GCSE AO4 'evaluate' lesson with extract and table to select and analyse evidence

Objective: To revise AO4 evaluation questions.
Outcomes: To respond to AO4-style examination question using knowledge from today’s lesson.
Literacy objective:
Doubling the consonant shortens the vowel sound. Bate - Batting, Hope - hopping, Ripe – ripping.

Starter: Images with questions. What attracts you, what puts you off, adjectives to describe.
Secondary starter: Watch the advert, how does it persuade you to visit the city, has it changed your opinion?

How to answer AO4 questions - impression and terminology/quotes.
Breaking down the question 'what should I write' with model sentence starters.

Small quote from the extract on the PPT, how does the class feel the writer feels about the city of Bradford?

Seeing our AO4 question. Task 1: As I read through the ‘Bradford’ by Bill Bryson, annotate around the text what impression is created of the city.
Challenge: Can you find some key vocabulary which helps create this impression?
Task 2: Take a few minutes to write an adjective (describing word) to sum up what each paragraph says. Challenge: Key vocab again.
Task 3: In pairs, complete the table by finding evidence (quotes) which give a view on Bradford, write your reaction and then explain the effect. (Model task 3 response included on the table to aid the students' responses.

Then they respond to the question, keeping in mind the assessment criteria. Then self assess for a plenary, giving themselves a mark and WWW/EBI.