Weekly outline

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    Welcome to your Wednesday morning Level 2 Functional Skills English course. Week by week, the course material will be uploaded. Please keep returning to the course for the updated material.

    To the right of this panel you will find a link to BKS. This is our online learning resource which you will use for your diagnostic assessment and online learning.

    Below you will find some very important information contained in the Learner Handbook 21-22. Please read this as part of your induction.

    You will also find the course paperwork that you will need to complete. This includes:

    Learner profile - this just helps me get to know you a little better

    Individual learning plan (Level 2) - this includes a self-assessment of your reading, writing and speaking skills

    Health and safety, induction check list - this is a quiz to check that you know all the key information that has been given at induction 

  • Week 5

    Today's lesson aims were to:

    • Explain the key ideas in texts

    • Compare/contrast information in texts

    • Use quotations/evidence to back up your ideas

    • Identify bias

    We looked at comparing and contrasting opinions in different texts. 

    We used a BKSB text to compare ideas and learned how to use this information to answer some exam questions.

    We also used some opinions from a Low Traffic Neighbourhood consultation blog to illustrate this. We also looked at how to answer the exam questions using appropriate language and level of detail.

    We also mentioned bias in the documents. We will return to this subject!

    Please find all the handouts below and your homework activity.

  • Week 4

    Today's lesson aims were:


    •Know the different methods of reading a text
    •Be able to look at a text and identify facts/opinions
    •Be able to discuss an issue using information from a text

    We discussed the different ways of reading a text (skim, scan, reading for detail) and discussed fact and opinion. We then looked at two Guardian articles and discussed them. The links to the articles are in the section below.

    For homework, I asked you to pick a quote from one of the texts and discuss it i.e. do you agree with it, why/why not, what is your opinion on the issue quoted etc. 

    Please find below the PowerPoint presentation which contains everything we did in class.

  • Week 3

    Today we looked at the purpose of text and the characteristics of different types of text. We also reminded ourselves of the different layout features used within a text and learned about their impact.

    To take this further, you might like to do one or both of these activities for homework:

    • Go to https://islingtonacl.bksblive2.co.uk/ > FOCUS FUNCTIONAL SKILLS > English (Reforms) >  Learn > Reading - Text. Within the Level 1 or Level 2 Resource, complete the section on Organisational and Structural Features. 

    The files/folders below contain:

    - the week by week outline for the term

    - the PowerPoint from the lesson

    - the answers to the Understanding Text Types activity

    - a handout that outlines different organisational (layout) features and their purpose

    - examples of texts I provided to analyse

  • Week 2

    Online class: 

    You came back for Week 2! I hope you feel you are getting to know your classmates and me. This week we covered some of the essential information such as term dates and the overview of the course. Those handouts are below.

    We also looked at ACL Gateway, this online learning platform. If you need any more help with this, the Learner Guide is below. 

    We watched the IAG video - see above right to watch it again.

    Homework/prep for next week:

    Please complete the following sections in the online course folder of ACL Gateway:

    - Health & Safety, Induction Check List

    - Individual Learning Plan (Level 2)

    - Learner Profile


    Please also complete the writing homework. Please handwrite your homework or type it without using a grammar or spell checker. Please scan/photograph/attach your writing and email it to me on julie.robinson@islington.gov.uk. The writing question is below.


  • Pre-class work for Week 2

    Please complete your diagnostic assessment on BKSB. The link is below

    http://islingtonacl.bksblive2.co.uk/

  • Week 1 - Induction BKSB

    - Please find below the Induction PowerPoint and the Safeguarding poster.

    - Please find a link to the Values video. 

    Values video


    Homework/prep for next week:

    Please complete your diagnostic assessment on BSKB. You will find a link to BKSB in the section to the right.