Year 9 - English
Preparing to write a persuasive speech
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 create a plan that helps you to structure and prepare to write the first draft of a persuasive speech.
Key Notes
- Considering the purpose, audience and form of writing can help you begin to make choices about language and structure.
- Thinking about your own opinions and knowledge of a topic can help generate initial ideas.
- You should consider the overall structure of your writing before breaking it down into more detailed plans.
- Single paragraph outlines provide an effective and efficient way to plan writing.
Vocabulary To Learn
- impressive: to cause admiration or awe. It means something is really good and makes you go 'wow!'
- elaborate: to add more detail or information to something
- appropriate: suitable for a particular purpose or situation
- sophisticated: to be complex, advanced or refined
Common Mistakes To Avoid
- Mind mapping is the only way to plan a piece of writing.
3 Quick Questions (With Answers)
1. Explain this English learning goal in two key points.
Considering the purpose, audience and form of writing can help you begin to make choices about language and structure. Thinking about your own opinions and knowledge of a topic can help generate initial ideas.
2. Define this language term and use it in a sentence. 'impressive'
to cause admiration or awe. It means something is really good and makes you go 'wow!'.
3. Correct this common English misunderstanding.
Mistake: Mind mapping is the only way to plan a piece of writing. Correction: Mind mapping is a good place to start, but isn't always useful for considering structure. Using single paragraph outlines is an effective way to ensure a cohesive stricture and a clearly developed line of argument.
More Lessons In This Unit
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- 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
- 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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