What the skill requires
What the skill requires
To identify means to select the important themes, ideas and information in a text. To interpret means to explain what those choices suggest about meaning, purpose, audience or context.
Step-by-step lessons on AQA GCSE English Language 3.1.1 Identify and interpret themes, ideas and information. Each one builds up to exam-style questions. Start with the non-fiction reading and comparison skills before moving on to extended creative and persuasive writing, since technical accuracy in spelling, punctuation and grammar carries real weight (20%) across the whole qualification.