being active or happening at night rather than during the day

a technique used by bats, dolphins and other animals to determine the location of objects using reflected sound

special body parts or behaviours that help a living thing survive in an environment

Generating information about bats to be used in a non-chronological report

English

In this unit, pupils have learned how to use fronted adverbials of time in sentences within a non-chronological report. In 'School Trip: Recount', pupils will build on this by using the skill within a different text type, a recount. 

In 'Atinuke and other authors: Information Text', pupils learned how to group information into relevant paragraphs to make it easier for the reader to navigate. In this unit, pupils will build on that skill by applying it to a different form on non-fiction writing, a non-chronological report.  

Nocturnal animals: non-chronological report

What is the name for changes that animals and plants have developed over millions of years to help them survive?

What are animals called that sleep during the day and are active at night?

The bones in bat's wings help it to do what very quickly?

What does a bat use to help it understand its surroundings?

Which of these is a specific feature of a non-chronological report?

Which of these is a feature of a non-chronological report?

give the reader some brief, general information

What does the **introduction** of a non-chronological report do?

Put these sections of a non-chronological report in order.

The title and subheadings should always be...

'Brilliant Bats' would be a good subheading for a section all about...

This lesson will be removed by end of Summer Term 2025.

Generating information about bats to be used in a non-chronological report

Lesson outcome

This lesson will be removed by end of Summer Term 2025.