Adult Literacy, Functional English, and GCSE Resources

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Memory tips for ordering months of the year was written for a dyslexic student but is also very useful for Entry 2 measures, reading and spelling (and dyslexic students at any level).

Level
Entry Level 2
English
Rw/E2.1
Ww/E2.1
Maths
MSS1/E2.3
General
Dyslexia support

Handy reference for Entry Level ESOL and Literacy learners. Helps with Alphabetical order, upper / lower case and vowels / consonants.

Level
Entry Level 1
English
AL Rw/E1.3
ESOL
ESOL Rw/E1.3a Identify letters of alphabet in both upper & lower case
General
Dyslexia support

An incredible collection of strategies for all levels. This huge resource is split into 3 sections.
A six page comprehensive handout on spelling techniques (E3 upwards). A ‘Spelling for Me’ worksheet where students are encouraged to try out different strategies and record their results.
A set of 19 different strategy pages (to be laminated) each with tasks for students to test out the strategy.

Level
Entry Level 1
Entry Level 2
Entry Level 3
Level 1
Level 2
English
Ww/E1.1
Ww/E1.4
Ww/E2.1
AL Ww/E3.1 Spell common words
AL Ww/L1.1 Spell & use spelling strategies
AL Ww/L2.1 Spell technical words

Written for students who confuse these two words in their writing. Suitable for E2 or dyslexia support at any level. Also useful for introducing the omissive apostrophe. Includes info, examples and tips followed by practice exercises and self evaluation.

Level
Entry Level 2
Level 1
English
Apostrophes
Rs/L1.2
Rw/E2.1
Ww/E2.1
General
Dyslexia support

E3-L2 Literacy glossary is a straightforward 1 page glossary which describes terms such as: verb, adjective, suffix, tense, prefix, vowel, etc. Also makes a good card match game or fill in exercise (see p2).

Level
Entry Level 3
Level 1
Level 2
English
General literacy / English

Another addition to our ever-growing collection of menmonics resources. 18 mnemonics inc old favourites and some unusual ones (heirloom, penguin.)

Level
Level 1
Level 2
Entry Level 3
English
AL Ww/L2.1 Spell technical words
AL Ww/E3.1 Spell common words
AL Ww/L1.1 Spell & use spelling strategies

Key features of good essays is not only an excellent piece of study skills advice (for Level 2 students and beyond) but is also an ideal text for feeding into Wordle and creating paired sentence writing exercises.

Level
Level 2
English
Adult Literacy: writing composition (Wt)
General
Study Skills and General Teaching

A beautiful five page handout designed to help students write clear descriptions and learn key technical vocabulary – examples include British cheese, cuts of vegetables and a wonderful mind map showing key quality points to look for in cuts of meat and poultry. Written for NVQ 1-2 catering students working on their ‘local hospitality provision’ project.

Level
Level 1
Level 2
English
Rw/L1.2
Rw/L2.1
Wt/L2.6
Context
Catering Food Nutrition
Retail Hospitality Customer service

5 page information- and work-book written for NVQ 1-2 catering students working on their ‘local hospitality provision’ project. (Covers alphabetical order and word meanings).

Level
Entry Level 3
Level 1
English
Rw/E3.4
Rw/E3.3
Rw/L1.1
Context
Catering Food Nutrition
Retail Hospitality Customer service

Writing a formal letter (in order to arrange an interview with a local hospitality provider) provides all key points as a mindmap and (for linear thinkers) as a bulleted list. Plus layout guide and a ‘jumbled sheet’ to sort out! Suitable for all areas – not just catering/hospitality.

Level
Level 1
Level 2
English
Adult Literacy: writing composition (Wt)
Context
Catering Food Nutrition
Retail Hospitality Customer service