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Resource ID 105262

KS4 English

Writing (Composition)
General Writing for Purpose and Audience
"Robin Hill Reporter!"
Key Stage ED Squirrel
Resource Title
"Robin Hill Reporter!"
This resource is part of a collection with the following variants:

105261 - KS4 Low Ability

105262 - KS4 Mid Ability [THIS DOCUMENT]

105263 - KS4 High Ability

Précis

Students study the conventions of article writing and then produce their own article based on their Robin Hill experience.

Contextual Summary


This is a post-visit English writing resource that engages students with their visit to Robin Hill Country Park. The resource task enables them to practise their journalistic skills. Students are asked to identify literary features in a similar text and then to write to persuade in an engaging way, using their experiences at Robin Hill as their stimulus material.

Key Skills Practised
  • Writing to inform and persuade
  • Using paragraphs
  • Incorporating a variety of sentence structures
  • Cohesion techniques using conjunctions
  • Choosing language for positive effect
  • Using ICT
Learning Opportunities

Pre-Visit

Students could study sample articles that feature Island attractions to understand key features and conventions. „ The task could be discussed in class prior to the trip so students are bearing this in mind when on their visit, focusing on their creative responses during their experience at Robin Hill. „ During the visit students could make notes on what they see with particular reference to how the different areas may be described in a positive way..

On-Site

During the visit students could make notes on what they see with particular reference to how the different areas may be described in a positive way. They may also take photographs for use with their article.

Post-Visit

Completion of the English: Writing resource/s linked to this document

Learning Outcomes

Students will show evidence of their ability to identify relevant features in a text and demonstrate their own skills in using appropriate devices to inform and engage their audience.

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