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Year 8

Victorian childhood: non-fiction reading and writing

8 lessons

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  • Developing spoken language
  • Nineteenth century literature
  • Non-fiction reading and writing

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In this unit, pupils read a mixture of contemporary and nineteenth-century non-fiction texts that explore a common theme of childhood. They first read and compare the texts, before then writing and delivering a speech as part of a debate on Victorian working class children.

This unit uses and builds on pupils' understanding of non-fiction writing and presentation delivery from 'Taking a stand'. In this unit, they learn to create more sophisticated presentations by first learning more about a topic through wide reading. They also learn to develop a speech as part of a debate, which develops the dynamism of their spoken language. This unit preapres pupils for 'Women's rights across the ages', where they will develop and refine their spoken language capabities by learning more about tone and language choices.

  1. Exploring the experience of child workers in the Victorian era
  2. Education for poor Victorian children
  3. Exploring youth justice in the Victorian era
  4. Writing a persuasive speech about supporting Victorian children
  5. Preparing a speech about supporting Victorian working class children
  6. Writing speeches about supporting Victorian working class children
  7. Developing active listening skills
  8. Delivering speeches about supporting Victorian working class children
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