Exemplary Interview Lesson

This lesson explores non-linear narrative structures to elevate creative writing responses for AQA Paper 1, Question 5.

The lesson is a great use for interviews and stretch and challenge lessons as it demonstrates an understanding of how to teach advanced literary techniques in a practical, exam-focused way, directly targeting the descriptors for the top bands in AQA’s mark scheme by focusing on sophisticated structural features.

Core Skills Focus:

Fast-Forward (Prolepsis): The skill of briefly projecting the narrative into the future to create suspense, foreshadowing, or a sense of inevitability.

Flashback (Analepsis): The skill of temporarily interrupting the current timeline to reveal a past event, often to provide context, character motivation, or emotional depth.