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

Identifying and using different perspectives

English

Conceptualising travel writing and making predictions based on titles

Comparing Stevenson and Steinbeck's attitudes to their travelling companions

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

Depiction or discussion of famine, disease, natural disasters.

Depiction or discussion of violence or suffering

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

for placing and positioning people and objects

for showing the sequence of how we view a scene

to indicate how closely or not we look at something

Match the words on the left with their function when discussing perspective. 

to show the range of the narrator's perspectives

to show the impact of the landscape on the narrator

What is the best argument for shifting perspective from the external landscape to inner feelings?

Which words from the following sentence (taken from 'A Lady's Life in the Rocky Mountains') show how triumphant Bird felt: "This was the climb; but at last the Peak was won."?

When deciding on the perspective for a piece of writing, what should you decide first?

You need to start at the begining and work through the account chronologically.

Beginning in the middle of the action (in medias res) can be effective. 

You need to decide if the account is going to be personal.

You can shift perspective for specific effects. 

Which of the following is true of a piece of descriptive or narrative writing?

What are the missing words in the title of Isabella Bird book: A {{}} life in the {{}} mountains.

Isabella Bird travelled in which century?

Which of the following verbs is in the present participle form?

Which of the following is the best definition of a narrator?

Which of the following is a synonym for describe?

Starter Quiz

Who was Isabella Bird?