Revision material
Literacy: Rs/E3.2, Rs/L1.1, Rs/L2.1
Resource type: Revision material, Worksheet or assignment
Level: E2, E3, L1, L2
A worksheet that lists all of the most common word types and has space for the learners to enter their own description and their own examples.
To be completed over a number of weeks as each word type is covered and understood. The completed sheets can then be used as a revision tool / personal glossary.
Numeracy: General numeracy / maths, Functional Maths - measures, shape, money, Functional Maths - number
Resource type: Game, Ice breaker, Revision material
Level: E2, E3
A set of cards to cut out and ideally put in plastic balls or a jazzy box. Aimed at E2- E3 Functional Skills learners as an ice breaker, introductory lesson or for revision. Students need to work out the question and identify the maths skills they are using to answer it. Best printed onto card.
Questions are aimed to appeal to young adult students – e.g. clubbing, Facebook, food, mobiles, etc.
Questions cover the 4 operations, money, time, shapes and more.
26 cards. Includes Functional Maths mapping chart.
Literacy: Functional English - reading, Reading: text focus (comprehension)
Context: Leisure Travel Tourism
Level: E3
Resource type: Assessment material, Reading comprehension, Revision material
A practice task for Functional Skills English, Entry Level 3 Reading. Includes two texts and related comprehension questions covering all the E3 reading criteria.
With a mark scheme / assessment sheet based on those used by major awarding bodies.
Literacy: Writing: text focus (composition), Functional English - writing
Context: Motor vehicles & Transport
Level: E3, L1, L2
Resource type: Discussion points, Revision material, Worksheet or assignment, Writing frame, Writing prompts
A practice exam question based on the style of Edexcel functional skills writing exam questions. Ideal for motor vehicle students.
One task for L1/L2 (formal letter) and one for E3 (letter) which also has a writing frame. Both tasks are on the subject of proposed changes to the driving test and driving laws for new drivers.
Literacy: General literacy / English, Functional English - reading, Functional English - writing
Context: Politics & News items
Level: L2
Resource type: Revision material, Worksheet or assignment, Writing prompts
A Level 2 Functional Skills English pack based on the troubles in London and other parts of England in the summer of 2011.
Reading and writing activities are included, alongside answers.
Discussions across a range of subjects may stem from this work in order to inform Speaking and Listening skills practice.
Fully mapped to the Functional English criteria.
Numeracy: General numeracy / maths
General: Exam tips and help
Level: L1
Resource type: Handout or guide, Revision material
Written as a resource for distance learners with good reading skills who were challenged by some of the questions in the Level 1 Numeracy test.
I wanted to give them different methods of working out multiplication and division questions in particular – emphasising that multiplication is the reverse of division, and that multiplication is the same as repeated addition. The idea of division as repeated subtraction is also introduced.
Rounding, percentages and ratios are covered.
Literacy: Functional English - reading, Rt/L2.1, Rt/L2.3, Rt/L2.4, Rt/L2.5, Rt/L2.7, Rt/L2.8, Writing: text focus (composition), Functional English - writing
Context: Catering Food Nutrition
Level: L2
Resource type: Revision material, Worksheet or assignment, Writing prompts
A series of challenging reading questions and writing activities based on three texts about the fast food industry.
Makes an ideal revision activity for Level 2 Functional Skills English. Fully mapped to the Functional English criteria.
Literacy: Functional Skills English, General literacy / English, Form filling
Free tags: New Year, Equality and Diversity
Context: Leisure Travel Tourism
Level: E3
Resource type: Assessment material, Listening and/or speaking activity, Reading comprehension, Revision material, Writing prompts
A practice paper written for Entry 3 Adult Literacy C&G exams at E3 but suitable for, and fully mapped to, Functional English.
All activities are based on a New Year’s Eve theme. The main text and related comprehension questions are about New Year’s Eve superstitions. Other activities include form filling, alphabetical order, dictionary work, planning and writing, and group discussion.
Literacy: Writing, Form filling, Functional English - writing
Free tags: Christmas
Context: Art Film Media Music TV
Level: E1, E2, E3
Resource type: Assessment material, Revision material, Writing frame, Writing prompts
Three differentiated writing tasks / practice papers on the same theme. First, you apply to appear in a Christmas Concert at the village hall.
Numeracy: Functional Maths, General numeracy / maths
Free tags: Australia, Christmas
Level: E1, E2
Resource type: Revision material, Worksheet or assignment
An adapted version of Zoe Hyde’s Christmas E1-2 Functional Maths (see below) using Australian money. There are other minor edits – for example, the football is sent to New Zealand, not to Europe.
Questions cover almost all of the E1 and E2 UK Functional Skills maths criteria. Includes shapes, size, addition and subtraction, money, reading scales and much more. Fully mapped with teaching tips.
