Writing the conclusion of a non-chronological report about aye-ayes

English

In 'The Titanic: Journalistic Report Writing', pupils will develop their understanding of writing to inform their reader and apply this in the context of a journalistic report..

In ‘The Angler Fish: Non-Chronological Report’, pupils wrote solely using the active voice. In this unit, pupils will be introduced to using passive voice within a non-chronological report.

In this unit, pupils research aye-ayes' diets and adaptations to write an informative non-chronological report about them. They spend a whole lesson editing their writing, focusing on key Year 5 punctuation, sentence structures and vocabulary choices. Finally, pupils present their reports.

The aye-aye or wild cats: non-chronological report

to sum up or conclude the main body of the text

Match the key words to their definitions:

to tell the reader what the rest of the report will be about.

to summarise the key information of the report.

Aye-ayes’ teeth continuously grow throughout their lives.

This report will inform you about aye-ayes’ adaptations and diets.

Aye-ayes are currently classed as ‘endangered’.

Which of these facts are appropriate to include in the conclusion?

(cutting down of trees) is an example of which cohesive device?

Order the parts of a conclusion paragraph.

introduces the paragraph and summarises the key information

gives the reader some necessary information about the topic

Match each part of a conclusion paragraph to its purpose:

Which section of a non-chronological report summarises the key information of the report?

Which subject-specific vocabulary is appropriate to include in a conclusion?

Parenthesis can be shown using _________ in a non-fiction text.

Which of these is not an example of a cohesive device?

Which of these sentence scaffolds correctly represents a relative complex sentence?

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