Mobile Phones in Classrooms | Functional Skills English Reading & Writing Workbook Level 1 & 2
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Get learners reading, thinking and writing about a topic they will definitely have an opinion on: Should mobile phones be banned in classrooms? 📵🤔
This 12-page Functional Skills English workbook combines Reading and Writing skills through a relevant real-world debate, making it ideal for Level 1 and Level 2 learners.
📖 ENGAGING READING TEXT
Learners begin with a balanced article exploring arguments for and against mobile phones in classrooms, including distraction, cheating, communication, safety and the potential educational benefits of smartphones. 📱🏫
🔎 FUNCTIONAL SKILLS READING PRACTICE
A structured series of activities develops key reading skills:
🔍 Retrieving information
💡 Vocabulary in context
🧠 Inference
🎯 Purpose and audience
✍️ Language choices
⚖️ Fact, opinion and bias
👥 Comparing viewpoints
💬 Selecting and explaining evidence
⚖️ COMPARE DIFFERENT VIEWPOINTS
Learners compare the opinions of a college tutor and a student. One supports tighter controls, while the other argues that learners should be taught to use technology responsibly rather than simply having it taken away. 📱💬
Students identify similarities and differences, analyse language and decide which viewpoint they find more convincing.
🔎 USING EVIDENCE
Learners practise selecting precise quotations and explaining how evidence supports a point – an important skill for Functional Skills Reading assessments. 📝🎯
✉️ FUNCTIONAL SKILLS WRITING TASK
The workbook then moves into Writing, with learners asked to write a formal email to a headteacher explaining whether mobile phones should be banned in classrooms.
The task encourages learners to:
✍️ State a clear viewpoint
💭 Develop reasons
⚖️ Consider an opposing viewpoint
💡 Suggest a practical solution or compromise
📝 Organise ideas into paragraphs
🔗 Use appropriate formal language
✅ Check spelling, punctuation and grammar
📝 FORMAL EMAIL PLANNING SHEET
A dedicated planning page scaffolds the writing task through sections for viewpoint, reasons, opposing arguments, compromise and conclusion, alongside useful formal phrases and a final checklist.
✅ ANSWERS & MODEL WRITING INCLUDED
Teacher support includes:
📚 Reading answers
🎯 Marking guidance
✉️ Model formal email
✔️ Features of an effective response
⭐ Improvement challenge
🌟 Perfect for:
📚 Functional Skills English
🎯 Level 1 & Level 2
📖 Reading assessment preparation
✍️ Writing skills
✉️ Formal email writing
⚖️ Fact, opinion & bias
👥 Comparing viewpoints
🔎 Selecting evidence
🧠 Critical thinking
🎓 FE & post-16 learners
📋 Cover lessons
🏠 Homework
🔄 Revision
📄 12 PAGES • PRINT & GO
📱 Relevant real-world topic
📖 Reading comprehension activities
⚖️ Viewpoint comparison
🔎 Evidence skills
✍️ Functional writing task
📝 Writing planner
✅ Reading answers
✉️ Model formal email
🖨️ Printer-friendly black-and-white design
📱📚 READ • COMPARE • EVALUATE • PLAN • WRITE! ✍️🎯
A practical and engaging Functional Skills English Level 1 & 2 workbook that develops both Reading and Writing skills through a topical issue learners can genuinely discuss and debate.