AQA GCSE English Lang Paper 1 Gone Girl Reading & Writing grade 9 Suspense writing

AQA GCSE English language full lesson focusing on Paper 1 creative reading & writing looking at Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn. Achieve a grade 9!

-49 slides, looking at the breakdown of questions 1 to 4 with grade 9 model answers, top tips for answering each question, build up work and planning, opportunities to share ideas and develop inference along the way. Gone Girl exam questions attached, model reading and writing tasks, video links.

Reading questions 1-4 & writing question 5
Model answers & answer breakdown to achieve a grade 9 with a grade 9 piece of writing that is analysed and discussed as a means of planning and plotting structural devices on a narrative graph.

The lesson is split into 2 parts, the reading questions and the writing section. Allowing opportunities to really delve into detail and help support students achieve the best grade. The lesson has a starter tasks, assessment questions, reflection opportunities and looks at proofreading and editing work to ensure that they achieve a grade 9.

Q1-4 READING
• Analyse the beginning section from Gone Girl for Paper 1
• Identify and discuss the difference between language and structural techniques
• Focus specifically on questions 2 to 4 in terms of developing detail and inference
• Explode and develop interpretations for Q2 language analysis
• Construct a flow chart for Q3 structure
• Develop and explain interpretation and impressions in Q4
• Review grade 9 model answers for Q1-4 looking at exploding inference using PEE
Q5 WRITING
• Discuss what is a narrative? How to write to create suspense and engage the reader
• Explain why a plot is important.
• Apply a narrative hook within your writing
• Create a word bank and plan in preparation for the Q5 writing task
• Complete the Q5 writing task applying AFORESTRIP and punctuation variety
• Review a piece of creative writing on the same topic
• Proofread and edit your writing task, highlighting techniques
Reflect on your current progress