Conceptualising travel writing and making predictions based on titles

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Comparing Stevenson and Steinbeck's attitudes to their travelling companions

Identifying and using different perspectives

Making inferences from two non-fiction texts

Writing concise and developed comparisons of non-fiction texts

Using inverted sentence structures and chiasmus for effect

Using compound adjectives and analogies for effect in non-fiction writing

Writing a compelling account

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 the same topics.

In this unit, pupils develop their non-fiction reading and writing skills by looking at non-fiction texts about explorers. They first conceptualise travel writing, before building towards making concise and developed comparisons between texts. They finally create a compelling account about a place.

Non-fiction: explorers

in a way that is based on feelings not facts

good at noticing and understanding things that other people may miss

feeling or showing sympathy for the suffering or bad luck of others

a word or phrase used to avoid saying something unpleasant or offensive

making you feel nervous about your ability to achieve something

a particular point of view; this can be both literally what you see but also what you feel and think

Latin for “in the middle of things”; this refers to writing that starts in the middle of the plot or action

a panorama is an unbroken view of the whole region surrounding an observer

deep absorption or interest in topic or place

giving information in a brief but comprehensive way

showing an accurate and deep understanding

the basic unit of grammar, typically made up of a subject, a noun phrase and a verb phrase

a past participle e.g. "delighted" that is being used as an adjective

this punctuation mark - used between two words

worth remembering or easily remembered, especially because of being special or unusual

the repetition of vowel sounds in the middle of nearby words

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