Unit 1 Playing with Words

Playing with Words

Key Framework Objectives

R6 Adopt active reading approaches to engage with and make sense of texts.
R7 Identify the main points, processes or ideas in a text and how they are sequenced and developed by a writer.
R8 Infer and deduce meanings using evidence in the text, identifying where and how meanings are implied.
R12 Comment, using appropriate terminology on how writers convey setting, character and mood through word choice and sentence structure.
R14 Recognise how writers’ language choices can enhance meaning.
WR5 Structure a story with an arresting opening, a developing plot, a complication, a crisis and a satisfying resolution.
WR6 Portray a character, directly and indirectly through description, dialogue and action.

Key Skills: Reading

Key Skills: Writing

AF2 Understand, describe, select or retrieve information.
AF5 Comment on writer’s use of language, including grammatical and literary features at word and sentence level.

Learning Outcomes - All students should be able to:

recognise some differences between texts from the past and present day
understand the key terms: Standard English, Accent and Dialect
recognise some techniques used to influence the reader e.g. words and presentation

Homework areas for this unit will include the following: