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Skill plan for the General Certificate of Secondary Education - English language

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Critical reading and comprehension
Critical reading and comprehension
Identifying and interpreting themes, ideas and information in a range of literature and other high-quality writing		Analyse literature 1. Analyse short stories: set 1 2. Analyse short stories: set 2 Analyse informational texts 3. Analyse the development of informational passages: set 1 4. Analyse the development of informational passages: set 2 5. Determine the main idea of a passage Analyse arguments 6. Trace an argument: set 1 7. Trace an argument: set 2
Identifying and interpreting themes, ideas and information in a range of literature and other high-quality writing
Analyse literature 1. Analyse short stories: set 1 2. Analyse short stories: set 2 Analyse informational texts 3. Analyse the development of informational passages: set 1 4. Analyse the development of informational passages: set 2 5. Determine the main idea of a passage Analyse arguments 6. Trace an argument: set 1 7. Trace an argument: set 2

Reading in different ways for different purposes, and comparing and evaluating the usefulness, relevance and presentation of content for these purposes		Audience, purpose and tone 1. Which text is most formal? 2. Compare passages for subjective and objective tone 3. Identify audience and purpose 4. Compare passages for tone Persuasive strategies 5. Identify appeals to ethos, pathos and logos in advertisements Point of view 6. Identify the narrative point of view Analyse historical texts 7. Analyse rhetorical strategies in historical texts: set 1 8. Analyse rhetorical strategies in historical texts: set 2
Reading in different ways for different purposes, and comparing and evaluating the usefulness, relevance and presentation of content for these purposes
Audience, purpose and tone 1. Which text is most formal? 2. Compare passages for subjective and objective tone 3. Identify audience and purpose 4. Compare passages for tone Persuasive strategies 5. Identify appeals to ethos, pathos and logos in advertisements Point of view 6. Identify the narrative point of view Analyse historical texts 7. Analyse rhetorical strategies in historical texts: set 1 8. Analyse rhetorical strategies in historical texts: set 2

Drawing inferences and justifying these with evidence		1. Identify supporting evidence in a text 2. Analyse short stories: set 1 3. Analyse short stories: set 2
Drawing inferences and justifying these with evidence
1. Identify supporting evidence in a text 2. Analyse short stories: set 1 3. Analyse short stories: set 2

Supporting a point of view by referring to evidence within the text		1. Choose the best evidence to support a claim 2. Identify supporting evidence in a text 3. Trace an argument: set 1 4. Trace an argument: set 2
Supporting a point of view by referring to evidence within the text
1. Choose the best evidence to support a claim 2. Identify supporting evidence in a text 3. Trace an argument: set 1 4. Trace an argument: set 2

Identifying bias and misuse of evidence, including distinguishing between statements that are supported by evidence and those that are not		Develop and support arguments 1. Distinguish facts from opinions 2. Choose the best evidence to support a claim 3. Identify supporting evidence in a text 4. Choose the analysis that logically connects the evidence to the claim Analyse arguments 5. Trace an argument: set 1 6. Trace an argument: set 2
Identifying bias and misuse of evidence, including distinguishing between statements that are supported by evidence and those that are not
Develop and support arguments 1. Distinguish facts from opinions 2. Choose the best evidence to support a claim 3. Identify supporting evidence in a text 4. Choose the analysis that logically connects the evidence to the claim Analyse arguments 5. Trace an argument: set 1 6. Trace an argument: set 2

Reflecting critically and evaluatively on text, using the context of the text and drawing on knowledge and skills gained from wider reading		Vocabulary in context 1. Use context as a clue to the meanings of foreign expressions 2. Use context to identify the meaning of a word 3. Domain-specific vocabulary in context: science and technical subjects Main idea 4. Determine the main idea of a passage Audience, purpose and tone 5. Which text is most formal? 6. Compare passages for subjective and objective tone 7. Identify audience and purpose 8. Compare passages for tone Point of view 9. Identify the narrative point of view Allusions 10. Interpret the meaning of an allusion from its source 11. Recall the source of an allusion Figures of speech 12. Interpret the figure of speech 13. Classify the figure of speech: euphemism, hyperbole, oxymoron, paradox 14. Classify the figure of speech: anaphora, antithesis, apostrophe, assonance, chiasmus, understatement 15. Classify the figure of speech: review 16. Analyse the effects of figures of speech on meaning and tone Analyse literature 17. Analyse short stories: set 1 18. Analyse short stories: set 2 Analyse informational texts 19. Analyse the development of informational passages: set 1 20. Analyse the development of informational passages: set 2 Analyse arguments 21. Trace an argument: set 1 22. Trace an argument: set 2 Analyse historical texts 23. Analyse rhetorical strategies in historical texts: set 1 24. Analyse rhetorical strategies in historical texts: set 2
Reflecting critically and evaluatively on text, using the context of the text and drawing on knowledge and skills gained from wider reading
Vocabulary in context 1. Use context as a clue to the meanings of foreign expressions 2. Use context to identify the meaning of a word 3. Domain-specific vocabulary in context: science and technical subjects Main idea 4. Determine the main idea of a passage Audience, purpose and tone 5. Which text is most formal? 6. Compare passages for subjective and objective tone 7. Identify audience and purpose 8. Compare passages for tone Point of view 9. Identify the narrative point of view Allusions 10. Interpret the meaning of an allusion from its source 11. Recall the source of an allusion Figures of speech 12. Interpret the figure of speech 13. Classify the figure of speech: euphemism, hyperbole, oxymoron, paradox 14. Classify the figure of speech: anaphora, antithesis, apostrophe, assonance, chiasmus, understatement 15. Classify the figure of speech: review 16. Analyse the effects of figures of speech on meaning and tone Analyse literature 17. Analyse short stories: set 1 18. Analyse short stories: set 2 Analyse informational texts 19. Analyse the development of informational passages: set 1 20. Analyse the development of informational passages: set 2 Analyse arguments 21. Trace an argument: set 1 22. Trace an argument: set 2 Analyse historical texts 23. Analyse rhetorical strategies in historical texts: set 1 24. Analyse rhetorical strategies in historical texts: set 2

Recognising the possibility of different responses to a text		1. Evaluate counterclaims
Recognising the possibility of different responses to a text
1. Evaluate counterclaims
Summary and synthesis
Identifying the main theme or themes		1. Match the quotations with their themes
Identifying the main theme or themes
1. Match the quotations with their themes

Summarising ideas and information from a single text		1. Analyse the development of informational passages: set 1 2. Analyse the development of informational passages: set 2
Summarising ideas and information from a single text
1. Analyse the development of informational passages: set 1 2. Analyse the development of informational passages: set 2

Synthesising from more than one text
Synthesising from more than one text

Evaluation of a writer's choice of vocabulary, form, grammatical and structural features
Explaining and illustrating how vocabulary and grammar contribute to effectiveness and impact, using linguistic and literary terminology accurately to do so and paying attention to detail		Shades of meaning 1. Describe the difference between related words 2. Choose the word whose connotation and denotation best match the sentence 3. Use words accurately and precisely Tone 4. Which text is most formal? 5. Compare passages for subjective and objective tone 6. Compare passages for tone
Explaining and illustrating how vocabulary and grammar contribute to effectiveness and impact, using linguistic and literary terminology accurately to do so and paying attention to detail
Shades of meaning 1. Describe the difference between related words 2. Choose the word whose connotation and denotation best match the sentence 3. Use words accurately and precisely Tone 4. Which text is most formal? 5. Compare passages for subjective and objective tone 6. Compare passages for tone

Analysing and evaluating how form and structure contribute to the effectiveness and impact of a text		Analyse arguments 1. Trace an argument: set 1 2. Trace an argument: set 2 Analyse historical texts 3. Analyse rhetorical strategies in historical texts: set 1 4. Analyse rhetorical strategies in historical texts: set 2
Analysing and evaluating how form and structure contribute to the effectiveness and impact of a text
Analyse arguments 1. Trace an argument: set 1 2. Trace an argument: set 2 Analyse historical texts 3. Analyse rhetorical strategies in historical texts: set 1 4. Analyse rhetorical strategies in historical texts: set 2
Comparing texts
Comparing two or more texts critically with respect to the above		1. Which text is most formal? 2. Compare passages for subjective and objective tone 3. Compare passages for tone
Comparing two or more texts critically with respect to the above
1. Which text is most formal? 2. Compare passages for subjective and objective tone 3. Compare passages for tone

Writing
Producing clear and coherent text
Writing effectively for different purposes and audiences: to describe, narrate, explain, instruct, give and respond to information, and argue		Audience, purpose and tone 1. Identify audience and purpose 2. Which text is most formal? 3. Compare passages for subjective and objective tone 4. Compare passages for tone Persuasive strategies 5. Use appeals to ethos, pathos and logos in persuasive writing
Writing effectively for different purposes and audiences: to describe, narrate, explain, instruct, give and respond to information, and argue
Audience, purpose and tone 1. Identify audience and purpose 2. Which text is most formal? 3. Compare passages for subjective and objective tone 4. Compare passages for tone Persuasive strategies 5. Use appeals to ethos, pathos and logos in persuasive writing

Selecting vocabulary, grammar, form, and structural and organisational features judiciously to reflect audience, purpose and context		Topic sentences 1. Choose the topic sentence that best captures the main idea Developing and supporting arguments 2. Choose the best evidence to support a claim Audience, purpose and tone 3. Identify audience and purpose 4. Which text is most formal? 5. Compare passages for subjective and objective tone 6. Compare passages for tone Persuasive strategies 7. Use appeals to ethos, pathos and logos in persuasive writing Organising writing 8. Order topics from broadest to narrowest 9. Organise information by topic Homophones 10. Use the correct homophone 11. Identify and correct errors with homophones Shades of meaning 12. Choose the word whose connotation and denotation best match the sentence 13. Use words accurately and precisely
Selecting vocabulary, grammar, form, and structural and organisational features judiciously to reflect audience, purpose and context
Topic sentences 1. Choose the topic sentence that best captures the main idea Developing and supporting arguments 2. Choose the best evidence to support a claim Audience, purpose and tone 3. Identify audience and purpose 4. Which text is most formal? 5. Compare passages for subjective and objective tone 6. Compare passages for tone Persuasive strategies 7. Use appeals to ethos, pathos and logos in persuasive writing Organising writing 8. Order topics from broadest to narrowest 9. Organise information by topic Homophones 10. Use the correct homophone 11. Identify and correct errors with homophones Shades of meaning 12. Choose the word whose connotation and denotation best match the sentence 13. Use words accurately and precisely

Using language imaginatively and creatively		1. Use personification 2. Describe the difference between related words 3. Choose the word whose connotation and denotation best match the sentence
Using language imaginatively and creatively
1. Use personification 2. Describe the difference between related words 3. Choose the word whose connotation and denotation best match the sentence

Using information provided by others to write in different forms
Using information provided by others to write in different forms


Maintaining a consistent point of view
Maintaining a consistent point of view


Maintaining coherence and consistency across a text		Edit and revise 1. Suggest appropriate revisions Transitions 2. Transition logically between claims, evidence, analysis and counterclaims 3. Transitions with conjunctive adverbs Write clearly and concisely 4. Avoid double, illogical and unclear comparisons 5. Remove redundant words or phrases Parallel structure 6. Identify sentences with parallel structure 7. Use parallel structure Subject-verb agreement 8. Identify and correct errors with subject-verb agreement 9. Identify and correct errors with indefinite pronoun-verb agreement 10. Identify and correct verb agreement with compound subjects
Maintaining coherence and consistency across a text
Edit and revise 1. Suggest appropriate revisions Transitions 2. Transition logically between claims, evidence, analysis and counterclaims 3. Transitions with conjunctive adverbs Write clearly and concisely 4. Avoid double, illogical and unclear comparisons 5. Remove redundant words or phrases Parallel structure 6. Identify sentences with parallel structure 7. Use parallel structure Subject-verb agreement 8. Identify and correct errors with subject-verb agreement 9. Identify and correct errors with indefinite pronoun-verb agreement 10. Identify and correct verb agreement with compound subjects
Writing for impact
Selecting, organising and emphasising facts, ideas and key points		Organise writing 1. Order topics from broadest to narrowest 2. Organise information by topic Topic sentences 3. Choose the topic sentence that best captures the main idea Facts and opinions 4. Distinguish facts from opinions Supporting evidence 5. Choose the best evidence to support a claim 6. Choose the analysis that logically connects the evidence to the claim 7. Identify stronger and weaker evidence to support a claim
Selecting, organising and emphasising facts, ideas and key points
Organise writing 1. Order topics from broadest to narrowest 2. Organise information by topic Topic sentences 3. Choose the topic sentence that best captures the main idea Facts and opinions 4. Distinguish facts from opinions Supporting evidence 5. Choose the best evidence to support a claim 6. Choose the analysis that logically connects the evidence to the claim 7. Identify stronger and weaker evidence to support a claim

Citing evidence and quotation effectively and pertinently to support views		1. Choose the best evidence to support a claim 2. Choose the analysis that logically connects the evidence to the claim 3. Identify stronger and weaker evidence to support a claim
Citing evidence and quotation effectively and pertinently to support views
1. Choose the best evidence to support a claim 2. Choose the analysis that logically connects the evidence to the claim 3. Identify stronger and weaker evidence to support a claim

Creating emotional impact		Shades of meaning 1. Choose the word whose connotation and denotation best match the sentence 2. Describe the difference between related words Persuasive strategies 3. Use appeals to ethos, pathos and logos in persuasive writing
Creating emotional impact
Shades of meaning 1. Choose the word whose connotation and denotation best match the sentence 2. Describe the difference between related words Persuasive strategies 3. Use appeals to ethos, pathos and logos in persuasive writing

Using language creatively, imaginatively and persuasively, including rhetorical devices (such as rhetorical questions, antithesis, parenthesis)		1. Use appeals to ethos, pathos and logos in persuasive writing 2. Use personification
Using language creatively, imaginatively and persuasively, including rhetorical devices (such as rhetorical questions, antithesis, parenthesis)
1. Use appeals to ethos, pathos and logos in persuasive writing 2. Use personification

Spoken language
Presenting information and ideas
Selecting and organising information and ideas effectively and persuasively for prepared spoken presentations		Organise writing 1. Order topics from broadest to narrowest 2. Organise information by topic Topic sentences 3. Choose the topic sentence that best captures the main idea Facts and opinions 4. Distinguish facts from opinions Supporting evidence 5. Choose the best evidence to support a claim 6. Choose the analysis that logically connects the evidence to the claim 7. Identify stronger and weaker evidence to support a claim Persuasive strategies 8. Use appeals to ethos, pathos and logos in persuasive writing
Selecting and organising information and ideas effectively and persuasively for prepared spoken presentations
Organise writing 1. Order topics from broadest to narrowest 2. Organise information by topic Topic sentences 3. Choose the topic sentence that best captures the main idea Facts and opinions 4. Distinguish facts from opinions Supporting evidence 5. Choose the best evidence to support a claim 6. Choose the analysis that logically connects the evidence to the claim 7. Identify stronger and weaker evidence to support a claim Persuasive strategies 8. Use appeals to ethos, pathos and logos in persuasive writing

Planning effectively for different purposes and audiences		1. Identify audience and purpose
Planning effectively for different purposes and audiences
1. Identify audience and purpose

Making presentations and speeches
Making presentations and speeches

Responding to spoken language
Listening to and responding appropriately to any questions and feedback
Listening to and responding appropriately to any questions and feedback

Spoken Standard English
Expressing ideas using Standard English whenever and wherever appropriate
Expressing ideas using Standard English whenever and wherever appropriate

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