Evaluating how two non-fiction writers express their opinions
I can evaluate how two writers take a stand and express strong opinions in their writing.
Evaluating how two non-fiction writers express their opinions
I can evaluate how two writers take a stand and express strong opinions in their writing.
These resources will be removed by end of Summer Term 2025.
Lesson details
Key learning points
- When writers take a stand, they often include elements such as personal anecdote, experts and politics.
- Using Aristotle’s triad of logos, ethos and pathos can help strengthen a point of view.
- When we evaluate texts, we need to measure them against specific criteria.
- Evaluation means looking at the validity of the content and the quality of the writing.
Keywords
Empathy - the ability to share someone else’s feelings as if they are your own
Authority - the power to influence others through specialised knowledge or status
Contentious - likely to cause disagreement or argument
Strategy - a plan of action designed to achieve a long-term or overall aim
Tactics - action carefully planned to achieve a specific end
Common misconception
Students often think that to evaluate something is to say whether or not you like it.
Keep reminding them of the criteria. Does a text measure up to a standard being set?
Equipment
You need access to two articles: ‘My Suffragette grandmothers are now seen as heroes. Today’s climate protesters will be too’ from ‘The Guardian’ and ‘Just Stop Oil protesters from ‘The Speaker’.
Content guidance
- Depiction or discussion of violence or suffering
Supervision
Adult supervision required
Licence
Lesson video
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Starter quiz
6 Questions
an anecdote from your childhood or a story about your family.
an interview with an engineer or town planner
a debate in the House of Commons
Exit quiz
6 Questions
understanding
expertise
controversial
plan
methods