10 Questions

A volunteer (either a student or class teacher) is given a slip of paper so they know 'what they are'.

The rest of the class can ask up to a maximum of 10 questions to guess what they are. The volunteer can only answer 'yes' or 'no'

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3-2-1

Display this on the whiteboard as students are walking through the door. They can work individually or in pairs to come up with the answers.

Good for differentiation as all students should be able to get at least one of the six points.

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Consider all reasons

Students are given an open ended statement related to the topic.  In pairs, they identify as many reasons as possible in order to provide an answer to the statement

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Give me ten

Students work in pairs to come up with ten words related to this project before joining up with another pair to expand their list.

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Memorise this

Students work in pairs or small groups to remember words which have been shown to them.

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Teach me about

Students become the teacher! One student is tasked with preparing a five minute revision starter about this topic for the beginning of the following lesson.

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Just a minute

Starter or plenary task

Students are asked to talk to a partner about this topic for 60 seconds whilst abiding by a set of rules

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Teacher Talkabout

The class 'test' the teacher on their knowledge of key words related to this topic

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Word Tennis

Students work in groups of three with two 'serving' words related to the topic. The observer monitors for words which are 'out'

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Stand up, sit down

A kinaesthetic plenary that gets students to think about the main terms related to this topic

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Basic Editing Skills: Task 1

Functional Skill: Format text to enhance its effect
Skills:

• left, centre, right justification
• font style, font size
• find, replace
• undo, redo

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Basic Editing Skills: Task 2

Functional Skill: Format text to enhance its effect

Skills:

• basic title formatting
• using the spell check tool
• adding words to the dictionary
• paragraph spacing
• paragraph and formatting marks
• format painter
• automatic hyphenation
• page numbers
• inserting the date and time
• saving as a different version
• page breaks
• bullet points
• borders
• header and footer
• changing margins
• inserting symbols

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Basic Editing Skills: Task 3

Functional Skill: Format text to enhance its effect; Tables ; Charts

Skills:

• basic formatting
• Spell check
• Change case
• Drop cap
• Paragraph marks
• Delete text
• Bullet points
• Page break
• Header
• Page numbers
• Find and replace
• Cut and paste text
• Paragraph line spacing
• Format paint tool
• Insert clipart image
• Insert a table
• Format a table
• Sort data in a table
• Columns
• Word count
• Default file location
• Insert a chart

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Setting up and formatting tables in a word processing package

Skills covered:

• Basic formatting of text in a table
• Adding shading to table cells
• Adding a border
• Changing the colour and thickness of a table border
• Removing table borders
• Using table styles
• Sorting data in a table
• Inserting and deleting table rows and columns

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Layout of a business letter

Students are given an interactive image which gives them the basic structure of a letter. The component parts are around the outside. Students place the different elements onto the letter structure.

There is an option for students to check what the correctly laid out letter should look like.

Write a business letter - Teddy Tots

Students are given a scenario with detailed instructions about what needs to be included in their letter.

A mark sheet is provided which looks for similar points required in the functional skills examination.

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Formatting a complaint letter

Students are given a very poorly formatted letter. They need to put the relevant parts into the correct order and format the letter to make it suitable.

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Write a business letter

Students are given a topical scenario. They are then asked to write a business letter to the Prime Minister giving their point of view.

The scenario could easily be substitued with one that is more relevant to your own students. (subscription only)

Layout of a memo

Students are given an interactive image which gives them the basic structure of a memo. The component parts are around the outside. Students place the different elements onto the memo structure.

There is an option for students to check what the correctly laid out memo should look like.

Layout of a memo

Students are given a couple of examples of memos and asked to identify the key pieces of information that normally appear on these documents

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Teddy Tots: Design and write memos

Students are asked to design a memo templatefor the charity, Teddy Tots. They are then asked to write three memos using their template for a given set of scenarios.

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Fill-in-the-gaps

Students should understand why templates are useful.

This fill-in-the-gaps exercise provides a clear explanation as to the purpose and use of templates.

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Setting up a business letter template

Clear, step-by-step instructions for students to follow in order to create a business letterhead template and then a letter from that template.

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