Dickens' letter to The Times
A copy of Charles Dickens' letter to the Times, written in 1849 in response to witnessing a public hanging. The letter provides a useful source for students to consider persuasive techniques, as prompted by the accompanying list.
Ideal for building students' confidence in approaching unseen non-fiction texts for GCSE.
Teachers could ask students to annotate the extract or pair it with a modern text on the theme of crime or punishment.
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17/01/2014
