GCSE, English Language: Using Verbs to Analyse a Text - Students with Additional Needs

This booklet is designed to improve the use of verbs for analysing language - it is aimed at GCSE students with additional needs such as dyslexia. Students will leanr how to use verbs such as amplifies, suggests, conveys and connotes to write about an extract or picture prompt. In total twenty-nine verbs are presented which can be used to analyse language and structure.

For students who struggle with reading fluency and spelling, it contains an activity to copy the targeted verb using colour coded syllables. This will aid visual memory and help to remember how to write the targeted verbs and use in their writing.

This is followed by definitions and examples of each verb used in context.

There is a picture prompt and an extract prompt which students have to use to practise their own use of the verbs.

Finally, a separate, gap fill activity is provided to deepen their understanding of the verbs and how they can be used.

For students with additional needs such as dyslexia, ADHD and autism, targeted and explicit language work is required to help develop academic language use. The booklet will improve students’ use of language to analyse the language used in an extract!