AQA GCSE English Lang Paper 2 The Greatest Showman Elephants Compare viewpoints Grade 9

This lesson is based on the AQA spec English Language Paper 2 comparing writers’ viewpoints and perspectives looking at the elephants paper and linking it to The Greatest Showman looking at whether circuses, zoos and water enclosures are morally correct. Achieve a grade 9!
Packed full of engaging activities: starter activity, assessment activities and plenaries.
It breakdowns each question on the reading section 1-4 giving tips and strategies and model responses to answer the questions to achieve a grade 9.
-Q1 Select true statements
-Q2 Summarising similarities and adding inference
• Q3 Commenting and expanding on language techniques, looking at language bombs
• Q4 Comparing viewpoints and perspectives, using contrasting connectives
Q5 writing task will focus on article writing, expressing viewpoints and developing ideas on the topic that circuses, zoos and sea enclosures should be banned.
Self-assessment marking task, highlighting the language techniques.

Examples of articles included to generate discussion and wider thinking, where students have to highlight and justify the effectiveness of the techniques used.

There is also an extension (additional) writing question for students to gain further practice on gathering and expressing their thoughts.

This lesson is full of activities and covers 49 slides, covering in question in great detail.

Lesson objectives:

-Share viewpoints and perspectives on a controversial topic Animal cruelty and animal rights
-To familiarise ourselves with unseen texts
-Summarise the similarities picking out quotes and developing inference
-Develop and explode language techniques
-Compare viewpoints and perspectives
-Develop a plan and add to your bank of vocabulary & techniques
-Express our own viewpoints and perspectives
-To consider and share viewpoints and perspectives
generate discussion is The Greatest Showman morally wrong?
-Complete an extension writing task