A Level Language analysis - 2 week intro

These 8 lessons are intended as a two week ‘induction period’ introducing A Level students to the topic of language analysis in written texts. They are designed to be useful for either English Language or English Language & Literature courses, and they are not exam-board specific (though the AOs in the final lesson may need to be adjusted).

The main aim for these lessons is to introduce students to the bulk of terminology they will need for analysis of written texts. They cover topics of lexis, syntax, semantics, structural features, imagery, context and ‘genre/audience/purpose’. The final lesson contains a long Kahoot testing the students on the terminology they’ve hopefully learnt, and some exam practice with modelled answers.

These lessons are designed to be completely ‘from scratch’ as I intend to be using them at the very start of term with my classes, so they do not anticipate any prior knowledge (though their complexity means that they are probably a little too in-depth for GCSE learners).

For this SOW you will need to disseminate the copy of ‘Orpheus and Eurydice’ I have attached, and the extract from Nigel Slater’s memoir.