Year 9 - English
Exploring autobiographical texts
Women's rights across the ages: non-fiction reading and writing
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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 identify and explain how personal texts use language features to create effects.
Key Notes
- Forms of personal texts include: letters, diaries, autobiographies, memoirs and travelogues.
- Writers of autobiographies will use literary devices to convey emotions and document events in detail.
- Features of autobiographical writing include: first person, past tense, use of descriptive and emotive language.
- Mary Seacole effectively conveys the horror of war through her use of vivid imagery.
- Seacole's use of first person and emotive language create an intimate and authentic account of war.
Vocabulary To Learn
- form: in writing, this refers to the structure, format or genre of a text
- literary: relating to literature or written works, especially those considered to have artistic or intellectual value
- autobiographical: a piece of writing in which the author tells the story of their own life
- first person: a point of view in writing where the narrator refers to themselves using pronouns like 'I' or 'we'
Common Mistakes To Avoid
- Autobiographies are not considered literary or forms of literature.
3 Quick Questions (With Answers)
1. Explain this English learning goal in two key points.
Forms of personal texts include: letters, diaries, autobiographies, memoirs and travelogues. Writers of autobiographies will use literary devices to convey emotions and document events in detail.
2. Define this language term and use it in a sentence. 'form'
in writing, this refers to the structure, format or genre of a text.
3. Correct this common English misunderstanding.
Mistake: Autobiographies are not considered literary or forms of literature. Correction: Just like other forms of writing, writers of autobiographies will use literary devices to convey emotions and document events in detail.
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- Creating comparative analytical paragraphs Study Guide
- Creating layered language analysis Study Guide
- Developing a viewpoint using structural features Study Guide
- Developing analytical responses Study Guide
- Discussing historical and societal attitudes Study Guide
- Exploring a non-fiction text with multiple perspectives Study Guide
- Exploring historical attitudes and perspectives in non-fiction texts Study Guide
- Exploring historical perspectives of men Study Guide
- Identifying and analysing a writer's perspective Study Guide
- Identifying and exploring complex ideas in a text Study Guide
- Persuasive writing: using credible and effective rhetorical devices Study Guide
- Planning an analytical response Study Guide
- Preparing and delivering a powerful speech Study Guide
- Preparing to write a persuasive speech Study Guide
- Re-drafting a persuasive speech Study Guide
- Reading and forming opinions on a 19th century text Study Guide
- Understanding what makes a persuasive speech Study Guide
- Varying sentences and using anecdotes to express a viewpoint Study Guide
- Writing a speech: openings and closings Study Guide
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