This lesson is designed for Edexcel IGCSE English Language (Specification A) students, focusing on the non-fiction article Explorers or Boys Messing About? by Steven Morris. It helps students develop language and structure analysis skills in preparation for Question 4 of Paper 1.
Lesson Overview:
- Starter Activity: Students analyse the headline to infer bias and the writer’s intentions.
- Reading and Discussion: Students read the article and evaluate whether they perceive the men as genuine explorers or reckless adventurers.
- Helicopter Rescue Analysis Mission: In groups, students identify, annotate, and analyse key language and structural techniques, focusing on sarcasm, expert opinions, sentence structure, and statistics.
- Mini-Presentations: Each group shares their findings in a 60-second “Helicopter Report.”
- Exam-Style Practice: Students write a response to the question: “How does the writer use language and structure to create different impressions of the two men?” using the PETAL framework.
- Plenary: Students rewrite part of the article, transforming the tone to portray the men as heroes rather than fools.
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