Back to the Future Functional Skills English | Level 1 & 2 Reading Comprehension Workbook & Answers
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Make Functional Skills English Reading more engaging with this 12-page Back to the Future-themed workbook, combining accessible reading texts with structured Level 1 and Level 2 activities. 🚗⚡
Learners begin with “A Race Through Time”, an informative text introducing Marty McFly, Dr Brown, Hill Valley and the famous journey from 1985 to 1955.
🔎 LEVEL 1 READING SKILLS
Learners practise essential Functional Skills through activities covering:
📍 Retrieving information
🔤 Vocabulary in context
🔢 Sequencing events
✍️ Language focus
📝 Summarising information
💭 Explaining a personal viewpoint
The structured layout, clear questions and large answer boxes make the activities accessible and classroom-friendly.
⏰ LEVEL 2 – THE TIME-TRAVEL DEBATE
The challenge increases with a longer balanced discussion text asking:
Should we change the past?
Learners explore arguments both for and against changing history, considering consequences, responsibility, authority, risk and whether good intentions justify altering events. ⚖️🧠
🎯 LEVEL 2 SKILLS INCLUDE:
👥 Purpose & audience
✍️ Language analysis
✅ Fact and opinion
⚖️ Identifying bias
🗣️ Loaded and persuasive language
🔎 Selecting evidence
💬 Comparing viewpoints
📝 Extended responses
🧠 Forming and supporting judgements
🔍 COMPARE TWO VIEWPOINTS
Learners compare two contrasting sources:
⚡ Change History – argues that time travel could be used responsibly to save lives.
⏰ Protect the Timeline – argues that the past should remain untouched because the consequences cannot be predicted.
Students identify similarities and differences, compare persuasive language and decide which writer is more convincing.
📝 FUNCTIONAL SKILLS READING CHALLENGE
The workbook finishes with a 20-mark, 30-minute Reading Challenge, divided into Level 1 and Level 2 skills. It assesses retrieval, purpose, vocabulary, summary, rhetorical questions, comparison, language and evaluation. 🎯📖
✅ TEACHER ANSWERS INCLUDED
Two dedicated teacher pages provide suggested answers for both Level 1 and Level 2, including guidance for open-ended responses and the final reading challenge. 👩🏫✔️
🌟 Perfect for:
📚 Functional Skills English
🎯 Level 1 & Level 2
📖 Reading skills
🎬 Film-themed learning
🔎 Retrieval & evidence
⚖️ Fact, opinion & bias
💬 Comparing viewpoints
✍️ Language analysis
📝 Exam-style practice
🎓 Post-16 & FE learners
🏠 Homework
📋 Cover lessons
📄 12 PAGES • PRINT & GO
🎬 Engaging Back to the Future theme
📖 Level 1 & Level 2 texts
🔎 Progressive reading activities
⚖️ Viewpoint comparison
📝 Extended response
🎯 20-mark Reading Challenge
✅ Teacher answers included
🖨️ Printer-friendly black-and-white design
🎬⚡ READ • RETRIEVE • COMPARE • ANALYSE • EVALUATE! ⏰📚
A substantial Functional Skills English Level 1 & Level 2 workbook that uses a familiar movie theme to make essential reading and communication skills more engaging for learners.