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Week 1

Can you match the technique to its description and example?

RHETORICAL

QUESTION

Saying nice things about the reader to get

them on your side.

We all feel that…

Surely you can see…

TRIPLES

OPINION AS FACT

SUPERLATIVE

FLATTERY

PRONOUNS

To present beliefs as if they are factual truths.

To repeat an idea or image three times, usually in a slightly

different way.

A question designed to make the reader think;

doesn’t need an answer.

The fox is torn viciously apart by savage dogs.

You too can be beautiful.

Why would anyone want to hunt foxes with dogs?

Isn’t the solution obvious?

Hunting is evil, cruel and outdated.

Do it well, do it fast and do it now.

EMOTIVE

LANGUAGE

Adjective to imply the highest or lowest

quality.

As you are the sort of customer that

appreciates quality…

This is the best school in the area.

It is the worst book ever written.

Refers to people to identify the

reader/writer relationship.

Words and phrases to make the reader feel

something.

This is an excellent school.

Obviously, hunting is cruel.

Technique Description Example

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Week 2

When preparing a speech, you should choose a topic that you know a lot about.

School issues are relevant and you could be said to be experts on such topics as you

are affected by them every day.

Choose one of the following topics to discuss with a partner. Choose one heading and

try to write down your thoughts about it in the box below.

Uniform – for or against?

Is school uniform a good thing or a bad thing? Should it be changed? How?

Holidays

Are school holidays too long or too short? Should there be more or fewer school

holidays?

Homework

Is homework an important part of school life or should it be banned? Why?

Now fill in the following table with five bullet points for and five against the topic

you have chosen:

FOR AGAINST

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Week 3

Decide whether you are for or against the issue you have chosen and write a speech

to be given in a lower school assembly.

Remember you are speaking to people your own age and try to keep them interested

by using questions and humour.

Don’t use speech marks.

Some ideas:

Hello year 8. I am here today to talk about homework …

How many times have you woken up and thought ‘Oh no, I really don’t want

the holidays to end’?

Everybody knows that school uniform is a sensible option as it allows

everyone to be equal.

I suggest that homework should be changed in the following ways…

Write your speech here.

Continue overleaf

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Week 4

Complete the table below to help you plan your letter.

What was being a teenager like for you?

Think about your/friend’s experiences…what should your aunt look out for in

her own children?

What are the main challenges about being a teenager?

How can your aunt help support these challenges?

What are the challenges she may face bringing up a teenager? (use your mum’s

experiences)

What should she do about likely situations that are bound to arise?

Final…supportive comment …

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Week 5

Writing to Explain

Your aunt has two children, a boy and a girl, who are about to become

teenagers. She has asked you to explain to her, based on your own

experience of being a teenager, what she should look out for as her

children grow up, what you think are the main challenges of being and

bringing up a teenager and what she should do about the likely

situations that might arise. Write a letter to her explaining these things

and what you think she should do about typical situations that might

arise. Remember to:

write a letter

use language suitable to explain.

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Use this planning sheet to help you write a letter to your head teacher:

The school has decided to ban all TV’s within the school …..

Opening statement….What you think about his decision…

Argument 1: Why you need them …overall. How valuable they are to your learning /

progress; Eng, Sci, Geo etc

Argument 2: What you think will happen to your education if you don’t have TV’s in

the school? Think about all pupils within the school …. Who will suffer most?

Argument 3: Teaching of the past / future.

Try and suggest an alternative solution or compromise.

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Rhetorical Questions:

Facts and Figures:

Reported Speech:

Repetition:

Emotive language:

Any thing else:

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Week 6

Writing To Persuade

1. Your Headteacher has decided not to spend any more money

on buying televisions for use in school classrooms. Write a

letter persuading him or her that television plays a very

important part in your education.