Reading Non-fiction: Motivational Writing

An Extract from: Mathew Syed: You Are Awesome: Find Your Confidence and Dare to be Brilliant at (Almost) Anything

Mathew Syed is a three-time men’s singles champion at the Commonwealth Table Tennis Championships (in 1997, 2000 and 2001), and also competed for Great Britain in two Olympic Games: at Barcelona in 1992 and at Sydney in 2000. During his sporting career, Syed entered journalism, and later became a writer.

This lesson is based on an extract that describes his fear of public speaking. Through practice, he improves and eventually reaches a point of self confidence that inspires and motivates the reader.

Includes:
PowerPoint: 13 slides with 6 activities. Aimed at identifying the conventions of non-fiction and also focusses on the description of feelings and emotions.
PDF: 8 page document that can be printed and photopcopied and used independently for whole class, one-to-one, cover work, or homework.