Non-fiction: crime and punishment
Why this, why now
In this unit, pupils develop their non-fiction reading and writing skills by reading and responding to a selection of nineteenth century and modern non-fiction texts on the theme of crime and punishment. They practise summarising and comparing texts before writing an article and information text.
Prior knowledge requirements
- Ardaydu waa inay yaqaanaan aasaaska maadada.
- Ardaydu waa inay awoodaan inay raacaan tilmaamo fudud.
Unit 17 / 23
Non-fiction: crime and punishment
In this unit, pupils develop their non-fiction reading and writing skills by reading and responding to a selection of nineteenth century and modern non-fiction texts on the theme of crime and punishment. They practise summarising and comparing texts before writing an article and information text.
12 lessons- Summarising a non-fiction text: 'a letter to my son' (the Guardian, 2014)
- Developing a summary of a non-fiction text by including inferences
- Using structural features effectively in non-fiction texts
- Comparing texts about drug misuse: ‘Confessions’ (1821) and ‘A letter to’ (2014)
- Reading and comparing two texts about prisons: London (1862) and Norway (2013)
- Using credible statistics in a piece of non-fiction writing
- Planning and writing website content
- Reading an opinion article and creating rhetorical questions
- Revising and editing non-fiction writing
- Using the conventions of website content creatively
- Planning an open letter using single paragraph outlines
- Using figurative language in non-fiction writing