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Day 1 — A door and an audienceYear 12 English · T1 W1–2 · Day 1 lesson

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Year 12 / English / Term 1 / Weeks 01 02

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Success: Name Text A's proposed change and use two words from the text to explain whom it addresses.

  1. Notice · 3 min. Display “Open to everyone” beside “the door shuts before everyone is free to arrive”. Ask: What tension does this pair make? Accept a private written thought.
  2. Model · 5 min. Read Text A's first paragraph aloud or invite independent reading. Underline “trial” and “six weeks”. Say: “This is a bounded proposal, not a demand for permanent opening.”
  3. Try · 6 min. Learners mark claim, intended decision maker and the people the writer asks that decision maker to imagine. Pair talk is optional; a written annotation works.
  4. Compare · 5 min. Ask what “public decision” at the end adds to the opening image of the door. Invite two different readings, each tied to wording.
  5. Transfer · 4 min. Learners complete: “Night Desk asks the board to ___ because ; the phrase ___ positions the board to .” No personal example is needed.
  6. Exit · 2 min. Collect one precise claim plus audience. If learners write merely “the library”, point back to the board and the published open-letter form tomorrow.