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Year 9 - English

Comparing and evaluating non-fiction texts

Women's rights across the ages: non-fiction reading and writing

Unit Summary

In this unit, pupils read a wide range of non-fiction texts from across history that are centered around the topic of women's rights. They first read a range of texts and identify key themes and techniques within them, before then planning, writing, re-drafting and delivering their own speech.

Lesson Summary

You will learn to write comparative topic sentences.

Key Notes

  • Comparing one text to another can often help you evaluate it more clearly.
  • You can compare what each writer chose to write about, and how they chose to write about it.
  • The opening of comparative paragraphs could start with a topic sentence which states the paragraph's main idea.
  • The next sentences of a comparative paragraph could focus on the differences between the two texts you wish to compare.

Vocabulary To Learn

  • form: the type of text a writer uses; an article, letter and speech are all examples.
  • method: the tools a writer uses to create their work; structure, form and language are perhaps the most significant examples.
  • evaluate: to consider something carefully and make a judgement about it.
  • first person: written from the writer's perspective using pronouns like 'I', 'we', 'me'.
  • third person: the writer is not a person in the text using pronouns like 'she', 'he', 'they'.

Common Mistakes To Avoid

  • You can't compare different text types to each other. For example, an article to a memoir.

3 Quick Questions (With Answers)

1. Explain this English learning goal in two key points.

Comparing one text to another can often help you evaluate it more clearly. You can compare what each writer chose to write about, and how they chose to write about it.

2. Define this language term and use it in a sentence. 'form'

the type of text a writer uses; an article, letter and speech are all examples.

3. Correct this common English misunderstanding.

Mistake: You can't compare different text types to each other. For example, an article to a memoir. Correction: By comparing different forms, we can often come to understand why a writer chose a particular text type more deeply - what this particular text type allowed them to do or convey to the reader.

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