Non-fiction: explorers
Why this, why now
In this unit, pupils develop their non-fiction reading and writing skills by looking at non-fiction texts about explorers. They first conceptualise travel writing, before building towards making concise and developed comparisons between texts. They finally create a compelling account about a place.
Prior knowledge requirements
- Ardaydu waa inay yaqaanaan aasaaska maadada.
- Ardaydu waa inay awoodaan inay raacaan tilmaamo fudud.
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Non-fiction: explorers
In this unit, pupils develop their non-fiction reading and writing skills by looking at non-fiction texts about explorers. They first conceptualise travel writing, before building towards making concise and developed comparisons between texts. They finally create a compelling account about a place.
8 lessons- Using compound adjectives and analogies for effect in non-fiction writing
- Using inverted sentence structures and chiasmus for effect
- Identifying and using different perspectives
- Comparing Stevenson and Steinbeck's attitudes to their travelling companions
- Making inferences from two non-fiction texts
- Writing concise and developed comparisons of non-fiction texts
- Conceptualising travel writing and making predictions based on titles
- Writing a compelling account