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Newspaper reports

see Reports

Non-chronological reports

see Reports

Notes (see also summarising)

making clear notes - purposes of/for notes; different audiences; key words/points

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ways of writing ideas, messages, in shortened forms

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note-making, revise/extend work from previous term; using abbreviations

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writing notes matched to intended reader

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note making by editing down a sentence

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annotating and selecting key headings, words or sentences

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making short notes; filling out brief notes into connected prose

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using simple abbreviations in note making

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note making for different purposes

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discuss purposes of note-taking

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using notes in their own writing or speaking

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making notes as preparation for storytelling

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making notes ‘in your own words’; when to copy, quote, adapt

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converting personal notes into notes for others

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filleting passages for relevant information

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Persuasive writing

features of; how style/vocabulary are used to convince reader

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read & evaluate advertisements; compare/evaluate arguments and discussions

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present a point of view, linking points persuasively (use writing frames if necessary)

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design advertisement using linguistic/other features of adverts

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construct/evaluate an argument in note form/full text to persuade others

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reading text which informs and persuades

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collect and investigate; identify how opinion can be disguised as fact

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how arguments are constructed to be effective; writing effective arguments

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writing a balanced report of a controversial issue

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Playscripts

read, prepare and present/perform a playscript

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write playscripts based on reading/oral work

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compare playscripts with prose

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chart build-up of a scene in a play

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compare organisation of scripts with stories

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writing playscripts

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writing playscripts, applying conventions

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writing an evaluation

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annotating a section of a playscript for performance

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building tension, communicating character in words/gesture

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conventions of scripting, writing, applying conventions

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prepare a short section of story as a script

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compare/evaluate printed version of a script with film/TV version

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