a short, often funny story, especially about something someone has done

work that imitates and humorously exaggerates the style of something famous

an argument against another argument, idea, or suggestion

writing that asks or encourages people to take action about a problem

Analysing and improving an article

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

Exploring vivid childhood accounts

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

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

Depiction or discussion of distress or humiliation e.g. bullying.

Depiction or discussion of peer pressure or bullying

Feeling unsafe or being asked to keep secrets.

Match the words on the left with their synonyms on the right. 

Which of the following is a call to action?

To be sceptical about something means to be ...

the repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive sentences

the use of a word that imitates the sound it represents

the attribution of human characteristics to non-human entities

a direct comparison between two unlike things using "like" or "as"

Which of the following is a description of anaphora?

How might you use statistics in an article?

it delivers a clear, impactful point with simplicity.

A short sentence can be effective because ...

What is the term for a mini story designed to illustrate an point in an article? 

In which of the following are you most likely to find articles?

What kind of question is intended to make a point and does not require an answer?

If we parody something, what are we doing?

a request for the reader to take a specific action

What is a "call to action" in an article?

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