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Paper 1 Question 3: Structural Analysis in Fiction Description: A focused lesson for Year 11 students on analysing structure in GCSE English Language Paper 1 Question 3. Students recap Questions 1 and 2, learn key structural terminology and explore how writers manipulate focus, pace, narrative perspective and shifts in time to shape the reader’s response. Summary: Students begin with a recap quiz and vocabulary activities covering retrieval, AO2 and structural scope. They then investigate structural techniques such as chronological movement, juxtaposition, changes in focus, zooming in and out, narrative shifts and variations in pace. The lesson concludes with guidance on organising a chronological AO2 response, followed by activities requiring students to sequence an essay plan and apply structural analysis to an unseen fiction extract.

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