What is this? Who is it aimed at?

Big Picture

• For you GCSE, you will need to be able to write a range of texts, such as-

• Formal & Informal Letters• Reviews• Articles• Speeches• Leaflets• Reports

LO: to be able to write an article for a teen audience

Know what GAP means and why it’s important

Identify the key features of an article

and use them to plan your own

To write your own opening of an article for a teen audience

New title: Genre, Audience, Purpose

and Articles

Genre: WHAT is the text?

Audience: WHO will be reading the text?

Purpose: WHY has it been written?

Know what GAP means and why it’s important

• We’re going to pass around 6 texts, for each one, write down the GENRE, AUDIENCE and PURPOSE in your book

• Challenge: How might you link the language used to the audience?

Know what GAP means and why it’s important

Genre, audience and purpose means ____

Know what GAP means and why it’s important

• You have been given an article about teenage smoking

• Question: what makes it an effective article? Think about-

• The TONE of the article• The WORDS used to suit the audience• The ways that the author BEGINS

SENTENCES

Identify the key features of an article

and use them to plan your own

• Write an article about the pressures of school

for a teen magazine

• Stage 1: ideas- what’s going in what paragraph?

• Stage 2: opening paragraph- how will you open it up?

• Stage 3: write the rest…

Identify the key features of an article

and use them to plan your own

• Write the opening paragraph for your article

• Whenever we hear the words, ‘__’ we automatically think ___

• School is ___. Simple as that.• As a teenager, I find school ___• Without a doubt, life in a modern

school is ____.

To write your own opening of an article for a teen audience

Home Learning

• Write the rest of your article for next Monday

•Showbie class code: R636T