Year 9 · English
Use Growing Knowledge To Support Writing
Year 9 learners practise using retrieval skills and vocabulary in writing.
The activities include Develop Skills in Retrieval of Information, Identify Arguments, Practise Using Retrieval Skills in Analysing a Text, and related practice. The checked support below includes video, worksheet, teaching, 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 Retrieval of Information
- Identify Arguments
- Practise Using Retrieval Skills in Analysing a Text
- Use Ambitious Vocabulary
- Write About an Experience: An Important Event
Checked learning resources
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Using Vocabulary Effectively In Fiction Writing
Oak National Academy · Video · Opens on the provider website
This Year 9 Oak video lesson directly teaches the reading or writing method required by "Use Ambitious Vocabulary".
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Fiction writing
BBC Bitesize · Worksheet · Opens on the provider website
BBC KS3 English explanations, examples and practice for Use Growing Knowledge To Support Writing, including retrieval; selected against the complete context of "Develop Skills in Retrieval of Information".
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Malevolent characters: fiction writing
Oak National Academy · Teaching · Opens on the provider website
This Year 9 Oak unit provides relevant sequenced teaching for Use Growing Knowledge To Support Writing.
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Using Vocabulary Effectively In Fiction Writing: 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 "Use Ambitious Vocabulary".
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Malevolent characters: fiction writing
Oak National Academy · Lesson · Opens on the provider website
Year 9 English resource matched to using retrieval skills and vocabulary in writing.
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Reading Comprehension Skills and Strategies
YouTube — MYABCENGLISH · Video · Opens on the provider website
Reading lesson models locating explicit information, selecting evidence and checking an answer against the text.
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Claims, Evidence and Reasoning
YouTube — K20 Center · Video · Opens on the provider website
Lesson identifies an argument’s claim, supporting evidence and reasoning, then explains their relationship.
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How to Write a Personal Essay
YouTube — Prolecturer · Video · Opens on the provider website
Focused lesson turns a significant personal experience into a structured, reflective account.