Mental Health

Mental Health

• By the end of the lesson you will be able to:

• Identify the PAF in a piece of text.

• Identify language features that are used by writers.

• Create your own language features to persuade readers.

Multiple Choice

What is the definition of traumatic?

• Having a wrong idea of what is likely to happen

• Something awarded to someone in recognition of loss, suffering, or injury

• A journey with a particular purpose

• Deeply disturbing or distressing

• Satisfactory or acceptable in quality or quantity.

Multiple Choice

What is the definition of unrealistic?

• Having a wrong idea of what is likely to happen

• A journey with a particular purpose

• Satisfactory or acceptable in quality or quantity.

• Something awarded to someone in recognition of loss, suffering, or injury

• Deeply disturbing or distressing

Multiple Choice

What is the definition of compensation?

• Having a wrong idea of what is likely to happen

• Something awarded to someone in recognition of loss, suffering, or injury

• A journey with a particular purpose

• Deeply disturbing or distressing

• Satisfactory or acceptable in quality or quantity.

Multiple Choice

What is the definition of expedition?

• Having a wrong idea of what is likely to happen

• A journey with a particular purpose

• Satisfactory or acceptable in quality or quantity

• Something awarded to someone in recognition of loss, suffering, or injury

• Deeply disturbing or distressing

Multiple Choice

What is the definition of adequate?

• Having a wrong idea of what is likely to happen

• A journey with a particular purpose

• Satisfactory or acceptable in quality or quantity.

• Something awarded to someone in recognition of loss, suffering, or injury

• Deeply disturbing or distressing

Poll

How would you describe your mental health now compared to pre-covid?

• Much better

• A little better

• The same

• Worse

• Much worse

Open the mental health article in this week's Cloud section.

• We will read this together

PAF (Purpose, Audience and Form). It is vital to always locate this when you read.

• Purpose - why somethings has been written. What is is trying to achieve?

• Audience - who is the target audience? Who is the writer trying to appeal to?

• Form - the layout of the writing.

Multiple Choice

What is the main purpose of this text?

• To describe the difficulties of being a young person during the pandemic.

• To persuade the reader that we should prioritise young people.

• To ask for more £10 meal vouchers.

• To instruct the readers what to do with their children during lockdowns.

Multiple Choice

Who is the audience? You are not told who the audience is, but which audience would this suit best?

• School children

• Adults interested in cheap meals.

• Adults interested in politics

Multiple Choice

Form?

• Email

• Magazine article

• Newspaper article

Open Ended

Remember DAFOREST. Try to find some features in this article. You have 5 minutes to find some and write here. E.g. F - Robert Halfon is chair of the Commons’ education select committee.

Open Ended

If college received £120 of activity vouchers per student, what activity would you like it to be spent on and why?

Open Ended

'College has just received £120 of vouchers per student. Write an email to the principal suggesting one activity that you think this should be spent on.'

Before we start writing, write some examples of DAFOREST you would use when answering this question.