Date:

Spot the Difference

Literacy Starter Activity: Suffixes

Task: Which suffix, ‘-ion’ or ‘-ian’ can be added to the following words to make
a noun?
Check your dictionary to see if you have to change the original word to make
the suffix fi t.
complete ____________ confuse ____________ devote ____________
distribute ____________ electric ____________ explode ____________
music ____________ reduce ____________ promote ____________

Today’s Key words:

 Date:
Spot the difference
Driving Question: Can two totally opposing ideas both be right?

Write down the date and the title. Look at the pictures on the next
slide. You have 2 minutes to write down as many differences as
you can see.

In picture one….
Whereas in picture two…

Challenge: How can you link this skill to reading

a text?
Driving Question: Can two totally opposing ideas both be right?
 Sometimes in English you are asked to
compare two texts.
What will you have to do to achieve this?

Driving Question: Can two totally opposing ideas both be right?

 1. Let's read through 2 different opinions

2. Your teacher will put you into pairs and name you A or B.

3. Respond to the questions on the next slides to gain a full

understanding of your selected opinion

Driving Question: Can two totally opposing ideas both be right?

 1. Teaching:
A, you are going to teach B about your text.

2. Let's switch! B, you are going to teach A about your text.

Driving Question: Can two totally opposing ideas both be right?

 A’s - Re-read the extract from Chapter 1 – Malala’s Viewpoint

1. What do you think Malala’s viewpoint is about women

covering their faces?
2. Which lines from the extract make you think this is
Malala’s opinion?
3. Which words from the extract show she feels strongly
about this?

Challenge Question: Based on your knowledge of Malala so far why do you think this is an
opinion she is likely to hold?
Driving Question: Can two totally opposing ideas both be right?
 B’s - Read the alternative Viewpoint

1. What do you think the writer’s viewpoint is about women

covering their faces?
2. Which lines from the extract make you think the writer
feels this way
3. Which words from the extract show she feels strongly
about this?

Challenge Question: How does the repeated use of the word ‘I’ make the writer’s opinion
more powerful?
Driving Question: Can two totally opposing ideas both be right?
 Write a paragraph in your book comparing these 2 texts.
Question:
Use details from both sources. Write a summary of the
different viewpoints these women have about wearing a
burqa

Use these sentence starters to help you:

In text A we learn that….
I know this because….
Whereas in text B we learn that…
I know this because…
Success Criteria:
•Write about both texts
•Include quotations
•Use your own words to summarise the text

Driving Question: Can two totally opposing ideas both be right?