AQA English Language: Language Analysis Skills

Informative lesson that focuses on the annotation of a range of quotations - underpinning the various ideas linked to language analysis and the effects on a reader. Highlights the skills required for the exam specification.
Key Elements:

• Silent starter - read the resource provided - summarise writer’s point of view through his use of language.
• Grid used to capture ideas from Orwell extract ‘Road to Wigan Pier.’
• Identification of imagery, adverbials and powerful adjectives - why and how are they effective? What do we think of the writer’s thoughts?
• Annotation of quotations with reference to techniques - THINK or FEEL - PICTURE or IMAGINE.
• Your turn tasks ‘analysing the use of language in a text.’

Resources Include:
-PowerPoint

• Reading extract
• Language analysis grid.