how a text is written to keep the reader engaged

a word, phrase or sentence used to introduce part of a text

a sentence formed of two main clauses and a co-ordinating conjunction

a sentence formed of at least one main clause and a subordinate clause

Writing the paragraph about diet in the Stone Age

English

In this unit, pupils use previously-taught features of a non-chronological report to write more extensively for purpose.  In the King Tut unit, pupils will increase the quantity of writing across a similar structure.

In the Portia Spider unit, pupils learnt how to write a non-chronological report following a similar structure.   In this unit, pupils will use the same features of a non-chronological report to write more extensively for purpose.

The Stone Age: non-chronological report

Plan and say each sentence out loud before we write it.

Write all sentences without first saying them out loud.

When we write, we always try to do which of these things?

Interestingly, the Mesolithic people hunted wild animals to eat.

Quietly, they approached the wild animals and then... they pounced! 

The Stone Age people were awesome hunters.

Which of these sentences is relevant to a non-chronological report about the Stone Age?

A subheading is the main body of the text.

A subheading is a word, phrase or sentence used to describe a picture.

A subheading is a word, phrase or sentence used to label a picture.

A subheading is a word, phrase or sentence used to introduce part of a text.

Choose a viewpoint fronted adverbial to start the following sentence. __________, the Neolithic people domesticated animals such as sheep and chickens.

In contrast, the Neolithic people cultivated crops such as wheat, corn and rice.

Also, they followed where the animals went depending on the season.

Which sentence could follow this sentence to give a contrasting idea? 'The Mesolithic gathered berries and nuts from trees and bushes.'

a framework that writers create before they write a section or whole text

A section in a non-chronological report can be introduced by a {{}}.

Complete the following sentence. Non-chronological reports contain lots of... 

to build on a point from the previous sentence

to introduce a contrasting idea from the previous sentence

Match the fronted adverbial to its purpose.

Facts in the introduction of the non-chronological report are general. In later sections, what do the facts become?

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