Starter quiz
- Match the terms to their definitions.
- purpose⇔the aim of a text ✓
- audience⇔the person or people who read the text ✓
- layout⇔how the text is structured ✓
- Select which text types are examples of non-fiction.
- non-chronological report ✓
- narrative story
- journalistic report ✓
- essay ✓
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- Select the formal 'and' fronted adverbial.
- However,
- As a result,
- Fascinatingly,
- Moreover, ✓
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- Select the formal 'but' fronted adverbial.
- However, ✓
- As a result,
- Fascinatingly,
- Moreover,
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- Select the fronted adverbial of cause.
- However,
- As a result, ✓
- Fascinatingly,
- Moreover,
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- Select the viewpoint fronted adverbial.
- However,
- As a result,
- Fascinatingly, ✓
- Moreover,
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Exit quiz
- Match the terms to their definitions.
- primary information sources⇔original sources from the time period being studied ✓
- secondary information sources⇔sources that do not give original information ✓
- research⇔the detailed study of a subject ✓
- Select the primary sources of information.
- photographs taken at the time ✓
- an eye-witness account ✓
- a documentary about the subject
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- Select the secondary sources of information.
- a diary entry written by a person who was there at the time
- a ticket to the event being studied
- a film about the subject ✓
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- The Titanic was built in which city and country?
- Southampton, England
- Cherbourg, France
- Belfast, Northern Ireland ✓
- New York City, USA
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- The Titanic set sail in which year?
- 1901
- 1912 ✓
- 1914
- 1939
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- The Titanic struck __________ whilst sailing across the North Atlantic Ocean.
- another ship
- an iceberg ✓
- a rock
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Lesson Details
Key learning points
- Information can be gathered from a range of different sources (both primary and secondary).
- Journalists research the topic of their reports in order to write accurately about the topic.
- When conducting initial research, facts can be kept general.
Common misconception
Pupils may think that the Titanic departed on its maiden voyage from Belfast.
Explicit references should be made throughout the lesson to the maiden voyage beginning at Southampton.
Keywords
Research - the detailed study of a subject
Primary source - a source that gives original information from the time of the event
Secondary source - a source written or created after the event that gives information about it
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