<p>A series of 8 brief extracts/worksheets supporting analysis practice for Q2 &amp; Q4 of AQA English Language Paper 1. Grading criteria included.</p> <p>Useful for developing speed.</p>

<p>‘Mother Diving’ by Andrew Forster - KS4 Unseen poetry or KS3 poetry. Covers: optional introductory questions where either teacher or student chooses the question best suited to make a positive impact on personal progression; recognising and matching evidence to literary terms and several learning stops to allow teacher and student to clarify understanding of learning.</p>

<p>8 full lessons - each lesson is accompanied by ‘magical tasks’ - foci:<br /> character introduction / skim and scan / collaborative / investigation / imagery / vocabulary / settings / characterisation / Lonely Hearts / literary devices / foreshadowing / story board / evaluate / themes / analyse</p>

<p>Created to accompany - ‘A Game of Polo with a Headless Goat’ by Emma Levine. Helped in inspiring teenage boys to engage in the cultural text. Amusing images, prompts and challenges as ‘food for thought’ kick-started a healthy discussion on cultural comparisons.</p>

<p>Full introduction to the requirements of AQA Language Paper 1 Question 5. Follows on from my previous series on Section A Reading ‘The Silent Land’ by Graham Joyce. Encourages students to see the correlation between Section A Reading and Section B Writing rather than approaching each question as a separate entity and therefore losing valuable time in the exam. Provides a thorough indication of examiner expectations for Q5. Further guided lessons of tasks and challenges, self/peer/teacher assessment activities, grading criteria and examiners notes to follow.</p>

<p>‘The Silent Land’ by Graham Joyce. Q2 - Explain, comment and analyse how writers use language to achieve effects and influence readers.<br /> Provides insight into over all exam expectations. Fully guided lesson providing tasks and challenges; self-assessment activity, grading criteria and examiners notes. (Can also be found in bundle).</p>

<p>Each power point has a short series of questions, specific in design, to engage students. My students particularly liked the regularity of the questions as we ended each Stave, and they became quite competitive! (Can be purchased as a bundle of 15).</p>

<p>Each power point has a short series of questions, specific in design, to engage students. My students particularly liked the regularity of the questions as we ended each Stave, and they became quite competitive! (Can be purchased as a bundle of 15).</p>

<p>Each power point has a short series of questions, specific in design, to engage students. My students particularly liked the regularity of the questions as we ended each Stave, and they became quite competitive! (Can be purchased as a bundle of 15).</p>

<p>A variety of quizzes; used as consolidation after reading each act. Students loved to be competitive. Can be used as starters, plenaries, or incorporated into development of lessons.</p>

<p>Uses image of 9.11.<br /> Introduces writing to describe / explain / inform / argue and their differences. Objectives: To endeavor to recognise the theme of power and conflict in modern society. To place ourselves in the position of the author and engage our readers with imaginative and sophisticated literary devices.</p>

<p>‘The Silent Land’ by Graham Joyce. Q1 - Information Retrieval.<br /> Provides insight into over all exam expectations. Corresponding images encouraging students to visualise the content of the text. Full reading source typed onto power point to aid whole class reading. Fully guided lesson covering the skills: identify &amp; interpret explicit &amp; implicit information; select &amp; synthesise evidence. Examiners notes are also provided. (Can also be found as part of a bundle).</p>

<p>AQA Lang Paper 2 and teaching non-fiction texts to KS3. Covers a healthy food article in a teen magazine working on: structure of a non-fiction article, audience/purpose, the art of persuasion, deeper thinking, matching evidence to literary terms, FOREST and tasks that can be adapted for both group or individual work.</p>

<p>KS4 unseen poetry and KS3 poetry - ‘The Eagle’ by Alfred Lord Tennyson. Begins with allowing student/teacher autonomy over personal progression with interesting images that even captured the interest of disinterested boys. Matching evidence to literary terms and several learning stops ‘feeding stations’ to clarify understanding.</p>

<p>‘The Silent Land’ by Graham Joyce. Q3 - How has the writer structured the text to interest the reader? Provides insight into over all exam expectations. Full reading source typed onto power point to aid whole class reading. Fully guided lesson covering the skills of analysing structure. Influences students to recognise the correlation between this question Q3 and Q2. Provides tasks and challenges, grading criteria, self-assessment exercise and examiners notes. (Can also be found in bundle).</p>

<p>‘The Silent Land’ by Graham Joyce. Q4 A student said… to what extent do you agree? Skills: retrieve / evaluate language &amp; structure / explain. Provides insight into over all exam expectations, and reading source for class reading on power point. Tasks and challenges in: evaluative language and identifying the correlation between this question Q4 and that of Q3 and Q2. Fully guided lesson providing tasks and challenges; self/peer/teacher assessment opportunities and examiners notes. (Can also be found in bundle).</p>

<p>Each power point has a short series of questions, specific in design, to engage students. My students particularly liked the regularity of the questions as we ended each Stave, and they became quite competitive!</p>

<p>‘The Silent Land’ by Graham Joyce.<br /> AQA Language Paper 1 November 2019. Section A: Reading Element.<br /> Fully guided lessons for Q1 Q2 Q3 and Q4. Provides insight into over all exam expectations, and reading source for class reading on power point. Grading criteria for each question is available on each power point. Fully resourced / guided lessons providing tasks and challenges; self/peer/teacher assessment opportunities and examiners notes. Also covers the correlation of skills between questions.</p>