Lesson video

Hello everyone.

Allow me to introduce myself.

My name is Mr. Brown and I am going to be your teacher for this English lesson.

And we are going to be identifying the features of a non-chronological report.

And we're gonna be doing this focusing on nocturnal animals.

You'll be learning lots about nocturnal animals and lots about non-chronological reports, so you can bring that knowledge together to write your own.

So we have got a lot to do.

Let's get started.

The outcome for today's lesson is I can identify the different features of a non-chronological report.

And the keywords which will help us on our learning journey today are information, non-chronological report and features.

So let's say those together.

I'll go first and you repeat after me.

Information.

Very good.

Here's a big one.

Ready? non-chronological report.

Excellent.

Well done.

Features.

Very good.

Let's take a look at the lesson outline.

We're going to start by focusing on chronological and non-chronological.

We're gonna work out what they mean and then we'll look at the features of non-chronological reports.

So my first question to you is, do you love to read? I'm sure you do.

Have you noticed that there are many different types of texts that you can read? So you might have seen in your classroom book corner or when you visit a library that there are lots of different texts to read, lots of different text types.

Now, the simplest way to organise them is into two categories.

One, being fiction and the other non-fiction.

So this is the two categories that you can organise text into the simplest way.

Fiction texts are made up stories with characters, a setting and a plot from the author's own imagination.

So fiction texts do not exist.

They are not made up of real things.

They are not stories that people have seen in real life.

They are created, they are made up with characters and their setting and a plot from the author's own imagination.

They've had to create them.

You will likely have read lots of fiction texts before.

Types of fiction texts include stories, poems, and plays.

And here's an example of two different fiction texts.

And you can see they've got hand drawn pictures on the front, and that's because they can't use photographs because these characters do not exist.

So they've had to be drawn by illustrators.

Let me check your understanding.

Which two of these would you be likely to find in a fiction text? Is it A talking animals, B, information about real events, C, a magical setting, or D, true facts? Remember, fiction texts are created by the author from their own imagination.

They are not real.

So A, B, C, or D, pause the video and decide for yourself which two of these would you find in fiction texts.

Over to you.

And welcome back everyone.

Let's see if you are right.

So A, talking animals.

Now do animals talk? Can we have a conversation with an elephant? Would you be likely to find me in a zoo chatting to a giraffe? No, you can't talk to animals unfortunately.

So that means that's not a real thing.

It must have been created, therefore, it is something you'd find in a fiction text.

It is from the author's own imagination.

There are lots of books where animals can talk and they are fiction texts.

B, information about real events.

Hmm.

If it's about a real event, then that's not created from the author's imagination.

Therefore, that must not be a fiction text.

So it's not B.

C, a magical setting or D, true facts.

Well, if it's a magical setting, magic is something that would be created in a fiction text because magic isn't real.

It's created.

You can have magical characters, for example, a wizard perhaps in a book.

There isn't a wizard in real life that can do magical spells with a wand, but in a book that is fiction, that would be absolutely perfect.

So therefore a magical setting is the other correct answer.

Well done if you said A and C.

There are many different types of nonfiction writing.

A nonfiction text provides real facts and information.

The writer can't just make it up.

Types of nonfiction text include information texts, non-chronological reports, instructions, and biographies.

And here's an example of two non-fiction texts, one of which is a newspaper, which is a really good example of a non-fiction text.

Everything you read in a newspaper, well everything you read in a newspaper should be real.

Sometimes newspapers bend the truth a little bit that some people might think, but they are nonfiction texts.

Let's check our understanding of that.

Which two of these are types of nonfiction texts? A, stories B, non-chronological reports, C, biographies? So that is a book all about someone's real life, or D poems? Please can you pause the video and decipher yourself now.

And welcome back everyone.

So which two of these are non-fiction texts? They are real.

They are not just made up.

Now stories.

We love stories.

We love to read them.

We love to write them.

But they are fiction.

They are created by the author's imagination.

So it's not stories.

B, non-chronological reports is an example of a non-fiction text.

A report that is non-chronological and you will be going over that in this lesson.

You'll find out what non-chronological means.

They are non-fiction.

So it's biographies and poems. Now poems are created by a writer.

They are created using their imagination, which means they are not nonfiction, they are fiction.

So therefore, biographies was the other correct answer.

Well done if you said B and C.

A non-chronological report is a type of nonfiction text.

It provides factual information about a subject, person or event.

Factual means that it is real.

It's not made up.

It is something that cannot be argued.

It is a fact.

This means that the writer cannot make up the information using their imagination like they would if they were writing fiction.

True or false? A writer can use their imagination to make up events when writing a non-fiction text.

Is that true or is that false? Pause the video and decide for yourself now.

Welcome back everyone.

So true or false, can a writer use their imagination to make up events when writing a nonfiction text? Well, they absolutely cannot.

They cannot choose their imagination.

Nonfiction must be real, factual, not containing made up events.

So well done If you said false, what does non-chronological mean? It's a big word, non-chronological.

Well, let me tell you what chronological means and see if that helps.

Chronological means the order in which things happen, the order in which things happen.

For example, the events from a day at school put into chronological order would look like this.

Arrive at school first, then morning register, next your morning lessons, lunch, afternoon lessons, and finally, home time.

These are in chronological order.

This is the order in which they happen.

If chronological means the order in which things happen, can you work out what non-chronological means? So if chronological is the order in which things happen, then non-chronological must be the order.

What do you think? Let's see if you're right.

non-chronological means things are not in the order that they happened.

They are not in the order that they happened.

For example, the events from a day at school put into non-chronological order might look like this.

Lunch.

That's another thing to start with.

Home time, then arrive at school.

Morning lessons next, then afternoon lessons and morning register.

That does not look like any day at school that I've seen before.

True or false? Non-chronological means things are in the order that they happened.

Is that true or is that false? Non-chronological means things are in the order that they happened.

True or false? Pause the video and decide for yourself now.

Welcome back everyone.

So chronological means things are in the order that they happen.

They are in time order.

Non-chronological means things are not in the order that they happen.

So this is false.

Non-chronological means things are not in the order that they happen.

False was the correct answer.

Okay, time for a practise task.

Put these instructions for brushing your teeth in chronological order.

I want you to label them A, B, C, D.

A if it's the first thing that happens in chronological order, then B, then C and D will be the last thing of that chronological order.

So we have rinse your mouth out with water.

Put a small amount of toothpaste on your toothbrush, brush your teeth for two minutes and wet your toothbrush under running water.

Your job is to put these instructions for brushing your teeth in chronological order.

I would like you to pause the video and have a go now.

Welcome back everyone.

Let's see if you were right.

So in chronological order, the order in which these things happen, the first thing you do is A, wet your toothbrush under running water.

That's A.

Well done if you said wet your toothbrush under running water first.

Then put a small amount of toothpaste on your toothbrush, that would be B.

Then brush your teeth for two minutes, C.

And finally rinse your mouth out with water would be D.

Well done if you put those in chronological order.

And if you understand chronological order, then that means you understand non-chronological order as well.

Okay, let's move on to the features of non-chronological reports.

Now, features are the parts or characteristics that make something unique.

Features are the parts or characteristics that make something unique.

We often use features to help us recognise something.

For example, the features of a classroom might be desks, pegs, a book corner, an interactive board.

These things, if I walked into a room and it had these features, desks, pegs, a book corner, an interactive board, my brain would be saying to me, I think we're in a classroom because I've recognised those features.

Which of these is a feature of a birthday party? Is it A, cars, B beds, or C presents? Which of these is a feature of a birthday party? Which of these if you saw, would you think, I think I might be at a birthday party right now, A, B, or C? Pause the video and decide now.

Welcome back everyone.

Let's see if you are right.

So I have been to a few birthday parties before and I have never seen lots of cars or lots of beds.

So I think it's C because I have seen birthday parties and they usually have present.

So C is a feature of a birthday party.

Well done if you said C.

Non-chronological reports have features that help us to recognise them and to know what to include in them.

The features of non-chronological reports are a title, an introduction, subheadings, and sections.

If you see these four features together, then you'll be thinking, I'm probably reading a non-chronological report.

Which of these are features of a non-chronological report? A, title B, characters, C, subheadings, or D, settings? I'm looking for two.

Which two of these are features of a non-chronological report? Pause the video and decide for yourself now.

Welcome back everyone.

Let's see if you were right.

So we know that B, characters is a feature, but it's not a feature of a non-chronological report.

It's a feature of a fiction text, so it's not B.

And setting, D.

A setting is something that is created in a story created by the writer.

So it's not D.

So if you said A and C, you were correct.

They are features of a non-chronological report.

The sections of a non-chronological report will be structured in this order.

You will start with an introduction.

You'll then have section one and section two.

Each of these sections has a different purpose.

And in year two, you will write one paragraph for each section, one paragraph for each section.

As you get older in year 3, 4, 5, 6, you will write more than one paragraph for each section.

But in year two, we're just gonna write one paragraph for each section.

Here is an example of a non-chronological report and you can see some of the features already.

There is a title at the very top.

We have an introduction.

Section one and section two.

The title is the name of the report.

Nocturnal Animals was the title that I used, and it's the title that we will use as we build up our knowledge and prepare to write a non-chronological report on nocturnal animals.

A subheading introduces each section in the report.

Brilliant Bats.

I love that subheading with some alliteration in there using Brilliant and Bats.

They both start with the same sound and Amazing Hedgehogs.

They were the two subheadings that I chose for my nocturnal animals non-chronological report.

Now the title and the subheading are always underlined.

Did you notice that? Can you see that my title and my subheadings are underlined? Use a ruler if you are going to be underlining to keep it nice and neat.

The introduction has two important purposes.

Give brief general information about the subject and give an outline of the report to entice the reader to keep reading, to entice them to keep going.

Entice means to want to do something to make them want to keep reading.

Here's an example of my introduction that I'd like to read to you now.

"Were you aware that there are animals that sleep during the day and are awake at night? Animals that do this are called nocturnal.

This informative report will teach you all about bats and hedgehogs and their adaptations and habitat.

Read on to find out more about these fascinating creatures." Well, I think I've definitely given lots of brief, general information about the subject.

I haven't gone into detail.

I haven't told you too much about bats or hedgehogs yet.

I've given an outline of the report and I've enticed the reader to keep going.

I've made my report sound very interesting by calling it an informative report and saying that the creatures in the report are fascinating.

The adjective choice carefully thought about to make sure that I'm enticing my reader to keep reading, which two are true? The title and the subheadings should be underlined.

The information should give detailed, the introduction, sorry, the introduction should give detailed information about the animal's adaptations.

And C, the introduction should give an outline of the report and entice the reader to keep reading, which two are true? Pause the video, have a think and decide for yourself now.

Welcome back everyone.

So I asked which two are true.

So the title and the subheading should be underlined? absolutely always.

And C, the introduction should give an outline of the report and entice the reader to keep reading.

That's true as well.

B, the introduction should give detailed information about the animal's adaptations.

No, you do not give any detailed information in the introduction.

The two sections in this report give information about a specific part of the overall topic.

The subheadings, tell the reader what that part will be about.

So brilliant bats tells the reader that this section is going to be about bats.

Absolutely.

Let me read you this section on Brilliant Bats.

"The bats is an extraordinary animal that has many wonderful features.

A bat's eyesight is very poor, but they used an incredible adaptation called echolocation.

This means they can fly around without bumping into things by listening to sound waves, bouncing back off objects.

A bat's wings are thin and leathery, which helps them to fly rapidly through the dark night skies.

Surprisingly, a bat's wing contains a similar bone structure to a human's with an arm and hand bones.

Bats live in caves, trees, old buildings, and even under bridges." So that is a section on bats and that I have gone into detail with.

I'm talking about the bone structure in a bat's wings and how they feel they're thin and leathery and that helps them to fly.

So it's a big step on from the introduction in terms of the amount of detail I'm giving the reader.

Here's a section on hedgehogs.

My subheading, amazing hedgehogs.

"Have you looked out into your garden at night and seen a small brown ball of spikes? If you have, this was probably a hedgehog.

Hedgehogs are known for having sharp pointy spikes, and these are called spines.

A hedgehog has hundreds of spines on its body, but not on its face, hands, feet, and tummy.

These spiky creatures use their spines to protect themselves from predators such as foxes, badgers, and owls." Okay, let's check our understanding what tells the reader what a specific section will be about? Is it A, Title, B, subheadings, or C, introduction? Pause the video and decide for yourself now.

Welcome back everyone.

Congratulations if you said subheadings.

Subheadings of course, they tell the reader what a specific section will be about.

So if you want to just read a section on hedgehogs, then you can scan through the report and see, ah, there's this happening, which says Amazing Hedgehogs.

This section will be about hedgehogs.

Okay, time to practise.

I would like you to match each feature to its purpose, match each feature to its purpose.

So we have title, introduction, subheadings, and sections.

They're the features.

Your job is to match them to their purpose.

Let me read you the four different purposes.

Give brief, general information about the subject.

Hmm, which feature could that be? Introduces each section in the report.

Gives information about a particular part of the overall topic.

And tells the reader the name of the report.

I would like you to pause the video and match these features to their purposes now.

Welcome back.

Let's see if you were right.

So the title tells the reader the name of the report.

The introduction gives brief general information about the subject.

Subheadings while they introduce each section in the report and sections give information about a particular part of the overall topic.

Well done if you match those four features to their purposes.

Okay, let's summarise our learning in today's lesson.

Non-chronological means things are not in the order that they happened.

Non-chronological reports are nonfiction.

And non-chronological reports often have titles, introduction, subheadings and sections.

Well done today.

You have made a lot of progress.

You've developed a strong understanding of chronological and non-chronological, and you know the features of a non-chronological report.

Brilliant work.

I will see you again very soon.