AQA GCSE English Lang Paper 2:Doctors Nurses Grade 9 June 24 Compare Viewpoints & Perspectives

AQA GCSE English Language Paper 2: Doctors & Nurses Grade 9 response to June 24 paper 2 exam Compare Viewpoints & Perspectives

This lesson is based on the AQA spec English Language Paper 2 comparing writers’ viewpoints and perspectives looking at the June 2024 Summer paper on Doctors & Nurses (medical care). Achieve a grade 9!

Looking at the two source documents:
Source A: This is Going to Hurt: Secret Diaries of a Junior Doctor by Adam Kay
Source B: The Wonderful Adventures of Mrs Seacole in Many Lands by Mary Seacole

Packed full of engaging activities: Do now activity, starter activity, full paper assessment activities and plenaries, with every question modelled with a grade 9 responses for questions 1 to 5.

It breakdowns each question on the reading section 1-4 giving tips and strategies and grade 9 model responses to answer these questions on smedical care (doctors and nurses).

-Q1 Select true statements
-Q2 Summarising similarities and differences adding inference
Q3 Commenting and expanding on language techniques
Q4 Comparing viewpoints and perspectives, using contrasting connectives

Question 5 writing gives a grade 9 model response looking at tips and an ideas builder.

Q5 writing task will focus on article writing, expressing viewpoints and developing ideas on medical care and helping others over making money. Grade 9 model speech response included.

Self-assessment marking task, highlighting the language techniques.
This lesson will focus on the paper 2 reading and writing tasks.
This lesson is full of activities and covers 39 slides, using images to summarise the differences and building inference, historical context on the roles of women in the C19th century and using exit cards to review learning. Compare images, discussion points, reflect and review.

Lesson objectives:

• Recall language techniques for Paper 2 writing
• Summarise and infer from two images based on the theme of doctors & nurses
• Consider the historical context of women nurses in the C19th
• To familiarise ourselves with two unseen (21st and 19th Century) texts This is Going to Hurt: Secret Diaries of a Junior Doctor by Adam Kay and The Wonderful Adventures of Mrs Seacole in Many Lands by Mary Seacole
• Identify true statements using the text as evidence
• Summarise the differences applying quotes and inference
• Develop language techniques and explode inference
• Compare viewpoints and perspectives identifying how the writer feels
• Review and discuss a grade 9 piece of writing
• Share and discuss opinions and viewpoints
• Complete a writing task and plan
• Express our own viewpoints and perspectives
• Demonstrate your learning & understanding of Paper 2 with your exit card