Leading in to exam season, English Teacher, Lauren describes her lesson 90-minute with her top set year 11 group in which they go through some key exam techniques for an English Language paper. This particular lesson focuses on an extract from The Kite Runner. They start off with a ‘do now’ activity before any other learning takes place before identifying the difference between implicit and explicit information. The main section of the lesson is breaking down what is being asked of students in the analysis question. Lauren uses the ‘I do, we do, you do’ technique to scaffold for students to be able to analyse confidently by themselves, aiming to reach the top marks by the end.

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