refers to a specific group or area of influence- for example, the political sphere refers to the area of political activity

means to stimulate or inspire action or change

to give someone the power, confidence or ability to do something; usually makes them feel stronger

expressing something in a clear and concise manner, without unnecessary details or elaboration

when referring to quotations, if a quotation is embedded then it is included in your own sentence

Comparing non-fiction texts

English

Having productive discussions in response to a non-fiction text

Understanding and summarising perspectives

Analysing a persuasive speech

Evaluating and improving model responses on non-fiction texts

Comparing tone and methods in non-fiction texts

Understanding what makes a powerful speech

Engaging your audience: creating effective opening and closing paragraphs

Using rhetorical devices effectively

Spoken language: choosing a topic and developing ideas for a speech

Planning and writing a persuasive speech

Proofreading and redrafting a speech

Using non-verbal features to present a speech effectively

Preparing to deliver a powerful speech

In 'Women's rights',  students practise voicing a strong personal viewpoint through a persuasive speech. In ‘The language of Change’ pupils develop an understanding of how to generate interesting content, including the use of rhetorical devices and structure to organise and present their ideas. 

In this unit, pupils look at powerful speeches and emulate them by writing their own speeches. They first read, analyse and compare powerful speeches. They then hone their craft by understanding the features that contribute towards creating a powerful speech. They finally plan and write a speech.

Spoken language: the language of change

Discriminatory behaviour or images, whether on the grounds of race, gender, disability, religion or belief or sexual orientation, or otherwise.

Depiction or discussion of discriminatory behaviour

Historic or outdated representations of people that may portray inequality or injustice.

give someone theconfidence or ability to do something

express something in a clear and concise manner

Match the keyword with their definitions.

Which pair is a correct set of correlative conjunctions?

{{}} can be used to create close comparisons or make comparisons clear.

short, precise and introduced separately.

short, precise, relevant and part of the sentence.

Complete this sentence: An embedded quote should be …

Complete the sentence: Within a comparison, the quotations chosen from each text must be linked by a point of {{}} or contrast.

look at similarities between two or more things.

look at differences between two or more things.

look at similarities and differences between two or more things.

When referring to quotations, if the quote is embedded that means...

A brief overview of the main points is known as a {{}}.

reference just one text out of the two you're comparing.

include long quotes from the texts you're comparing.

When writing a comparative sentence you should...

To improve a piece of writing and to 'lift it up' is to {{}} it.

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