CLOSE READING Worksheets Persuasive Text Comprehension Secondary SOLAR POWER

A CLOSE READING lesson on a short PERSUASIVE TEXT to improve student comprehension and knowledge of language techniques.

This resource is a persuasive text on SOLAR POWER which is not overly complicated - perfect for students in High School English - Years 8, 9 or 10.

Resource will take a single lesson to work through and walks students through a framework that helps them assess and analyse many aspects of the text, such as author’s purpose, message, target audience, text type, language style, point of view, connections outside the text, and language techniques used.

This great exercise is perfect for snippets of analytical thinking and textual analysis practice between other units, or for a reliever or substitute teacher - everything needed is included.

Included:

Copy of the text
A student worksheet
Teacher notes and sample answer key
A list of language techniques to refer to.
4 creative extension tasks to choose from.