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GCSE English Language Reading Non-Fiction Texts

GCSE English Language: Reading Non-Fiction Texts is a comprehensive teaching resource designed to develop the reading skills students need for GCSE English Language.

Suitable for AQA, Pearson Edexcel, Eduqas and other GCSE English Language specifications, this exam-board-neutral unit teaches students how to understand, analyse, evaluate and compare a range of non-fiction texts.

This resource includes:

A 182-slide, fully editable PowerPoint presentation
A 31-page PDF worksheet booklet
10 structured lessons
GCSE-style reading questions, model answers and guided activities
Independent practice, peer assessment and revision tasks

Lessons cover:

Audience and purpose
Informative and entertaining texts
Fact, opinion, viewpoint and attitude
Retrieval, inference, summary and synthesis
Following and evaluating an argument
Bias, generalisations and counterarguments
How writers structure non-fiction texts
Language choices and rhetorical devices
Critical evaluation
Comparing writers’ viewpoints and perspectives

Throughout the unit, students learn to select relevant evidence, make supported inferences, analyse language and structural methods, evaluate a writer’s choices and compare ideas across texts. Clear explanations, worked examples, writing frames and GCSE-style practice help students build confidence before completing independent responses.

The resource can be taught as a complete GCSE English Language reading unit or used lesson by lesson to target specific skills. It is suitable for GCSE classes, revision sessions and intervention groups.

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