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24 April 2026

pptx, 5.06 MB
pptx, 5.06 MB

This resource provides a full lesson on H is for Hawk by Helen Macdonald, designed for the Edexcel IGCSE Language specification A, paper 1.

The lesson includes:

  • Starter Activity:Think-Pair-Share: Identifying types of imagery (visual, auditory, tactile, etc.) in quotations from the text.
  • Watching a video interview with Helen Macdonald.
  • A whole-class reading of H is for Hawk.
  • Carousel Activity: students annotate extracts focusing on imagery and figurative language and effects on the reader.
  • Structural Analysis: Students Identify structural features such as short vs. long sentences, use of italics, the cliff-hanger ending etc.
  • Exam-Style Question (12 Marks): How does the writer use language and structure to present her thoughts and feelings about the hawk? Guided PETAL paragraph structure with sentence starters to support analysis.

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Edexcel IGCSE English Language (4EA1) Non-Fiction Anthology – Complete Lesson Bundle

This comprehensive bundle includes 10 fully resourced lessons covering every text from the Edexcel IGCSE English Language (4EA1) Paper 1 Section A non-fiction anthology. Designed to save planning time while still delivering high-quality, engaging lessons, this resource takes students through the full range of anthology texts, developing their ability to analyse language and structure, explore writer’s viewpoints, and produce clear, analytical responses. **Texts Covered** * The Danger of a Single Story – Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie * A Passage to Africa – George Alagiah * The Explorer’s Daughter – Kari Herbert * Explorers or Boys Messing About? – Steven Morris * 127 Hours: Between a Rock and a Hard Place – Aron Ralston * Young and Dyslexic? You’ve Got It Going On – Benjamin Zephaniah * A Game of Polo with a Headless Goat – Emma Levine * Beyond the Sky and the Earth – Jamie Zeppa * H is for Hawk – Helen Macdonald * Chinese Cinderella – Adeline Yen Mah **Each Lesson Includes** * Engaging starters to introduce context and themes * Guided reading and annotation opportunities * Focused language and structure analysis tasks * Scaffolded activities (e.g. grids, sentence starters, modelling) * Exam-style questions aligned to Paper 1 Section A * Model paragraphs and/or exemplars * Independent writing tasks * Plenaries to consolidate learning

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