AQA GCSE Language Paper 1 Section A Mini Unit for Lower Ability Students

This unit has been designed for lower ability year 10 students to introduce them to the four questions in section A of AQA Language paper 1. This unit was previously delivered to a class with low literacy levels, as well as individuals with dyslexia, so the approach taken focuses on key skills needed to tackle an unseen text, as well as spotlighting the requirements of each question through simple, visual tasks, with retrieval starters and scaffolded writing frames. The unit uses the AQA November 2018 extract from The Sound of Thunder, and also makes use of exemplar material from the AQA markscheme for this paper. These give students the chance to see model answers and to provide them with guidance when peer and self assessing.
Lesson 1: introduction to paper and question 1 skills (1 lesson)
Lesson 2: question 2 - language analysis skills (2 lessons)
Lesson 3: question 3 - structural analysis skills (2 lessons)
Lesson 4: question 4 - evaluation - oracy skills practiced through ‘popcorn’ discussion and use of evidence and analysis in evaulation (2-3 lessons)