1. Structural features Heading and a sub-heading
40 minutes
2 ½ sides
Structural features
Heading and a sub-heading
Introductory paragraph – 5Ws and 1 H
Short paragraphs
Quotes from reliable sources (using speech marks)
Colon to introduce a quote from a reliable source
A dash to add extra information
Short sentence
Contrast - juxtaposition
Tri-colon – or list of three
Write a newspaper article that recounts a successful expedition.
Useful vocabulary
Expedition – an organised journey that is made for a particular purpose such as exploration
Uncharted - something that is not authorized or unregulated
Intrepid – an intrepid person acts in a brave way
Dauntless – a person who is brave and confident and not easily frightened
Pioneer – someone who pioneers a new activity is one of the first people to do it.
Crevice – a narrow crack or gap, especially in a rock
Descend – to move downwards from a higher to a lower level
Linguistic features
Proper nouns
Facts and statistics
Strong active verbs
Rhetorical question
Semantic field of adventure
Metaphor
Reminder for technical accuracy
Remember to paragraph your work.
Use full stops and capital letters throughout.
Demarcate sentences with full stops, exclamation marks or question marks.
Proof-read your work.