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Year 9 · English

Read A Wide Range Of Texts

Year 9 learners practise reading a range of historical and literary texts.

The activities include Develop Skills In Understanding Language Choice in A Historical Text, Understand the Characters of George and Lennie in 'Of Mice and Men', Understand the Plot of the Novel 'Of Mice and Men' by John Steinbeck. The checked support below includes video, teaching, worksheet, lesson. Open a resource in its provider's website and choose the format that best helps the learner explain the idea independently.

Activities covered

  • Develop Skills In Understanding Language Choice in A Historical Text
  • Understand the Characters of George and Lennie in 'Of Mice and Men'
  • Understand the Plot of the Novel 'Of Mice and Men' by John Steinbeck

Checked learning resources

  • Comparing Tone And Language Choices In Non Fiction Texts

    Oak National Academy · Video · Opens on the provider website

    This Year 9 Oak video lesson directly teaches the reading or writing method required by "Develop Skills In Understanding Language Choice in A Historical Text".

  • Women's rights across the ages: non-fiction reading and writing

    Oak National Academy · Teaching · Opens on the provider website

    This Year 9 Oak unit provides the sequenced teaching context for Comparing Tone And Language Choices In Non Fiction Texts and the complete activity focus.

  • Comparing Tone And Language Choices In Non Fiction Texts: worksheet and quizzes

    Oak National Academy · Worksheet · Opens on the provider website

    Browser-first Oak page for the lesson worksheet, starter quiz and exit quiz supporting "Develop Skills In Understanding Language Choice in A Historical Text".

  • Critical reading

    BBC Bitesize · Worksheet · Opens on the provider website

    BBC KS3 English explanations, examples and practice for Read A Wide Range Of Texts; selected against the complete context of "Develop Skills In Understanding Language Choice in A Historical Text".

  • Of Mice and Men revision knowledge organiser

    Twinkl / Beyond · Worksheet · Opens on the provider website

    The organiser covers Of Mice and Men plot, characters, themes, context, motifs, quotations and language analysis.

  • Women's rights across the ages: non-fiction reading and writing

    Oak National Academy · Lesson · Opens on the provider website

    Year 9 English resource matched to reading a range of historical and literary texts.

  • Gender in Of Mice And Men

    YouTube — St Peter's English · Video · Opens on the provider website

    A video examining the ways gender roles, expectations and stereotypes influence character interactions in Steinbeck's novel. · St Peter's English · 16 minute video