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Functional Skills English reading lesson identify, describe and look at examples of 9 text features. 3 example texts to analyse and discuss using the included worksheet. Teacher’s notes guide analysis. Level 1 and Level 2 functional skills English reading lesson for adult learners, lifelong learning sector.

The resource;

• Teaching slides;

• Begin by introducing the topic and purpose of text features

• Then a slide for each feature - identifying the purpose, effect on the reader, a list of examples and a short task related to each specific feature. Extra blank slides are included for the teacher to add more content in the same style/format.

• Example texts; Include a recipe, non-fiction text and guide to visiting an outdoor centre. The texts have been created to showcase a range of text features to correlate with the teaching slides. Of course these can be supplemented with your own texts.

• Worksheet; again, has been created to link to the teaching slides and example texts for a professional, seamless lesson. Features a table to list and describe text features and 4 questions in test style to encourage analysis and deeper thought among level 2 learners. Any or all of these extra questions can be omitted for level 1.

• Teachers notes; Goes through each text describing the text features and their effectiveness, asks and answers deeper questions for discussion within the lesson. Correlates with the learner’s worksheet so that tutor is prepared.

This lesson can be used as an introduction to the concept of text features as organisational devices which differ according to genre or purpose. It contains all the basic information in easily digestible style using bullet points, sectioning and straightforward language. It can also be used as an effective revision tool to prepare for the functional skills reading test. Or print out to use as a using ‘cheat sheet’ for reference. The teaching slides feature a task on each slide to engage the learners in discussion or can be used as a more formal written task.

When teaching these types of topics it is always good to have specific examples on hand, so three suitable texts have been created and included to showcase the text features. These texts alongside the worksheet (to be duplicated 3 times, 1 for each text) provoke discussion and demonstrate the effectiveness of text features on the readers ability to understand and use the texts. They also provide opportunity to suggest what might be missing or could make the texts even better and provide more clarity.

All resources are fully editable to take into account your teaching style and learner’s needs with no giant logos taking up space.All files are formatted using Microsoft Powerpoint and can be imported to Google slides or copied to Word etc.