Biographies and Autobiographies

23 slides

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• What are Biographies and Autobiographies?;
• A Biography of David Beckham;
• A Biography of Britney Spears;
• A Biography of William Shakespeare;
• A Biography of the Queen;
• A Biography of Winston Churchill;
• An Autobiography of Charlie Smith, Aged 10
• An Autobiography of Chloe Winters, Aged 10

Newspapers

17 slides

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• What are Newspaper Stories?
• Analysing Newspaper Stories;
• Matching Headlines to Stories;
• Matching Stories to Headlines;
• Sample: The Smoking Chimpanzee;
• Sample: Alien Seen at School;
• Sample: The Football Tournament;
• Sample: Churchyard Spooks.

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Writing to Argue a Point

24 slides

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Balanced Samples of Writing About:

• Fox Hunting (letters of persuasion);
• Whether to Build a New Supermarket (Articles);
• Whether to Ban Mobile Phones (School Council Articles);
• How We Travel to School (Letters of Persuasion).

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Formal Writing:
Tour Guides

27 slides

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• What is a Tour Guide?
• What are the Features of a Tour Guide?
• Sample: A Tour Around a Farm;
• Sample: A Tour Around a School;
• A Tour Guide to Brighton Pier;
• A Tour Guide to The Weald and Downland Open Air Museum;
• A Tour Guide to Drusillas Zoo.

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• Examples of Personification;
• Examples of Metaphors;
• Six Illustrated Poems Using Personification;
• Eight Illustrated Poems Using Imagery.

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Revision

33 slides

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Revision and Samples of:

• Instructional Texts;
• Persuasive Texts;
• Explanatory Texts;
• Information Texts;
• Recount Texts;
• Non-Chronological Reports;
• Playscripts;
• Perfecting Punctuation.

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Features of
Non-Fiction Genres

7 slides

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A revision of how to write non-fiction genres. Includes:

• Instructions;
• Persuasion;
• Explanation;
• Non-Chronological Reports;
• Recount;
• Discussion.

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