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Day 13 · A noun can compress action and hide its doerYear 9 English · T1 W3–4 · Day 13 lesson

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Year 9 / English / Term 1 / Weeks 03 04

Part of the full two-week lesson sequence. Check the pack guide and taught point before teaching.

Open for this lesson: Pack guide · Daily routes · Worked swaps · Fresh learner checks · Aids and text routes.

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Codes: AC9E9LA04, AC9E9LA06, AC9E9LY05. Goal: unpack a nominalisation and compare a compact claim with a log. Prepare: Text A/B and agency lens.

  1. Launch · 2 min. Ask what action is packed into Text B's relocation: someone moved something.
  2. Model · 5 min. “The relocation caused confusion” becomes “The crew moved the arrow at 9:20; two visitors later asked where to turn.” The first noun compresses the move and asserts a cause; the second names actor and observed questions. Neither proves why visitors asked.
  3. Guided reading · 6 min. Unpack improvement into who changed what, and ask where the claimed confidence appears in Text A. Demonstrate that nominalisation can also be useful after an actor/action is established: “The crew added a second arrow. This addition is recorded; its effect is not.”
  4. Practice route · 6 min. D13-A/B/C: actor-action table, short spoken comparison or overcompression repair. Each route keeps a useful summary noun while naming the evidence limit.
  5. Exit · 4 min. Is relocation always poor writing? No. It can summarise a named move; it misleads if it erases a needed actor or adds an unsupported result.
  6. Evidence note · 2 min. If pupils treat every abstract noun as deception, compare its precise and imprecise uses in two sentences.

Later: Day13 extra uses a sports inventory.

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