Year 9 · English · beta
Women's rights across the ages: non-fiction reading and writing
In this unit, pupils read a wide range of non-fiction texts from across history that are centered around the topic of women's rights. They first read a range of texts and identify key themes and techniques within them, before then planning, writing, re-drafting and delivering their own speech.
This is an attributed Oak National Academy lesson sequence, not a completed or academically approved DASKEREL course. Supporting transcripts may depend on video, images, practical equipment or teacher explanation. Follow each lesson’s supervision guidance. For religious education and RSHE, follow the school’s syllabus, policy and safeguarding procedures.
Prior knowledge
- Pupils can decode short pieces of challenging text, which contain archaic language and offer their meaning
- Pupils can use connectives for comparison
- Pupils can draw evidence from two separate texts, to draw together relevant points of comparison and contrast
- Pupils know the conventions of newspaper articles and speeches
- Pupils are able to use appropriate conventions of persuasive writing
- Pupils understand the idea of the text as a construct and can express the writer's viewpoint
Source curriculum references
- Read increasingly challenging material independently
- Understanding increasingly challenging texts through learning new vocabulary
- Read critically through making critical comparisons across texts
- Planning for a particular audience
- Planning for a particular purpose
- Editing spelling, punctuation and grammar of writing
- Studying the impact of grammar features of texts
- Participating in formal debates and discussions
Oak source metadata. DASKEREL has not independently verified school-level coverage.
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