Text English Book 1 Teacher Guide
Unit 2 News
2
News
Lesson plan
10 Arguing a case
Resources needed: Student sheet 2.27;
Electronic activity: Apostrophes of
possession; Electronic activity: Apostrophe
for contraction (abbreviation)
Student Book pages 52–53
Lesson aims: By the end of this lesson students should be able to identify how a writer argues
a case
Curriculum: Confident individuals – providing an environment where students can develop
confidence and logical arguments through discussing responses to texts.
Framework Objectives
Cross-curricular links
6.2b recognise and comment on how
writers’ choices and techniques have an
effect on readers; 8.2a use punctuation
accurately.
NA
Starter (15 minutes)
Electronic activity: Apostrophes of possession Students first identify whether apostrophes
are correctly placed in example sentences, before an activity to punctuate an unpunctuated
sentence with apostrophes of possession.
Electronic activity: Apostrophe for contraction (abbreviation) Students first identify
whether apostrophes are correctly placed in example words, before choosing between three
contracted spellings of the same words to identify the correctly spelt ones.
Development (35 minutes)
Activity 1 Ask students to read the article, then answer question 2; take feedback. Point out
that there is no definitive answer to which are key points; as long as students can argue a
reasonable case, their point is valid. Students then answer questions 3 and 4. Draw the
general conclusion that facts are used to support arguments and opinions are used to influence
the reader. Students then answer questions 5 and 6. Point out that this builds on earlier work
on bias and presenting a point of view in Lessons 8 and 9.
Plenary (10 minutes)
Ask students to write one short paragraph on the subject: ‘Cruelty to students is on the
increase’, using as many of the language techniques from Activity 1 as possible. Ask for
volunteers to read their paragraphs, then the rest of the class to identify the techniques used.
Can they spot them all?
Homework
Sharpen your skills: Apostrophes of possession, Student Book page 53. Students could
annotate Student sheet 2.27 with their answers.
Plan and activities
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