Comprehension Lesson: Authorial Perspective

Complete 11-slide lesson on how time and perspective influence writing and style, using examples from WW1
Slide 2: discussion on two different WW1 perpectives (recruiting officer in London versus soldier writing from the trenches)
Slide 3: comprehension exercise using recruitment poster from WW1
Slides 4-5: exercise on deducing implied meaning from texts
Slide 6: comprehension exercise on excerpt from WW1 autobiography
Slide 7: exercise on implied meaning using same autobiography
Slides 8-9: comparative exercise based on 2 extracts
Slides 10: creative writing exercise (writing 2 WW1 letters from different perspectives)
Slides 11: examples of how to structure and start each letter