Non-fiction: changing views
Maxay tahay, maxayse hadda
In this unit, pupils develop their non-fiction reading and writing skills. They look at a range of nineteenth century and modern texts in tandem, and practise comparing viewpoints. They then practise emulating different techniques from the texts in order to develop their speech and opinion writing.
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- Ardaydu waa inay awoodaan inay raacaan tilmaamo fudud.
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Non-fiction: changing views
In this unit, pupils develop their non-fiction reading and writing skills. They look at a range of nineteenth century and modern texts in tandem, and practise comparing viewpoints. They then practise emulating different techniques from the texts in order to develop their speech and opinion writing.
18 cashar- Considering and analysing the use of anecdotes in a non-fiction text
- Considering and emulating the use of similes in non-fiction writing
- Planning a speech and building your counter-argument
- Considering and emulating the use of hyperbole in opinion writing
- Considering and analysing attitude in non-fiction writing
- Developing reading skills and personal responses to non-fiction texts
- Analysing and comparing language techniques in non-fiction writing
- Considering and understanding the attitude of a non-fiction text
- Crafting an effective comparison of non-fiction texts
- Considering and emulating the use of rhetorical questions in opinion writing
- Using inference and embedded quotations to craft effective summaries
- Using colons, dashes, and semicolons effectively in opinion writing
- Considering and emulating the use of direct address in the opening of a speech
- Using rhetorical devices to write an effective speech
- Considering and emulating onomatopoeia and alliteration in speech writing
- Considering and emulating the use of anaphora in speech writing
- Considering and emulating the use of extended analogies in non-fiction writing
- Using comparatives and superlatives to effectively compare non-fiction texts