Using an eyewitness account of a prison visit reported in The Telegraph in 1881 and a 21st C American newspaper article in support of the death penalty, the theme of these two non-fiction texts is different perspectives of capital punishment in different cultures and centuries.
I have adapted the texts ever so slightly, simplifying some vocabulary and sentencing to make them more accessible to students whose reading ages are significantly lower than their chronological age, to provide an appropriate point of access to the skills demanded by the new AQA GCSE Language Paper 2A exam paper. Also included is a set of SMART Notebook slides for whole-class interactive teaching of this resource.
I have adhered to the phrasing of the exam questions, but the tasks are differentiated thus:
Q1 - same as the actual exam paper
Q2 - cloze exercise of the summary (this could be easily tweaked to sentence stems)
Q3a - highlight and write down 3 relevant examples of language used to convey viewpoint
Q3b - cloze exercise of use of language to convey viewpoint and attitude and an extension task
where pupils complete PEE paragraphs, supplying relevant evidence and explanations.
I have not included the Q4 'comparison of methods to convey attitudes' task as it is currently beyond the ability of the students for whom I have produced this resource.
I hope that it might be of some use to others. I've produced 7 of these highly differentiated papers for Paper 2A now and all are available FREE at my 'shop'. Please help yourself!
Matt :)
I have adapted the texts ever so slightly, simplifying some vocabulary and sentencing to make them more accessible to students whose reading ages are significantly lower than their chronological age, to provide an appropriate point of access to the skills demanded by the new AQA GCSE Language Paper 2A exam paper. Also included is a set of SMART Notebook slides for whole-class interactive teaching of this resource.
I have adhered to the phrasing of the exam questions, but the tasks are differentiated thus:
Q1 - same as the actual exam paper
Q2 - cloze exercise of the summary (this could be easily tweaked to sentence stems)
Q3a - highlight and write down 3 relevant examples of language used to convey viewpoint
Q3b - cloze exercise of use of language to convey viewpoint and attitude and an extension task
where pupils complete PEE paragraphs, supplying relevant evidence and explanations.
I have not included the Q4 'comparison of methods to convey attitudes' task as it is currently beyond the ability of the students for whom I have produced this resource.
I hope that it might be of some use to others. I've produced 7 of these highly differentiated papers for Paper 2A now and all are available FREE at my 'shop'. Please help yourself!
Matt :)
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Another fantastic resource. Thank you for sharing.
Really enjoyed working through this paper with my pupils
This is great for my year 10 catch up class. Thanks.
Such a helpful, intersting resource. Thanks again.
Thanks ever so much for your resources! I've got a low ability set and the skills needed for this exam are really challenging for them. The scaffolding you've done is brilliant.
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