This whole-class feedback lesson is designed for IB English Language and Literature, with clear adaptability for A Level English Language. It works best as a post-assessment Paper 1 feedback lesson, but can also be used to explicitly teach students how to approach the paper.

Lesson focus:

• Developing insightful interpretations of writer’s and designer’s methods
• Moving students beyond identification towards meaning, intention, and effect

What’s included:

• Whole-class feedback highlighting strengths and areas for development

• Modelled examples contrasting descriptive and insightful analysis

• Explicit breakdowns of what makes an interpretation effective

• Structured group tasks with guiding questions

• Less effective examples for students to improve

• Independent DIRT tasks to embed learning