GCSE English Language Reading Comprehension Skills 2 - teaching resource

GCSE English Language – Reading Comprehension Skills 2

Support your students in developing the key reading and analysis skills required for the GCSE English Language Reading Fiction section with this three-lesson mini-unit. This resource includes a 48-slide fully editable PowerPoint, 8 printable worksheets, and a reading comprehension task based on an extract from Extra Life by Oliver Kean.

Resource highlights:

Lesson One

• Introduction to the Reading Fiction section of the GCSE English Language exam

• How to approach the exam task effectively

• Analysing an extract through first and second readings

• Consolidating understanding and applying deduction skills

• Writing extended responses focused on language analysis

Lesson Two

• How to reference the text accurately and integrate quotations effectively

• Approaching structure-based questions with confidence

• Strategies for answering the 20-mark evaluation question

• A 45-minute assessment task to apply skills under exam conditions

Lesson Three

• Feedback and discussion of student responses

• Step-by-step guidance on tackling all five GCSE-style assessment questions

• Exemplar model answers for each question to support learning

This resource is perfect for classroom teaching, exam preparation, intervention lessons, or independent study, giving students everything they need to build confidence and succeed in the GCSE English Language Reading Fiction exam.

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