LESSONS

READING NON-FICTION

• 7 GENDER AND LANGUAGE This page uses adverts as a starting point for students to develop an understanding of the power and effect of words - in relation to gender and prestige.
• 9 HOLIDAY SELL Students plan, write and analyse a page for a holiday brochure; this develops their understanding of the importance of language and layout in a non-literary text.
• 11 FACT AND OPINION This page consolidates students' understanding of the difference between fact and opinion.
• 13 LANGUAGE AND LAYOUT I Students take a critical look at an exam paper in order to develop their understanding of the effect of language and layout in non-fiction.
• 15 LANGUAGE AND LAYOUT I I Students write part of an induction guide for Year Seven students; this develops their understanding and awareness of the importance of audience in determining language and layout.
• 17 LOADED LANGUAGE This page looks at headlines in order to develop students' understanding of the meaning of connotation and cognitive in analytical writing.

READING POETRY

• 19 THESAURUS This page encourages students to develop a sophisticated and varied vocabulary to use in literature essays.
• 21 THE SHAPE OF A POEM Students look at a shape poem to develop their understanding of the importance of form and its relationship with content
• 23 MOTIF This page develops students' understanding of the term motif, so that they become confident enough to use it.
• 25 ASSONANCE Students look closely at poetry to develop their understanding of, and skill in using, the term assonance.
• 27 SIMILAR SOUNDS Using an excerpt from Coleridge's Kubla Khan, this page helps students develop understanding of, and skill in using, the terms alliteration and consonance.
• 29 QUOTE UNQUOTE A competition helps students to develop confidence and familiarity with the exam poems, and the ability to use quotations in exams.

WRITING TO...ARGUE, PERSUADE, INSTRUCT

• 31 THOU SHALT This page develops argumentative skills in writing, and the ability to argue another's point of view.
• 33 WRITE FOR YOUR RIGHTS This activity develops the students' ability to write an effective, powerful letter of complaint.
• 35 THEME PARK With this activity, students develop the skills to enable them to argue effectively and to understand alternative points of view.
• 37 MAKE IT CLEAR Students are given a task which helps them to develop the skill of communicating instructions and information clearly.
• 39 ENGLISH IN DECLINE...? This page sets out to develop students' skills of writing argumentatively, and to encourage wide and impressive vocabulary use.
• 41 ALL YOU DO IS... Students are given a task which requires them to write clear and precise instructions.

WRITING TO...INFORM, EXPLAIN, DESCRIBE

• 43 SENTENCE LENGTH Students write about two different situations, focusing on developing control of sentence constructions for stylised effect.
• 45 THE SEMI-COLON This page develops students' understanding of the ability to use semi-colons appropriately and effectively.
• 47 LINKING PARAGRAPHS Students focus on improving the words chosen to begin paragraphs, and consider the importance of the link between paragraphs.
• 49 USING SETTING With this activity, students develop the skill of writing symbolically, and develop their descriptive abilities.
• 51 THE PATHETIC FALLACY This page provides an opportunity for students to develop an understanding of the pathetic fallacy, and the ability to use it in their own writing.
• 53 THE FULL PICTURE Students consider the effect of descriptive detail, and develop its use in their own writing.

MEDIA

• 55 PERFUME POWER Students develop their observational and analytical skills in response to an advertisement.
• 57 PRESS INTRUSION Students consider the right of the press to intrude into people's personal lives.
• 59 TOO MUCH POWER? Newspaper headlines are used to encourage a consideration of the power of the press in influencing the public.
• 61 SAME NEWS - DIFFERENT VOICES Students focus on the skills of detailed linguistic analysis in response to a media text.
• 62 APPENDIX - GCSE BOARDS Lesson-specific Teachers' Notes are to be found on the page facing each worksheet.