Day 6 — Nominalisation can hide an actorYear 9 English · T1 W1–2 · Day 6 lesson

Goal/materials: unpack abstract labels and restore who did what; Cards A/B, sentence cards.

1. Notice, 3: Show “The disruption was inevitable.” Ask “Who did what, and according to whom?” Key: neither is specified; disruption is an abstract label, inevitable unsupported.
2. Model, 5: “Turning an action into a noun can condense ideas: people complained → complaints. It can also hide agency: the exclusion of teenagers leaves out who proposes it.” This is a language choice, not proof of bad intent.
3. Guide, 7: Unpack the decision, the concern, the exclusion into subject + action + source. Example: “The fictional poster's author proposes excluding teenagers.” Compare effects of vague versus attributed form.
4. Try, 7: Learner revises two statements: “The concern was shared” and “The proposal was rejected.” Accept: “Card A's author expresses a concern; the packet gives no evidence others share it”; “No source states the proposal was rejected.”
5. Check, 3: “Why might the concern be misleading without a source?” Key: it can imply a shared concern when only one fictional post states it. Next: name speaker and evidence in fresh sentence.