GCSE English Language Revision - AO1 using quotes/evidence.

*Updated for 2018*

Here I have a lesson on using evidence and quotations in reading responses (AO1 for any AQA teachers out there!) Skills building is a great way to develop your students across all their set texts and for both language and literature. I've found it to work really well as revision in the run up to the exams.

I used the short story 'Examination Day' by Henry Slesar as source material and students learn about the following aspects of AO1:
* Active reading strategies to find appropriate evidence for use in a response
* Making thoughtful and judicious choices when selecting evidence (quotes)
* Using embedded quotations
* Using quotations from different points in the text within one paragraph(synthesis)
* Revising and perfecting the skills at home with the revision worksheet

It's all ready to go. Would suit middle and higher ability students and little adaptation is required. This is geared towards the new AQA specification, but would work equally well in preparation for other exam boards as the skills are quite generic. As an AQA examiner, I have tailored this lesson to pinpoint some of the common pitfalls that candidates make in relation to using evidence and quotations in their responses.

All fully resourced and ready to go with no adaptation required. I have attached a PDF copy of the short story - though I am not the copyright author for this resource and have attached it purely to facilitate the activities in the lesson. The TES preview function seems to be playing up with some of my resources at present, though I can assure you they will download correctly as I have tested this myself.

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