Exploring vivid childhood accounts

English

Exploring attitudes to teenagers across time

Applying reading strategies to non-fiction texts

Comparing ideas and advice on love in different centuries

Exploring how love has changed over time

Using juxtaposition and foreshadowing in childhood accounts

Understanding and planning open letters

Writing an open letter

Using and understanding irony in non-fiction writing

Writing humorously

Analysing a dramatic description of an event

Structural methods in a dramatic account

Withholding information and timing revelations

Using dialogue effectively

Analysing and improving an article

Using credible expert views in a non-fiction article

Planning an effective article

Writing an effective article

In 'Non-Fiction: Teenage Kicks', pupils evaluate how authors use language, to express similar or differing viewpoints. In 'Non-Fiction: Explorers', pupils analyse how historical or social context may lead to authors having differing views, on the same topics.

In 'Non-Fiction: Changing Views', pupils compare language choices used in non-fiction texts. In 'Non-Fiction: Teenage Kicks', pupils evaluate how authors use language to expresses similar or differing viewpoints.

In this unit, pupils develop their non-fiction reading and writing skills by looking at a collection of non-fiction texts about the theme of teenagers. They first build towards writing an open letter, before then looking at how they can write nuanced and sophisticated articles in an original voice.

Non-fiction: teenage kicks

Subjects which particular individuals may be sensitive to, eg, adoption, migration, bereavement or death, divorce, poverty, deprivation.

Depiction or discussion of sensitive content

an embellished account of the highlights of someone's life

a written account of someone's own life and experiences

producing a powerful feeling or strong, clear images in one's mind

What is a particularly formative moment in Keller's childhood according to 'The Story of My Life'?

What method does Keller use to paint a vivid image of her idyllic early years in the reader's mind in 'The Story of My Life'?

What does Keller use to add precision and detail to her memories in 'The Story of My Life'?

The roses, which I planted myself, are beautiful.

Unfortunately, I had to walk to the store this morning.

I finished my maths homework well before dinner.

ideas, emotions and feelings generated by the writing 

literary devices, grammatical choices and structural choices 

What do we mean when we talk about a writer's methods?

when two words placed near to each other mean similar things

placing two things near to each other for contrasting effect

language that describes someone's innermost feelings.

language that describes what one can smell, taste, see, touch, hear

The bright days of summer soon melted into cruel, harsh November days.

The scarlet roses unleashed a honeyed fragrance. 

Match the techniques on the left with the examples on the right.

Which of the below is the most idyllic setting?

Starter Quiz

What do we mean when we talk about a writer's methods?