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Reading: inference, summary, synthesis
GCSE English Language knowledge mat

What the Text Will Let You Say

Every text in the exam is one you have never seen, so what is there to revise? Inference as a three-part answer shape; summary and synthesis; evaluation and bias; an extract written for the sheet, annotated four ways; an inference answer built in the order the marks are given; the DfE’s own weightings for reading, writing and accuracy. Eight terms to define, a model answer on what a writer leaves out, and the misconceptions that cost marks.

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    Cover of What the Text Will Let You Say

    One landscape A4 page on one skill, built on the DfE’s own assessment objectives rather than a board’s paraphrase. It carries inference, summary and synthesis, evaluation and bias, an annotated extract and an answer built in the order the marks are given. Then the vocabulary, a worked exam-style answer and the misconceptions that cost marks.

    The extracts are written for the sheet, or out of copyright and verified against the text. Nothing is quoted from an anthology, a set text or a past paper, so the sheet can be photocopied for a class and stay compliant. Every claim is sourced, and the assessment objectives are quoted verbatim from the DfE document.

    Sold by subject: all four English Language sheets for one price. A knowledge organiser stores a unit and is revised from afterwards; this is meant to be on the table while the work is happening.

    Written to
    The DfE GCSE English language subject content (DFE-00232-2013), its assessment objectives quoted verbatim. Extracts are written for the sheet, or out of copyright and verified against the text
    Intended for
    English Language teachers. On the desk during the lesson, not a student revision guide
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    One landscape A4 sheet · 9 sections

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    01Inference: the answer shape
    02Summary, and then synthesis
    03Evaluation, and bias
    04Work this extract — written for this sheet, so nothing is quoted
    05Build an inference answer, in the order the marks are given
    06The DfE’s own numbers, not a board’s paraphrase
    07Glossary
    08Use this mat
    09Common misconceptions
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