Year 9 - English
Varying sentences and using anecdotes to express a viewpoint
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 effectively express a viewpoint in an engaging and persuasive way.
Key Notes
- When expressing a viewpoint in a persuasive piece of writing, it's important to create a rapport with the audience.
- Considering your tone can help to engage and persuade your audience.
- Using a range of sentence types can help you create subtle changes of tone throughout your writing.
- Anecdotes are a useful way to engage your audience.
- An effective anecdote will not be too long and link to your viewpoint.
Vocabulary To Learn
- persuasive: ability to convince someone to do or think something
- rapport: a connection or bond with someone
- alienating: causing individuals or groups of people to feel left out or isolated
- confrontational: acting or behaving in a way that directly challenges someone, often leading to conflict
- inclusive: to involve and welcome everyone
Common Mistakes To Avoid
- When writing about serious issues, the main tone of your writing should be angry and confrontational.
3 Quick Questions (With Answers)
1. Explain this English learning goal in two key points.
When expressing a viewpoint in a persuasive piece of writing, it's important to create a rapport with the audience. Considering your tone can help to engage and persuade your audience.
2. Define this language term and use it in a sentence. 'persuasive'
ability to convince someone to do or think something.
3. Correct this common English misunderstanding.
Mistake: When writing about serious issues, the main tone of your writing should be angry and confrontational. Correction: Think about what engages you. An audience is far more likely to be engaged if they feel like they have a rapport with the speaker.
More Lessons In This Unit
- Comparing and evaluating non-fiction texts Study Guide
- Comparing the presentation of perspectives in non-fiction texts Study Guide
- Comparing tone and language choices in non-fiction texts Study Guide
- Considering alternative perspectives of war in non-fiction texts Study Guide
- Considering non-verbal features in presenting a speech Study Guide
- 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 autobiographical texts 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
- Writing a speech: openings and closings Study Guide
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