Year 9 - English
Creating layered language analysis
Women's rights across the ages: non-fiction reading and writing
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Unit Summary
In this unit, pupils read a wide range of non-fiction texts from across history that are centered around the topic of women's rights. They first read a range of texts and identify key themes and techniques within them, before then planning, writing, re-drafting and delivering their own speech.
Lesson Summary
You will learn to find the best words in a text to create a layered analysis.
Key Notes
- Single words can provide an opportunity for rich analysis.
- To find the best words you should consider if they evoke a feeling, create a description or present a perspective.
- Layering your word analysis means saying a lot about a little.
- Considering word types, connotations, reader reaction and writer's intention can help to create a layered analysis.
Vocabulary To Learn
- analysis: to unpick and examine a text in detail, considering a writer's choice of language and intention
- evoke: to provoke or bring out a feeling or emotion
- connotation: the feelings or words associated with a word
- rudimentary: basic or not developed
Common Mistakes To Avoid
- Evidence, or quotations, need to be long when used in an analytical paragraph or response.
3 Quick Questions (With Answers)
1. Explain this English learning goal in two key points.
Single words can provide an opportunity for rich analysis. To find the best words you should consider if they evoke a feeling, create a description or present a perspective.
2. Define this language term and use it in a sentence. 'analysis'
to unpick and examine a text in detail, considering a writer's choice of language and intention.
3. Correct this common English misunderstanding.
Mistake: Evidence, or quotations, need to be long when used in an analytical paragraph or response. Correction: If you select the right words, single words can provide an opportunity for rich analysis. Layering your comments means you can say a lot about a little!
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- Developing analytical responses Study Guide
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- Exploring historical perspectives of men Study Guide
- Identifying and analysing a writer's perspective Study Guide
- Identifying and exploring complex ideas in a text Study Guide
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- Planning an analytical response Study Guide
- Preparing and delivering a powerful speech Study Guide
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