Exploring attitudes to teenagers across time

English

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.

Non-fiction: teenage kicks

In which decade did the term 'teenager' come to use?

The earliest references to teenagers focused on them as ...

that they must enter employment after their thirteenth birthday

Which idea regarding teenagers has remained relatively stable over time?

the extent to which you get along with someone

Match each part of this article title to its purpose: 'Flawless filter: how social media is fuelling teenagers' perfectionism'.

Teens behind screens: internet idols are raising our next generation

Teenagers are too obsessed with social media!

You no longer have the biggest influence over your kids!

Which of the below is the most engaging article title?

What topic is most stereotypically relevant for modern teenagers?

What is the purpose of a colon in a sentence?

when two adjacent words end with the same letter

when two nearby words begin with the same sound

a line in poetry with a pause in the middle of the line

a phrase, often figurative, commonly used in a particular population

a phrase comparing two things using the words 'like' or 'as'

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