Easter opinion text Non Fiction Guardian Newspaper KS3 KS3 Language and Structure Analysis

This extract gives weaker students a simplified and broken down way of accessing a non-fiction text. It can easily be modified to make it more or less challenging to suit the ability of the class. This is an opinion extract about Easter, with lots of factual information, looking at the contrast between the spiritualism and commercialism of Easter. The first part poses comprehension and language activities to ensure the text is carefully read. The second part is a writing activity to include vocabulary building, with the focus linked the theme of the non-fiction text.