Year 11 - English
Identifying and using different perspectives
Non-fiction: explorers
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Unit Summary
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.
Lesson Summary
You will learn to identify perspectives and use them in your own writing.
Key Notes
- Perspective refers to literal viewpoint and an opinion.
- Examples of perspective include: in media res, panoramic, external and internal.
- Words for explaining perspectives include: focus, zoom, trace, notice.
- When planning to write about a scene, the first decision is where to position the narrator.
- When describing a scene, focus on three key points and include words and phrases.
Vocabulary To Learn
- perspective: a particular point of view; this can be both literally what you see but also what you feel and think
- in medias res: Latin for "in the middle of things"; this refers to writing that starts in the middle of the plot or action
- panoramic: a panorama is an unbroken view of the whole region surrounding an observer
Common Mistakes To Avoid
- Students may think that all writing should begin at the beginning and move through the middle to the end.
3 Quick Questions (With Answers)
1. Explain this English learning goal in two key points.
Perspective refers to literal viewpoint and an opinion. Examples of perspective include: in media res, panoramic, external and internal.
2. Define this language term and use it in a sentence. 'perspective'
a particular point of view; this can be both literally what you see but also what you feel and think.
3. Correct this common English misunderstanding.
Mistake: Students may think that all writing should begin at the beginning and move through the middle to the end. Correction: Encourage them to think about how stories, especially films, often start with an exciting scene.
More Lessons In This Unit
- Comparing Stevenson and Steinbeck's attitudes to their travelling companions Study Guide
- Conceptualising travel writing and making predictions based on titles Study Guide
- Making inferences from two non-fiction texts Study Guide
- Using compound adjectives and analogies for effect in non-fiction writing Study Guide
- Using inverted sentence structures and chiasmus for effect Study Guide
- Writing a compelling account Study Guide
- Writing concise and developed comparisons of non-fiction texts Study Guide
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