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Join us for engaging sessions where you'll read articles on various health issues, critical thinking skills, and discuss different points of view. Dive into discussions about the impact of weight loss on actors, the dangers of laughter, forensic science in Legoland, psychopathy traits, Tourette's misconceptions, teenage drinking stats, and more.
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Reading Non-Fiction 1 Skills @KS4 Health
In this session you will: Read and respond critically to an article/point of view and discuss the points made links
Today’s article Can actors lose too much weight for roles?
Essential Questions • Whose point of view is the article from? How do you know? • What is the purpose of the article? How do you know? • How does the article make you feel about the issues of weight loss? • Do you think it is right that actors should have to lose weight for acting roles? • Can you explain what ‘bias’ is?
Word Search • Highlight or underline the words in this article which reveal a negative attitude towards actors losing weight • Make a list of the words in your books • How are these words used to create bias?
Reading Non-Fiction 2 Skills @KS4 Health
In this session you will: Read and respond critically to a report/point of view and discuss the points made links
Today’s article Laughing Could Kill Me
Essential Questions • What is the connection to Lisa Corke’s grandfather? • What is the syndrome that Lisa has and what happens to someone who has it? • Why does it happen? • Can you summarise Long QT in one or two sentences for someone who has never heard of it?
Reading Non-Fiction 3 Skills @KS4 Health
In this session you will: Read and respond critically to an article/point of view and discuss the points made links
Today’s article The Tell-Tale Bacteria
After reading the article… • What is forensics? • How did scientists use a computer keyboard to test their theory? • Work with a partner to create the draft of a pamphlet that warns potential criminals of ‘tell-tale bacteria’ to be placed in visible areas. Use all 4 power words.
Reading Non-Fiction 4 Skills @KS4 Health
In this session you will: Read and respond critically to an article/point of view and discuss the points made links
Today’s article Psychopaths – born evil or with a diseased brain?
What is a psychopath? • Come up with a list of 5 traits that you think are essential in a diagnosis of psychopathy. • Then read the article, and add to your list. Don't read this before lunch...
Reading Non-Fiction 5 Skills @KS4 Health
In this session you will: Read and respond critically to a report/point of view and discuss the points made links
Today’s article The Singer Who Finds Freedom From Tourette’s
What do you know? • Discuss the ways that you know that Tourette’s might manifest itself • What are the ways that the condition might affect you if you were diagnosed at 14? • What might the misconceptions be about someone with the condition?
After reading… • Write down the correct definition of the condition • List the ways in which Tourette’s manifests itself in Ruth • What could be done to raise awareness of the condition in teenagers?
Reading Non-Fiction 6 Skills @KS4 Health
In this session you will: Read and respond critically to a report/point of view and discuss the points made links
Today’s article Toll of Teenage Drinking Revealed
Guess… How many bottles of wine are teenagers drinking a year on average? How many pints of beer on average are teenagers drinking a year on average?
After reading… • The article mentions guidance given to teenagers by school. What do you think should be taught to teenagers about alcohol? • Who would you like it to be taught by? • In what subjects?
