ESOL Rt/L2.1a Identify different ways meaning is built up in a range of texts of varying genres
Understand and identify the different ways in which meaning is built up in a range of paragraphed texts of varying genres (i) Recognise that continuous texts may be structured round key events, ideas or themes, and that main points may be indicated in different ways in different text types (ii) Pick out main points, ideas, themes quickly and confidently, from a range of texts, including complex ones (iii) Where necessary, infer meaning that is not explicitly stated, in order to arrive at a correct overall understanding (iv) Read texts critically, reflecting on what has been read, what this says about the writer and what it might mean for different readers (v) Understand the role of connotation and metaphor in building meaning in a text