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Day 2 — A story and an explanation do different jobsYear 7 English · T1 W1–2 · Day 2 lesson

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Year 7 / Term 1 / Weeks 01 02 / English

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Codes: AC9E7LA03, AC9E7LY03. Goal: compare structures and features for distinct purposes. Prepare: Text A and Text B side by side.

  1. Retrieve · 2 min. “Which text has a character facing a complication? Which tells a reader how to use a tool?”
  2. Model · 5 min. Mark Text A's setup, complication and qualified ending. Mark Text B's definition, steps and limit. Say that both mention a key but organise ideas for different readers' needs.
  3. Feature search · 6 min. Pairs find dialogue or third-person action in A and an imperative or conditional sentence in B. Ask how each feature serves the purpose, not merely what it is called.
  4. Choice rewrite · 7 min. Choose one: turn Mira's revision into a two-sentence instruction, or turn Text B's “another person” test into a three-sentence mini-scene. Require the purpose to be recognisable.
  5. Compare · 3 min. Read one example of each. Ask, “What moved first: events or method?” Show why neither form is universally better.
  6. Exit · 2 min. Everyone names one structure difference and its effect on a reader.

Access: provide headings on separate strips for sorting; use recorded local adult reading only if permission/rights are handled separately; spoken or typed rewrite accepted.