Reading non-fiction

Finding information and understanding how it is presented

Lesson objectives:

• To learn how to select relevant details from an extract and present them in a relevant way

• To understand how texts present an impression or image of their subject

Challenge...

• You’ve been chosen to represent Bear Grylls at a press conference. Trouble is, you don’t know anything about him...

• You have 5 minutes to read the article on Bear Grylls, survival expert. You need to compile a LIST of all the things you learn about his career so you can be ready for your interview. You should aim for about 10 things.

Let the ‘grilling’ begin...

Facing facts...

• You may know all the facts, but what kind of person is Bear Grylls? What impression does this article give of him?

However...

• An article appeared in late 2007, entitled, which created an entirely different impression:

How Bear Grylls the Born Survivor roughed it - in

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How Bear Grylls the Born Survivor roughed it - in

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Reminds readers of how he has

been described

Assumes that until now,

readers thought he was really ‘roughing’ it

After reminding us of our previous opinion

of Bear, it only emphasises his

deception further. Slightly sarcastic

Task

• Read through the article and complete the chart. You need to:• Say what impressions are given of

Bear Grylls and Channel Four• Explain what is said about them, as

well as how it is said