Using dialogue effectively

English

Exploring attitudes to teenagers across time

Applying reading strategies to non-fiction texts

Comparing ideas and advice on love in different centuries

Exploring how love has changed over time

Exploring vivid childhood accounts

Using juxtaposition and foreshadowing in childhood accounts

Understanding and planning open letters

Writing an open letter

Using and understanding irony in non-fiction writing

Writing humorously

Analysing a dramatic description of an event

Structural methods in a dramatic account

Withholding information and timing revelations

Analysing and improving an article

Using credible expert views in a non-fiction article

Planning an effective article

Writing an effective article

In 'Non-Fiction: Teenage Kicks', pupils evaluate how authors use language, to express similar or differing viewpoints. In 'Non-Fiction: Explorers', pupils analyse how historical or social context may lead to authors having differing views, on the same topics.

In 'Non-Fiction: Changing Views', pupils compare language choices used in non-fiction texts. In 'Non-Fiction: Teenage Kicks', pupils evaluate how authors use language to expresses similar or differing viewpoints.

In this unit, pupils develop their non-fiction reading and writing skills by looking at a collection of non-fiction texts about the theme of teenagers. They first build towards writing an open letter, before then looking at how they can write nuanced and sophisticated articles in an original voice.

Non-fiction: teenage kicks

Match the words on the left with their synonyms on the right.

a conversation between two characters in a story

the thoughts and reflections of a character shared with the reader

a discussion among multiple characters in a group

the way the readers say the dialogue out loud

Which of the following is the best definition of internal dialogue?

Using dialogue is best for: building tension, showing change, illustrating themes, revealing personality and ...

In the Prologue to 'The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind', the attitude of the crowd moves from {{}} to awe. 

Which of the following can help you generate ideas for a narrative?

 the character's physical appearance and traits

the character's background and historical context

the character's interactions with other characters

 the reasons behind the character's actions and decisions

When we talk about a character's motivations, what do we mean?

to test that he had learned physics correctly

What was the purpose of William Kamkwamba's windmill in 'The Boy who Harnessed the Wind'?

How old was William Kamkwamba when he built the windmill as detailed in  'The Boy who Harnessed the Wind'?

Where is the village setting in the book 'The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind'?

What word beginning with 'D' refers to conversation between characters?

Which of the following best defines the term "narrator"?

a conversation between characters in a text

Which of the following is the best definition of 'dialogue'?

Starter Quiz

What was the purpose of William Kamkwamba's windmill in 'The Boy who Harnessed the Wind'?