the original inhabitants of a country are called the indigenous population

if something is memorable, you are unlikely to ever forget it

if you regret something, you are sorry you did it or that it happened

being commissioned to do something means being asked or told to do it

a person who is didactic likes to teach, particularly in an authoritative way

Applying reading strategies to non-fiction texts

English

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.

Non-fiction: teenage kicks

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

Depiction or discussion of sensitive content

What word, beginning with 'I', do we call the original population of a country?

What word beginning with 'R' expresses deep sorrow for a hurt caused?

What word is missing from the following sentence: 'When you approach a non-fiction text, you can make predictions from title, context and {{}}'?

Match the words with the type of language used. 

It can use many of the linguistic techniques you find in fiction. 

Which of the following are **not** true of non-fiction writing?

Which of the following are examples of non-fiction texts?

the reason why the writer wrote the text 

the person or group of people being addressed by the text

Which of the following is an example of a text's purpose?

What word class are the following words: we, our, us? They may be referred to as inclusive or collective ...

The circumstances in which it was written.

What do we mean when we say the context of a text? 

Predicting is the beginning of engagement with the text. 

Predicting allows us to guess at the topic of the text. 

Predicting links our new reading to previous reading we may have done.

Predicting links our new reading to other knowledge we have. 

Which of the following is **not** a valid description of the use of prediction skills before reading complex texts? 

Content guidance

Depiction or discussion of sensitive content

Adult supervision recommended

This lesson will soon be taken down.

Applying reading strategies to non-fiction texts

Lesson outcome

Content guidance