AQA GCSE English Lang Paper 2: Environment Nature Grade 9 Nov 23 Compare Viewpoints & Perspectives

AQA GCSE English Language Paper 2: Environment & Nature Grade 9 Nov 23 Compare Viewpoints & Perspectives McAnulty Stables

This lesson is based on the AQA spec English Language Paper 2 comparing writers’ viewpoints and perspectives looking at the November 2023 resit paper on Environment and nature. Achieve a grade 9!

Looking at the two source documents:
Diary of a Young Naturalist by Dara McAnulty 2020
The Debt We Owe To Birds and Beasts by Gordon Stables 1889

Packed full of engaging TLA activities: Do now activity, starter activity, compare images, full paper assessment activities and plenaries, with every question modelled with a grade 9 response.

It breakdowns each question on the reading section 1-4 giving tips and strategies and grade 9 model responses to answer these questions on steam trains.

Q1 Select true statements

Q2 Summarising similarities and differences adding inference

Q3 Commenting and expanding on language techniques

Q4 Comparing viewpoints and perspectives, using contrasting connectives

Q5 writing task will focus on article writing, expressing viewpoints and developing ideas of transport: cars and public transport. Grade 9 model speech response included.

Self-assessment marking task, highlighting the language techniques.
This lesson will focus on the paper 2 reading and writing tasks.

This will also focus on speech writing, watching Dara McAnulty’s speech Speaking up for Nature, looking at analysing his use of persuasive language techniques.

This lesson is full of activities and covers 51 slides.

Lesson focuses on comparing images to pull out inference and wider thinking, discussion points, exploding inference, critical thinking, reflecting and reviewing. Exit card to review learning and future steps.