
AQA GCSE English Language: Paper 1 Question 4 – Complete Teaching Lesson
Suitable for KS4, revision, intervention, tutoring and cover
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This comprehensive lesson teaches students exactly how to approach AQA Paper 1 Question 4, the 20-mark evaluation question that often determines the final grade. The resource breaks the question down into clear, manageable steps and provides high-quality examples, strategies and scaffolding to help students produce perceptive, evaluative responses. Everything is designed to be accessible, well-structured and exam-focused.
This resource includes:
• A clear explanation of what Question 4 is asking, including layout and expectations as shown on page 3 of the file
Paper one Question Four
• Key facts students must know, such as timing, where to focus, and how many paragraphs to write (page 5)
• A student-friendly decoding of the mark scheme, showing what “perceptive, detailed evaluation” really means (page 7)
• A detailed breakdown of the writers’ methods students can analyse, including language, structure and narrative choices (pages 10–11)
• A bank of high-level evaluative sentence starters such as “The writer deliberately…” and “Some readers may interpret this as…” (page 12)
• Step-by-step guidance on how to structure a Grade 9 PETAL paragraph specifically for Question 4 (page 13)
• WEC (Why, Effect, Consequence) analysis prompts to push students into perceptive explanation (page 15)
• A full Grade 9 model paragraph demonstrating excellent evaluation skills (page 16)
• A comparison between clunky vs sophisticated quotation embedding (page 17)
• A ready-to-use introduction structure to help students begin their answers effectively (page 18)
• Three complete exam-style practice questions with extracts (pages 20, 22, and 24)
• Matching Level 4 mark schemes with indicative examples for each practice question (pages 21, 23, and 25)
Benefits for teachers:
• Fully planned and ready to deliver with no preparation needed
• Clear, accessible explanations suitable for mixed-ability classes
• Provides strong scaffolding without oversimplifying the evaluation process
• Builds confidence and exam technique through worked examples and practice questions
• Suitable for whole-class teaching, small groups, intervention sessions and tutoring
Learning outcomes:
By the end of the lesson, students will be able to:
• Understand exactly what Question 4 requires for high marks
• Form a clear and evaluative viewpoint using academic language
• Identify and analyse a wide range of writers’ methods
• Use WEC to develop perceptive, detailed explanations
• Produce three well-structured PETAL paragraphs that reach Level 4
• Apply their skills confidently to real exam extracts
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