GGCSE Structure - the most effective way to teach the structure question.

This lesson is the most efficient way I’ve ever found to teach students how to answer the structure question. It teaches students exactly how to explain the effects of structure, useful subject terminology and what the examiner is looking for. It is delivered through experiential learning, where the class write a class text following my prompts and then analyse this piece of work for structural choices. It is a very easy but effective way to deliver the key messages.

You will need a big sheet of paper to display the class story, another whiteboard or you could use another Powerpoint or word slide and flip between the two (not the best option, but could be done).

It naturally leads on to students writing their own stories that have conscious structural choices, which they can then analyse. I have also included two texts that could be analysed are free extracts of stories on lovereading.com

Please leave me some feedback to let me know how you got on with it.

Lindsey