A predator is an animal that hunts, catches, kills, and consumes other animals for food.

Prey refers to animals that are hunted and consumed by predators.

Nocturnal means being active or happening at night rather than during the day.

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

Generating information about hedgehogs for 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

Hedgehogs have thousands of spikes on their backs. What are these spikes called?

What are hedgehogs protecting themselves from by using their spines? 

Which of these animals is a **predator** of a hedgehog?

Which of these is **prey** for a hedgehog?

How does a hedgehog use their spines if a predator is near?

Which of these animals are **nocturnal**?

sleeping during the day and being active at night

sleeping during the night and being active during the day

sleeping during the day and sleeping during the night

to help them understand their surroundings

Echolocation is an example of a bat making an important ...

The environment in which an animal lives is known as its ...

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Generating information about hedgehogs for a non-chronological report

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