Non-fiction: teenage kicks
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Why this why now
This unit uses and builds on pupils' expertise in non-fiction reading and writing from 'Crime and punishment', 'Changing views' and most recently 'Letter writing'. Here, they begin to read and emulate more sophisticated techniques, such as the use of humour and credible evidence, to help them make their writing more powerful and unique. This unit prepares pupils for the final non-fiction unit, 'Explorers', where they continue to spot insightful comparisons and then create their own account writing.
Prior knowledge requirements
- Pupils can use reading skills to decode a range of texts
- Pupils can identify a range of language devices in texts, with accuracy
- Pupils can offer alternative interpretations of an author's use of language
- Pupils can structure arguments clearly, using thesis statements, topic sentences and single paragraph outlines
- Pupils use comparisons to compare subtle similarities or differences between texts
- Pupils understand the conventions of different types of functional writing
- Pupils can use simple, compound and complex sentences
- Pupils can use rhetorical devices for effect in their own writing
- Pupils know how to develop a tone of voice, when writing
- Pupils can use tentative language to effectively discuss alternative interpretations
Threads
Why this why now
This unit uses and builds on pupils' expertise in non-fiction reading and writing from 'Crime and punishment', 'Changing views' and most recently 'Letter writing'. Here, they begin to read and emulate more sophisticated techniques, such as the use of humour and credible evidence, to help them make their writing more powerful and unique. This unit prepares pupils for the final non-fiction unit, 'Explorers', where they continue to spot insightful comparisons and then create their own account writing.
Prior knowledge requirements
- Pupils can use reading skills to decode a range of texts
- Pupils can identify a range of language devices in texts, with accuracy
- Pupils can offer alternative interpretations of an author's use of language
- Pupils can structure arguments clearly, using thesis statements, topic sentences and single paragraph outlines
- Pupils use comparisons to compare subtle similarities or differences between texts
- Pupils understand the conventions of different types of functional writing
- Pupils can use simple, compound and complex sentences
- Pupils can use rhetorical devices for effect in their own writing
- Pupils know how to develop a tone of voice, when writing
- Pupils can use tentative language to effectively discuss alternative interpretations
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Non-fiction: teenage kicks
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.
18 lessons in unit
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