GCSE Transactional Writing Crash Course

A 3 lesson crash course on transactional (non-fiction) writing for GCSE English. Suited to AQA or Edexcel exam boards (and easily adapted to others.)

I originally taught this to a higher ability year 11 class (target grades 6/7/8) as a focused booster to their transactional writing quality, aiming to push them into higher levels and focus them on strategies which really make a difference.

Includes rhetorical and persuasive techniques, adapting to purpose, audience and form, structuring an argument, using anecdotes for emotive effect, creating a voice and style of a speech, effective editing strategies.