I have worked within secondary education for the last twelve years. I upload a lot of lessons for KS3-KS4 students. I try to make sure all of my lessons are differentiated to help students in the best way possible.
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I have worked within secondary education for the last twelve years. I upload a lot of lessons for KS3-KS4 students. I try to make sure all of my lessons are differentiated to help students in the best way possible.
For more lessons and videos please visit my youtube page
This lesson has been designed for anyone studying any aspect of Functional Skills English. The lesson looks at how to plan a response for speaking and listening as well as some ideas for topics.
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This lesson has been designed for anyone studying Functional Skills English Level One and Level Two. The lesson goes through two different texts and helps learners to understand how to use quotations to make comparisons and respond to the higher value questions on the reading exam paper.
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These are a collection of lessons designed for learners studying Functional Skills English level one or level two. The bundle has lessons on reading, writing and speaking and listening as well as a full reading assessment with answers.
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This is a fully differentiated lesson looking at how to write a review for level one and level two Functional Skills. The lesson uses the theme of TV shows to look at an example review, understand the conventions and also write an appropriate review for an exam-style assessment.
This lesson includes both reading and writing tasks and can be taught both remotely and face-to-face.
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A collection of lesson designed for learners studying Functional Skills level one, level two, entry level and ESOL. The lessons aim to help learners to improve skills on reading and writing and includes model responses and opportunities for AFL.
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This lesson has been designed for learners studying KS4 or KS3 English. The lesson looks at improving creative writing skills while using the film Home Alone as a stimulus. The lesson uses a range of different scenarios to help learners craft their own creative response. An online dice or spinner would be helpful when helping learners pick each task.
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This is a fully differentiated lesson looking at the character of Eva Smith and how she is described by other characters within the play. The lesson also looks at the theme of responsibility and how this is presented in the play. The lesson has may opportunities for AFL and also has an exam-style question.
This lesson can be taught both online and face-to-face and requires no additional resources or printing. All of my lessons have been tried and tested, if you liked this lesson then please check out my shop for more lessons and resources uploaded each week.
This lesson has been designed for anyone studying GCSE English language for AQA. The lesson goes through how to write a letter, key techniques and how to respond to an exam question.
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This lesson has been designed for anyone studying level one or level two Functional Skills English. The lesson goes through how to write a blog and also includes an example as well as some reading questions to help practise the key skills.
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This is a fully differentiated lesson looking at the character of Lord Capulet in the play Romeo and Juliet. The play looks at the contextual factors surrounding courtship and how the character develops throughout key moments in the play.
The lesson includes an exam-style question and helps learners understand how to break down an extract for meaning and clarity. The lesson has been tried and tested with my own groups and can be taught both online and face-to-face.
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This lesson has been designed for anyone studying Functional Skills English level one or level two. The lesson goes through how to respond to a writing exam question based on writing emails.
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This lesson has been designed for learners studying Functional Skills English level one and level two. The lesson has been designed to help learners practise skills for reading and writing and comes with a student example.
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This is a free resource created for learners of Functional Skill English. The mock reading test can be used with any level of the functional skills qualification as well as a comprehension activity for GCSE students.
The resources help learners to use skimming and scanning to identify key details in two texts and works well to assess their understanding of language techniques.
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This is a free resource to help people remember the key rules when having a debate or carrying out a speaking and listening assessment. The resource helps learners to plan a response linked to the theme in my lesson: Functional Skills Reading, Writing and Speaking and Listening.
This lesson has been designed for anyone studying level one or level two Functional Skills English. The lesson helps learners understand how to approach a report writing question and includes a modelled response.
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This is a fully differentiated two-three-hour lesson looking at the key questions/skills of the paper one exam: Explorations in Creative Reading and Writing. Due to the restrictions put in place by Covid, the lesson can be taught without the need for additional printing or resources, making it ideal for either face-to-face or on-line teaching.
The lesson looks at the short story, Lamb to the Slaughter and gives learners the opportunity to come to grips with some of the key aspects of the exam paper.
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This is a fully differentiated lesson looking at helping students gain an overview of Functional Skills English level one and level two. It also includes an overview of the assessments as well as a quick walkthrough of some reading questions.
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This is a free reading test for learners studying Functional Skills English and is suitable for learners from E1-level 2. The test helps to assess the learner’s ability to pick out key information from a text and apply it to specific questions.
This has been taken from my lesson: Functional Skills: Gaming 2. Please visit my shop for the full lesson and more resources uploaded each week.
This is lesson two in a sixteen-week series looking at writing for different purposes for Functional Skills level One and Level Two. The lesson helps learners to understand texts and how to select quotations to justify opinions. The lesson also includes an example of an initial assessment to help understand the current writing level of your learners.
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This lesson was designed for anyone studying English Language Paper 2 with AQA. The lesson uses the theme of vaping to go through a question five response for paper two. I have found this to be a great discussion point for learners. The lesson has both reading and writing tasks as well as guidance on how to write an appropriate speech.
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