This lesson is aimed at middle-upper ability learners and focuses on broadsheet article writing for AQA English Language 8700/2. The questions is:
“Those who are obese have nobody to blame but themselves.”
Write an article for a broadsheet newspaper in which you explain your point of view on this statement.
The lesson includes:
- Do Now Task: learners use their general knowledge to match seven health-related terms to their definitions. Teacher answers provided. Extension task included.
- Feedback slide
For the following slides, learners use a designated note-taking sheet to record information on:
- Key points about AQA Question 5, Paper 2
- What an AQA Paper 2, Question 5 will look like
- The basic differences between broadsheets, tabloids and the middle-market dailies
- The difference between an article and a news report
- Broadsheet readers
- Layout features of an article (heading, strapline, lead photo, by-line and date + main body)
- Basic language requirements of a broadsheet article
From this point on:
- Learners look at the question again and come up with arguments for and against the statement.
- Feedback slide
- They then consider what makes a good heading, with several made-up examples
- What is the strapline? (Example provided)
- The internal structure of an article e.g. introduction, main body with PEC (point, evidence and comment) paragraphs, counterargument and conclusion. Learners take notes on a designated sheet
- A WAGOLL
- The writing task is set for homework (basic planning sheet included)
- Review
Initially, I wrote one WAGOLL and it turned out to be too long, so I shortened it! Both are included.
The shortened version has been broken up into sections on PPT slides, which you can print out and use as a carousel and group work activity, if you wish.
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