Summary Question
- Take a newspaper article and try to take out the key points.
- Get a parent/friend/sibling/hyper-intelligent dog to read an article/speech/piece and give you a topic to search for, you then read the article and just down the key points. Try re-ordering them.
- Practise re-writing articles/paragraphs in your own words and being very concise (i.e. if the article is 500 words - get it down to 250 in your own)
Analysis Question
- Read articles and speeches and see how they interest/persuade people.
- Go on famous websites (BBC bitesize is good) and look how the layout (boxes etc) persuade and interest you.
- Recognise the techniques like hyperbole and simile.
- Watch speeches on youtube and see how many techniques you can spot and explain what they make you feel.
- Look in magazines to see how they emphasise their articles.
Inform Explain Describe
- Ensure you know how to use paragraphs and punctuation.
- Practise describing places and testing these out on others.
- Write to time and then check.
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This blog is to help students prepare for their English and English Literature GCSEs. The tags on the right will help you find what you are looking for.
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