual maths skills. Can be used alongside learning or as a personal homework workbook. Covers the following: My Travel Plan Observational Maths Collecting data Budgeting Bargains My classroom

Speaking and listening activity based upon the popular fact and opinion television show. Differentiated activity in which learners have to research themes to contribute to their speaking and listening assessment/discussion. QR codes for research into videos and questions supplied.