AQA A GCSE English English Language Unit 1

AQA (A) GCSE English & English Language Unit 1 GCSE English Exam rd Tuesday 3 June 2014 READING Lesson 1 Title: PATT the Question Hodder Education Revision Lessons

Starter: Look at page R 2 of your INSERT: Look at the two alternative book covers used by the publishers of the Harry Potter series. • Who they are for? • What’s the difference between them? • What are the reasons for these differences? Look at words, images, colour, layout, styles and formatting to help you. Click to continue

Objective – Understand purpose and audience and be able to identify it in a text. Key words: Audience Purpose Click to continue

Discuss: • • What is a purpose? Can you list any purposes of non-fiction texts? What is audience? How can you work out the audience of a non fiction text? Click to continue

Purpose • • • Inform Explain Describe Imagine Explore Entertain • • • Analyse Review Comment Argue Persuade/advertise Advise Click to continue

Discuss: Who is the main audience and purpose of this text? Be prepared to answer and say why you think that. Click to continue

Discuss: Who is the main audience and purpose of this text? Be prepared to answer and say why you think that. Click to continue

Discuss: Who is the main audience and purpose of this text? Be prepared to answer and say why you think that. Click to continue

How are they linked? Click to continue

PATT • Look at the text samples in your booklet. Identify the: • Purpose • Audience • Text type • Topic Click to continue

Topic • What is this text about? The nation's retailers got a break in July as warm weather and heavy discounting lifted sales above expectations, even for struggling department stores. Click to continue

The nation's retailers got a break in July as warm weather and heavy discounting lifted sales above expectations, even for struggling department stores. Sunshine soap is the most beautiful smelling soap in the entire world. 100% of people who have washed with sunshine soap said they would buy it again. You will be squeaky fresh and squeaky clean in no time with sunshine soap! One day a thirsty crow was wandering through the hot, sandy, desert. His throat was dry, and his tongue began to swell from the heat and lack of water. "I am so thirsty, " thought the crow. "Perhaps I will perish in this desert. " Real Estate values have boomed recently due to the new commercial development in that area. Real Estate speculators have been able to buy and sell properties making a profit on each transaction. Click to continue