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 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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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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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 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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This is a fully differentiated lesson looking at key extracts of A Christmas Carol which helps learners to consolidate their understanding of the text and develop their ability at responding to exam-style questions.
This lesson works well for both online and face-to-face learning and has been tried and tested with my own groups.
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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 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 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 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 is a fully differentiated, fifteen-page booklet for functional skills level one and two. This booklet has worked well on an individual basis and has also been successful in whole class teaching. The booklet covers both the reading and writing elements of the functional skills course and builds on some of the most important skills to help learners stretch and challenge themselves to achieve. The booklet also comes with an answer booklet in order to enable students to take control of their own learning and to check their understanding.
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This is a fully differentiated lesson looking at how to write an article for the English language paper two exam. The lesson uses the topic focus of mobile phones to learners understand the key techniques needed to construct an effective article. The lesson includes a model response and examiner feedback to help learners understand how to achieve marks in the exam.
This lesson has been tried and tested with my own students and it can be taught either remotely or face-to-face.
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This is a fully differentiated lesson looking at the poem The Prelude by William Wordsworth. The lesson looks at the contextual information regarding the poem and helps learners to draw links between this and the other poems in the anthology.
The lesson looks at the whole poem and helps learners to understand key feature of language, structure and form. The lesson also has a model example and opportunities for AFL.
This lesson may be taught both online and face-to-face and has been tried and tested with my own groups. If you liked this lesson, then please check out my shop for more lessons and resources uploaded each week.
This is a fully differentiated lesson looking at the characters of Benvolio and Tybalt in Act One of Romeo and Juliet. The lesson helps learners to understand how Shakespeare has created a contrast between the different characters.
The lesson includes a key scene from the play and helps learners approach an exam-style question.
This Lesson can be taught either online or face-to-face and has been tried and tested with my own groups. If you liked this lesson, then please check out our YouTube channel for more lessons.
This is a free A3 sheet with differentiated tasks to help learners understand the important elements to include in creative writing. The worksheet also includes a sample response as well as guidance on how it might be improved. If you liked this resource, then please check out the full lesson via our shop Creative Writing: Gothic Literature.
This is a free resource taken from our lesson: Functional Skills: Holiday. The resource is a practise reading assessment that helps learners get ready for being assessed on Functional Skills level one and two. In addition, the resource includes some stretch and challenge tasks to help learners get to grips with the GCSE English skills.
The resource also includes all answers to the questions. If you liked this resource then please check out our bundle or find us on YouTube for free resources and lessons by searching for Write-On-Resources.
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 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 fully differentiated lesson designed for learners studying any level of Functional Skills or ESOL English. The lesson uses the topic of vaping to help learners understand how to construct a leaflet and also practise key reading and writing skills.
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This lesson has been designed for learners studying AQA English Literature for the Power and Conflict anthology. The lesson helps learners to understand some of the key themes and quotations in the poem and how these relate to the anthology as whole.
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