the experience of being treated as if you are insignificant is being patronised

not being interested in or not caring about something or someone

solving things in a sensible, practical way rather than obeying theories or ideas

Comparing ideas and advice on love in different centuries

English

Exploring attitudes to teenagers across time

Applying reading strategies to non-fiction texts

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

Analysing and improving an article

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

being treated as if you are insignificant

a state of not knowing something or being unsure

One of Jane Austen's famous books is called 'Pride and {{}}'.

Which of the following are books by John Steinbeck?

Austen's advice to Fanny in her 1814 letter is more {{}} than Steinbeck's 1958 letter to Thom.

Which of the following signal that you will be writing about differences?

What word beginning with 'D' means to teach or instruct in an authoritative way?

the who, what, where and when of the text

the person or group being addressed by the text

the type of text for example, letter or speech

Which of the following is written in a formal register?

How do we stereotypically address a reader when we are writing the salutation of a letter?

What are key conventions of letter writing?

What would you expect from a letter which is written to advise?

Introduction

What will you need for this lesson?

Are you ready to learn?

Equipment

Worksheet