Which charity advert
has the most
effect on you?
Lesson 4 – Missing Link
By the end of the lesson...
ALL of you will be able to select relevant information from the novel RAF 2MOST of you will be able to produce a text that is appropriate to the reader and purpose WAF 2SOME of you will be able to select appropriate and effective vocabulary that can persuade your audience WAF 7
Read on to the end of page 201) How many places does Link visit to try to gain employment?2) Which places does Link visit?3) Why do you think that he cannot find a job?4) What does Link live on? Why do you think this is?5) How much money does Link have left?6) What is the problem that he faces?7) How does Link respond to the landlord's demand?8) Why do you think that he does this?9) What situation did Link think that he was in last week? How is this different from the situation that he finds himself in now?10) What is there in this chapter to suggest that Link is both a reasonable and a kind person?
Summarise the story of Link
• Imagine you work for the charity Shelter. • You want to run a campaign to make people aware
of how easy it is for ordinary youngsters to end up homeless.
• You decide that one of the things on the campaign leaflet will be the story of one young person’s experience.
• You have to tell Link’s story in no more than 300 words.
A successful summary will
• Tell Link’s story in THIRD PERSON NARRATIVE.• Be no longer than 300 words.• Include each important step that led him to
become homeless in London.• Make the reader feel sympathy for Link.• Be written in structured paragraphs.
You could begin like this….
Swap Books...
Check their writing. Does it:Tell Link’s story in THIRD PERSON NARRATIVE?Include each important step that led him to
become homeless in London?Make the reader feel sympathy for Link?Is it: No longer than 300 words?Written in structured paragraphs?
Are you able to...
...select relevant information from the novel? RAF 2...produce work that is appropriate to the reader and purpose? WAF 2...select appropriate and effective vocabulary that can persuade your audience? WAF 7