Reading Non Fiction and Media Texts - teaching resource

Reading Non-Fiction and Media Texts is a comprehensive teaching resource designed to develop students’ skills in analysing and evaluating a wide range of non-fiction and media texts at KS3 and GCSE.

This resource includes:

• A 104-slide fully editable PowerPoint presentation

• A 15-page booklet of worksheets

• 10 stage-by-stage lessons designed around a four-part lesson plan: starter, introduction, development, and plenary

All lessons are editable, adaptable, and fully differentiated, making the resource suitable for learners of all abilities.

Key Skills and Activities Include:

• What are non-fiction and media texts?
  Understanding key features, conventions, and text types

• Audience and purpose:
  How writers adapt tone, structure, and techniques to influence different readers

• Fact vs opinion:
  Identifying how writers use information and viewpoint to shape meaning

• Rhetorical techniques:
  Exploring how language choices impact readers’ thoughts and emotions

• Bias, rhetoric, and exaggeration:
  Understanding persuasive devices, generalisations, and counterarguments

• Presentational devices:
  Analysing visual and structural techniques in non-fiction and media texts

• Comparing texts and exam success:
  Developing comparison skills and applying knowledge to exam-style tasks

This resource is perfect for KS3 learners preparing for GCSE English or as a structured GCSE skills-building programme for non-fiction and media analysis.

To preview Reading Non-Fiction and Media Texts in detail, click on the images at the bottom of the page to explore sample slides from the PowerPoint.

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