GCSE English Language - Reading Fiction Comprehension

This three-lesson mini-unit is designed to help GCSE students develop their reading assessment skills. It is made up of a 43-slide PowerPoint presentation, 7 worksheets and an assessment task using an extract from the crime novel ‘A Gun for Sale’.

Contents:

Lesson One

• An introduction to the ‘Reading Fiction’ section of the GCSE English exam

• How to approach the exam task

• Analysing an extract - first and second reading

• Understanding unfamiliar vocabulary, consolidation and using deduction skills

• How to write an extended answer about language

Lesson Two

• How to refer to the text and use quotes effectively

• How to write about structure

• How to answer a 20 mark evaluation question effectively

• A 45-minute assessment task

Lesson Three

• Feedback and discussion of student responses

• All five GCSE-type assessment questions and answers explored in detail

• Exemplar answers for all five questions

GCSE Reading Fiction Comprehension has everything you need to help you develop essential exam skills.

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