Reading Non-Fiction: Lifeboat Rescue

In this worksheet, students read a news article and answer questions on its content.

Key stage: KS 4

Year: GCSE

GCSE Subjects: English Language

GCSE Boards: AQA, Pearson Edexcel, OCR,

Curriculum topic: Critical Reading and Comprehension, Non-fiction and Transactional Writing: Reading, Content of Reading Information and Ideas

Curriculum subtopic: Summary and Synthesis: Identifying the Main Theme(s) Critical Reading and Comprehension: Recognise the Possibility of Different Responses Use a Broad Understanding of the Text’s Context to Inform Reading

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Worksheet Overview

In an English exam, you may be asked to read a news article.

We are going to look at an article and then practise analysis of its contents in this activity.

Read the article until you feel that you have fully understood it.

While you are reading think about the following pieces of information:

What happened?
Where did it happen?
Who is involved?
Why did it happen?
What did people think about it?
What is the author's attitude to the topic?

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