Cambridge Secondary 1 Checkpoint Phase 2 (Stage 9)

Action Plan:

Reading:

Non-Fiction:

Making notes when investigating a text. Methods of making notes

Locate, retrieve, and compare information and ideas from a selection of texts. Comparing information

Understand the features and functions of travel writing.

Understand the features and functions of advertising copy.

Understand the features and functions of reference books and encyclopaedias.

Understand the features and functions of news reports.

Understand the features and functions of leaflets.

Understand differences between formal and informal style. Formal style Informal style

Fiction and Poetry:

Interpret texts, with supporting points and textual evidence. PEEL Method and examples

Analyse how writers would use a range of literary features, and how they create effects on different readers. Literary features How literary features create effects

Understand how words are used for different purposes, e.g. to create atmosphere, to persuade the reader.

The structures of different poetical forms. Understand the impact of vocabulary and meaning through the selection of appropriate quotations. Poetical forms Connotation and denotation Structuring and writing a poetic analysis

Writing:

Fiction:

Link ideas and planning choices to a clear sense of task, purpose, and audience. Writing narrative fiction Writing descriptive fiction

Shape and craft language within paragraphs, and structure ideas between them, to achieve particular effects with purpose and audience in mind.

Establish and sustain character, point of view, and voice in fiction writing. Character Point of view Voice

Non-Fiction:

Writing to analyse, review, and comment. Poetical forms Poetical forms Poetical forms

Writing persuasively. Writing persuasively in a letter Writing persuasively in a script for a commercial Writing persuasively in an essay

Writing argumentatively. Features of argumentative writing Forms of argumentative writing Write persuasively in a letter

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