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

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

Functional Skills English Conjunctions/connectives

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.

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.

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 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 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.

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

Fact and Opinion finding worksheet. Using a range of resources from audio/visual to scanning newspapers and articles. Assessment for learning - Learners have to create their own fact or opinion based report based upon their research. (This can be done independently of you can put learners in pairs or groups) I used top gear clips but any can be used (Jeremy Clarkson describing a car)

Full Persuasive devices lesson on identifying DAFOREST in video and texts. Texts and video provided, with worksheet and card match. Aims and objectives: To identify and revise persuasive devices and their definitions. To be able to explain the impact of persuasive devices and the effect they have on the reader. Analyse the persuasive devices in a piece of text and explain how they have been used for effect. Take part in the ‘verbal boxing’ challenge using your persuasive devices to win the debate.

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

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.

Revision flash cards for angles, formula, measurements and volume which learners can use and keep during lessons and for revision.

Ambitious vocabulary worksheet to put in the back of learner books. Learners can fill in as and when they come across interesting words to use in their writing answers for paper1 and paper2.

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.

Full differentiated lesson. Interactive crime scene activity with resources, tone music activity and finding bias in the media. Separate worksheets for entry level, level 1 and level 2 learners. Texts provided from two different sources for Level 2 learners to compare: Daily Mail and The Guardian.

Presentational Features lesson with activities included. Covers the use of headlines, colour, connotations and denotations and persuasion. 1.To consider the effect of presentational devices in texts. 2. To analyse the use of presentational devices in an image and their effect on the reader. 3.To create a poster that carefully considers language, image and colour to achieve its effect.

Picture activity to build up vocabulary for describing an image. Each learner will get a section of a picture and write a short description. As a group all learners will piece together the images to make a complete image and share and discuss their descriptive sentences.

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