Strathmore Secondary College
Year 9 English 2013
Introductory Lesson to Year 9 English
Date: January 31st
Goals:
To familiarise myself with the year 9 course
outline
To reflect on my strengths and weaknesses in
this subject
Year 9 English
Teacher’s Name: Ms Smith
Semester One Course Outline
1. Persuasive Writing
2. Text Study: The Simple Gift
3. Poetry
4. Writing Folio
5. Oral Presentations
(Copy this into your work books)
Three Rules for My Classroom
1. Come to class prepared and willing to learn
(correct resources, completion of homework
and appropriate attitude)
2. Raise your hand when you wish to share
something with the class.
3. No movement around the class without
permission.
Presentation
• Workbook or Folder for English
– Date each lesson
– Copy Goal
– Sub-headings for starter and tasks
– Rule off at the end or start of each lesson
– Blue or black pen only
– Paste in handouts
Task:
List 3 things you enjoyed about English in year
8
List 4 things you were good at in English in
year 8
List 4 things you were not so good at in year 8
English
1. List 5 areas you would like to improve in during your
year of year 9 English.
2. For each area, list how you will go about improving
Area I want to improve
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
What I need to do to improve
Writing Task:
Task: You are required to write a descriptive piece in
which you tell me about yourself.
You need to include information about:
• your personality
• Your interests
• your strengths and weaknesses as a student
• your goals for 2013
As you are writing, pay careful attention to paragraphs,
spelling, punctuation, grammar, interesting vocabulary,
repetition
Length: Approx. 400 words
Due Date: Friday February 1st
Accessing Prior Learning
1. What is the aim of a persuasive piece?
What are the different types of persuasive
pieces?
2. Make a list of as many persuasive devices as
you can remember.
Pair Share
Feedback
You’ve made the list now see if you
can match the term to its definition
Activity: Match the term to its definition
Term
Emotive Language
Match the term to
Inclusive Language
Imagery
Connotation
Definition
An idea or meaning suggested by or
associated with a word or thing.
its
Thedefinition
associated or secondary meaning of
a word or expression in addition to its
explicit or primary meaning. For
example: “home” is “a place of warmth,
comfort, and affection.”
The use of vivid or figurative language
to represent objects, actions, or ideas
often creating an image in the reader’s
mind.
Use of we, our, we all know
Language that causes an emotional
response. Use of ‘loaded’ adjectives.
Term
Definition
Emotive Language
Language that causes an emotional
response. Use of ‘loaded’ adjectives.
Inclusive Language
Imagery
Use of we, our, we all know
The use of vivid or figurative language
to represent objects, actions, or ideas
often creating an image in the reader’s
mind.
An idea or meaning suggested by or
associated with a word or thing.
The associated or secondary meaning
of a word or expression in addition to
its explicit or primary meaning. For
example: “home” is “a place of warmth,
comfort, and affection.”
Connotation
Applying your knowledge
Copy and label the headlines as either emotive,
inclusive, imagery and connotation
• Rebels without a cause
• A bright future crushed
• Our lives becoming squeezy
• Royals open their hearts
• Fallen Digger honoured as ‘one of the very best’
• Family massacred
• Extension: write your own examples
Reflection
• What have I learnt about argumentative writing today?
Homework:
Access
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/games/englis
h/index.shtml
Have your parents sign your planner to show that you
have accessed the site.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AJ2IVKruQSw
Watch and list the tips provided in your own words.
Aim: To analyse an effective speech
To identify persuasive devices and
employ them in our writing
• Starter: Make a list of persuasive devices
OLD MAJOR (Animal Farm)
• "Now, comrades, what is the nature of this life of
ours? Let us face it: our lives are miserable,
laborious, and short. We are born, we are given just
so much food as will keep the breath in our bodies,
and those of us who are capable of it are forced to
work to the last atom of our strength; and the very
instant that our usefulness has come to an end we
are slaughtered with hideous cruelty. No animal in
England knows the meaning of happiness or leisure
after he is a year old. No animal in England is free.
The life of an animal is misery and slavery: that is the
plain truth.”
Now look for persuasive devices in the
second part of his speech.
• Find:
Rule of 3
Rhetorical Questions
Emotive language
Hyperbole (exaggeration)
Forceful phrases
Repetition
Personal pronouns
• "But is this simply part of the order of nature? Is it because this land
of ours is so poor that it cannot afford a decent life to those who
dwell upon it? No, comrades, a thousand times no! The soil of
England is fertile, its climate is good, it is capable of affording food
in abundance to an enormously greater number of animals than
now inhabit it. This single farm of ours would support a dozen
horses, twenty cows, hundreds of sheep–and all of them living in a
comfort and a dignity that are now almost beyond our imagining.
Why then do we continue in this miserable condition? Because
nearly the whole of the produce of our labour is stolen from us by
human beings. There, comrades, is the answer to all our problems.
It is summed up in a single word–Man. Man is the only real enemy
we have. Remove Man from the scene, and the root cause of
hunger and overwork is abolished for ever.”
Should school uniforms be banned?
Yes (For)
NO (against)
What is your contention?
• Uniforms should be banned.
• Uniforms should not be banned.
Select three points to include in the body of your essay.
Include some of the persuasive devices from your list.
Extension refute one of the opposing arguments (those who
support/or oppose claim that….This, however, is not the
case…)
Write to convince a reader of your opinion.
• Start with an introduction (an introduction lets a reader
know what you are going to write about).
• Write your opinion on the topic (Give reasons for your
opinion. Explain your reasons)
• Finish with a conclusion (A conclusion sums up your writing
so that a reader is convinced of your opinion)
Twenty Minutes of Silent Writing
Peer Assess
• www
• ebi
• Is there a clear contention?
• Does the writer manage to persuade you?
Why/not?
• Hand in for assessment.
To evaluate an argumentative essay
• Page 135 of English Alive 2
• Write their own
To identify aspects of persuasive
language
• Starter:
How would you convince me to take to you to
the movies?
How would you persuade your parents to take
you to the movies?
(what devices would you use?)
Me
Parents
Similarities
What differences did you notice?
• How did your intended audience affect your
choices?
• Page 59 English Mosaic 4
Analysing and Writing Arguments
• Violent computer/video games should be
banned
• Harry Potter should be banned
• Over protective parenting
• Persuade your teacher to take you to the
movies
• NAPLAN prompts
• http://www.nap.edu.au/verve/_resources/NA
PLAN2011_prompt__caged_animals_final.pdf
ISSUE: Smoking should be banned in public
outdoor areas
Intro 1
Smoking should be banned because is polluting
the air, other people have to breathe it and is
makes a mess.
Is this an effective introduction? Does it
engage the audience? Does it start to persuade
you…?
How can you improve it?
Write a better introduction for this issue.
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Think about…
‘Voice’ – whose perspective are you writing
from?
Tone – what ‘mood’ do you want to use?
Emotive language – how will play on the reader’s
emotions?
Appeals – what are you appealing to in the
reader – desire to be healthy, care for
environment
Inclusive language
Intro 2
It is essential that smoking is eradicated
immediately from public outdoor areas in order to
protect the health of our society and environment,
and to enable everyone to enjoy the beauty of our
public spaces. Do you think it’s fair that we should
all suffer so that a few can continue this habbit?
Copy this into your book. Underline and annotate
(write a note beside the underlined part) the
contention, and the key arguments.
In a different colour, underline and annotate the
persuasive devices used.
Sample Topic sentence: Smoking in public places is bad for
people’s health
BORING!!!!!
How can you make this topic sentence better? Write
your own – using persuasive devices
Sample Topic Sentence: Until the government
improves legislation, public areas such as
gardens, outdoor eating areas and sporting
events are unfairly and unnecessarily hazardous
to our health, due to polluted air caused by
smokers.
What makes this a stronger topic sentence
compared to the first example?
Write out this example and underline and
annotate the techniques.