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Reading Non-Fiction 1. Skills @KS4. Health. In this session you will:. Read and respond critically to an article/point of view and discuss the points made. links. Today’s article. Can actors lose too much weight for roles?. Essential Questions.
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Reading Non-Fiction 1 Skills @KS4 Health
In this session you will: Read and respond critically to an article/point of view and discuss the points made links
Today’s article Can actors lose too much weight for roles?
Essential Questions • Whose point of view is the article from? How do you know? • What is the purpose of the article? How do you know? • How does the article make you feel about the issues of weight loss? • Do you think it is right that actors should have to lose weight for acting roles? • Can you explain what ‘bias’ is?
Word Search • Highlight or underline the words in this article which reveal a negative attitude towards actors losing weight • Make a list of the words in your books • How are these words used to create bias?
Reading Non-Fiction 2 Skills @KS4 Health
In this session you will: Read and respond critically to a report/point of view and discuss the points made links
Today’s article Laughing Could Kill Me
Essential Questions • What is the connection to Lisa Corke’s grandfather? • What is the syndrome that Lisa has and what happens to someone who has it? • Why does it happen? • Can you summarise Long QT in one or two sentences for someone who has never heard of it?
Reading Non-Fiction 3 Skills @KS4 Health
In this session you will: Read and respond critically to an article/point of view and discuss the points made links
Today’s article The Tell-Tale Bacteria
After reading the article… • What is forensics? • How did scientists use a computer keyboard to test their theory? • Work with a partner to create the draft of a pamphlet that warns potential criminals of ‘tell-tale bacteria’ to be placed in visible areas. Use all 4 power words.
Reading Non-Fiction 4 Skills @KS4 Health
In this session you will: Read and respond critically to an article/point of view and discuss the points made links
Today’s article Psychopaths – born evil or with a diseased brain?
What is a psychopath? • Come up with a list of 5 traits that you think are essential in a diagnosis of psychopathy. • Then read the article, and add to your list. Don't read this before lunch...
Reading Non-Fiction 5 Skills @KS4 Health
In this session you will: Read and respond critically to a report/point of view and discuss the points made links
Today’s article The Singer Who Finds Freedom From Tourette’s
What do you know? • Discuss the ways that you know that Tourette’s might manifest itself • What are the ways that the condition might affect you if you were diagnosed at 14? • What might the misconceptions be about someone with the condition?
After reading… • Write down the correct definition of the condition • List the ways in which Tourette’s manifests itself in Ruth • What could be done to raise awareness of the condition in teenagers?
Reading Non-Fiction 6 Skills @KS4 Health
In this session you will: Read and respond critically to a report/point of view and discuss the points made links
Today’s article Toll of Teenage Drinking Revealed
Guess… How many bottles of wine are teenagers drinking a year on average? How many pints of beer on average are teenagers drinking a year on average?
After reading… • The article mentions guidance given to teenagers by school. What do you think should be taught to teenagers about alcohol? • Who would you like it to be taught by? • In what subjects?