Comparing and evaluating non-fiction texts
I can write comparative topic sentences.
Comparing and evaluating non-fiction texts
I can write comparative topic sentences.
Lesson details
Key learning points
- Comparing one text to another can often help you evaluate it more clearly.
- You can compare what each writer chose to write about, and how they chose to write about it.
- The opening of comparative paragraphs could start with a topic sentence which states the paragraph’s main idea.
- The next sentences of a comparative paragraph could focus on the differences between the two texts you wish to compare.
Common misconception
You can't compare different text types to each other. For example, an article to a memoir.
By comparing different forms, we can often come to understand why a writer chose a particular text type more deeply - what this particular text type allowed them to do or convey to the reader.
Keywords
Form - the type of text a writer uses; an article, letter and speech are all examples.
Method - the tools a writer uses to create their work; structure, form and language are perhaps the most significant examples.
Evaluate - to consider something carefully and make a judgement about it.
First person - written from the writer’s perspective using pronouns like ‘I’, ‘we’, ‘me’.
Third person - the writer is not a person in the text using pronouns like ‘she’, ‘he’, ‘they’.
Equipment
You will need the extract from 'Around the World in 72 Days' and the article 'Megan Hine: the woman who helps keep Bear Grylls safe' available from the additional materials.
Content guidance
- Depiction or discussion of discriminatory behaviour
Supervision
Adult supervision recommended
Licence
This content is © Oak National Academy Limited (2024), licensed on Open Government Licence version 3.0 except where otherwise stated. See Oak's terms & conditions (Collection 2).
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