Lesson Plans

Students learn to edit for concision by cutting redundancy and wordiness from a council report, then rewrite a sentence and argue a case succinctly.

Students learn the features of academic style, especially nominalisation, by studying a volunteering report, then turn informal notes into an academic abstract.

Students compare broadsheet and tabloid styles in news reports about library closures, then write one story in both styles.

Students practise paraphrasing without changing meaning and summarising the main points of a text, then write a short summary for a newsletter.

Students analyse rhetorical devices, like the rule of three and rhetorical questions, in a graduation speech, then write a short speech of their own.