AQA English Language - Paper 2 - Writers' View Points - 27 Lesson Sequence
This is a 27 lesson sequence which develops the skills needed for AQA English Language, Paper 2, Writers’ View Points. Each lesson targets a different question. There are a selection of texts, modern and pre 1900 which are embedded on PowerPoints and are devised from AQA supporting material. Additionally, a range of skills are covered in preparation for question 5 which develop skills on how to write in different forms.
Lesson 1- 3
- Outlining the specification
- Touching the Void extract
- Interview with Sir Edmund Hilary
Lesson 4 – 7
- Florence Nightingale biography
- Letter to The Times by Florence Nightingale
- Conventions of letters
- Letter writing
Lesson 8 – 11
- President Kennedy speech
- Chief Joseph speech
- Conventions of speeches
- Writing a speech
Lesson 12 – 15
- Assessment lesson – Nelson Mandela speech
- Intervention/ feedback lesson
- Scott’s diary extract
Lesson 16 – 19
- Places in Between extract
- Extract from American Notes – Dickens
- Developing language analysis
Lesson 20 – 23
- Diaries of Nella Last extract
- As I Walked Out One Midsummer Morning extract
- Group work language analysis focus
Lesson 24 – 27
- Walking Home extract – Simon Armitage
- The Grasmere Journals extract
- Prepositions focus
- Journal writing
For every lesson there is:
- settling activities related to the text
- clear learning objectives and outcomes
- full copy of the text
- built in progress checks
- comprehension questions
- short extracts to all students to analyse closely
- guidance on how to analyse language
- exam style questions
- specific assessment objective links
- guided peer/ self assessment