Lesson video

Hi everybody, it's Ms. Gardner.

Welcome to your final lesson from our unit, the non-chronological report on the Stone Age.

I'm really excited because we finished all our writing and in today's lesson we are going to publish our complete non-chronological reports.

We've spent this unit writing it section by section and today, we're gonna have the chance to write it all as one piece, as one non-chronological report, which is very exciting.

So let's get started.

So in today's lesson, we are publishing a non-chronological report, so that means your learning outcome is, I can publish a non-chronological report about the Stone Age.

So let's start by looking at the keywords.

We'll do my turn, your turn.

Visual aid.

Caption.

Layout.

Let's have a look at what these mean.

So a visual aid is a graph, or a chart, or an image, or diagram that enhances to improves the understanding of the subject in non-fiction texts.

A caption is a brief description accompanying an image that gives extra context.

So it comes underneath or next to an image or a diagram and explains what's in that image.

The layout of a text refers to the way information is organised on the page.

So there are two parts of our lesson today.

In the first, we're going to be creating a diagram and a caption.

And in the second, we are going to be publishing our non-chronological report.

So let's start with creating our diagram and caption.

So first of all, let's just review the layout of a non-chronological report.

A non-chronological report started with an introduction and then we had three themed sections.

One about diet one, on the second one about housing, and then thirdly about artefacts.

And then we wrote a conclusion.

But when we're publishing a non-chronological report, we can also include in our layout, a diagram.

We're going to be doing that today.

So visual aids such as diagrams, graphs, charts, or images enhance or improve understanding in a non-chronological report.

So for example, you could have a bar chart, these might feel familiar from some of your math or science lessons.

You could have a diagram here which is showing the distance from the sun to the earth, or this is quite a scientific diagram of a part of the human body, the ear, okay? And all of these are used to help you understand what you're reading a little bit better.

So we're going to be drawing an important aspect of the Stone Age when we publish our non-chronological report.

And I've decided I'm going to draw Skara Brae.

So you'll need these materials today in this lesson.

Plain paper to draw the diagram, lined paper to write our non-chronological report, pencils, erasers or rubbers, and then some markers or coloured pencils if you'd like to colour in your diagram.

So these are some images of Skara Brae, which we're going to use to help us when it comes to drawing our diagram of the settlement.

The really key, the most distinctive features we're going to need to include in our diagram will be the stone-built dresser, which you can see more clearly on the photograph on the left, it's got four little squares.

It looks almost like a window, but that would've been their dresser to store things.

The fact that it's underground, so it has subterranean position, it was built underneath the grass, the central hearth or fireplace, right in the middle, the beds built into the walls and interconnecting passages, which you can't really see too clearly in these pictures, but we know that they're there.

So these will be the key features we need to include in our diagram.

So the first thing we'll need to do is start by sketching the outline of the settlement, and you can see I've done that here.

Then you'll need to add a passageway to show the entrance into the house to show how the people of the Stone Age got into their dwellings.

So you can see that here.

And then thirdly, you'll need to add in the outline, the central hearth, the dresser and the beds, and you can see that here.

Then we need to add a bit more detail so it's a bit more descriptive and for the reader and it can give them a better visual understanding of Skara Brae.

So you can add in the stones around the wall and around the central hearth, you can add the fire and the grass.

And then finally, and this is optional, if you'd have colouring pencils, you can colour in the grass to show that the house is subterranean.

So eventually, you'll have a diagram a little bit like this.

Now, we need to label so we can give an even better understanding of Skara Brae for the reader.

So we need to label these distinctive features with a ruler.

So we'll label our stone-built dresser, the beds, the subterranean position, the passageway, and the central hearth, making sure we're using a ruler so it's really, really neat.

Now, underneath our picture or to the side of the picture, we need to have a caption.

And a caption describes what is in an image.

The caption should support the information given in the image.

So for example, Skara Brae is a well-preserved, subterranean settlement made of stone, or Skara Brae is a Neolithic settlement that was discovered by archaeologists in the Orkney Islands in 1850, or Skara Brae is a stone-built settlement in the Orkney Islands that dates backed to 3100 BCE.

So these captions kind of summarise the picture, and they should be written in full sentences your captions, they're not a label, it's a bit different to a label.

So now let's practise saying our caption out loud.

So I've got a sentence scaffold here to help.

Skara Brae is a mm settlement, so I need to have an adjective there to describe the settlement, what kind of settlement it is.

That was mm by archaeologists, a verb there, in which year.

Okay, so I'm going to use this sentence scaffold to help me say my caption out loud.

"Skara Brae is a Neolithic settlement that was discovered by archaeologists in 1850." Okay, now it's your turn to say the caption.

Again, you have a sentence scaffold to help you.

Skara Brae is a mm settlement, so you could describe it as Neolithic or maybe pre-historic, or well-preserved.

Skara Brae is a mm settlement in the Orkney Islands that dates back to mm, you need to be thinking back to that lesson when we learned about Skara Brae.

So pause the video now and off to go at saying your caption out loud.

Okay, well done.

I wonder if yours, when you said the caption, it sounded a little bit like this.

"Skara Brae is a subterranean, it's underground, well-preserved settlement in the Orkney Islands that dates back to 3100 BCE." If you need to pause the video and say your caption again, you can do that now, otherwise, really well done.

Okay, it's time for Task A and you are going to draw your diagram and caption.

So the first thing you need to do is get some lined and plain paper.

Plain paper is especially important to this point because we're doing drawing our diagram.

Choose a picture of Skara Brae from a book or the internet, and then you'll draw your diagram, label it and write a caption using the success criteria.

And you can take off the success criteria once you've completed each part.

So let's just go through the success criteria so that you're really confident about what you need to include in Task A.

I have chosen a picture of a Skara Brae to base my diagram on.

I've sketched the outline of Skara Brae.

I have added detail to my diagram.

I have labelled my diagram with a ruler and I have written a caption for my diagram.

So pause the video now and off you go drawing your diagram and a caption of Skara Brae.

Welcome back, everybody.

I hope you've enjoyed drawing your diagram of Skara Brae.

If you have done all these things in the success criteria, you can check them now.

So if you've chosen a picture of Skara Brae, then you can give it a check.

If you've sketched the outline, then you can give yourself a check.

If you've added detail, give yourself a check.

You've labelled the diagram, give yourself a check, and if you've written a caption, you can give yourself a check too.

Amazing job, everybody.

Really well done.

I hope you enjoyed that.

It's now time for the second part of our learning where we are going to be rewriting and publishing our non-chronological report.

So to publish a piece of writing means to produce, to create a final best, the best version that becomes available to others, to them to read.

It's really important to use neat, joined handwriting when publishing so that it is visually appealing to the reader.

They want to read it, and it looks nice to read.

Visual aids in the form of diagrams make the information easier to understand and remember.

And we have already got our diagram that we'll be able to stick on or add to our non-chronological report.

Captions we also need because they clarify the visuals by highlighting the key points and they summarise what's in the picture.

So this is an example of the layout of a non-chronological report.

You also might probably won't look exactly like this.

This is just an example of what it could look like.

So we'll start with our title of a non-chronological report.

So the Stone Age or the Fascinating Stone Age, or the Incredible Stone Age.

Then you'll have your first subheading, introduction, and then you'll write your introduction and then your second subheading, which can be about either the diet or the artefacts or the housing, whichever one you want to write first, you'll do that there and then write section one, and then you'll have your second subheading and write your second section again so that could be about the diet or the houses or the artefacts, whichever one you haven't written already.

And then you have your third subheading in section three about your final specific theme.

And then you'll have to leave enough space for your diagram and your caption.

So it's actually really important that you're thinking about what order you want to write your sections in because you need to make sure you've left enough space for your diagram.

So I actually recommend leaving space for your diagram and caption before you even start writing so that you know you've got enough space for it.

And then finally, you have your final subheading so that'll be your conclusion and that's where you'll write a conclusion underneath there at the bottom.

So as I said, this is just an example.

Yours doesn't have to look exactly like this, but this is quite a good way of laying out your non-chronological report.

So which of the following examples show a layout in an appropriate way for a non-chronological report? So in A, you have section one first, then the title of the report, and then the introduction.

In B, you have the introduction first, then the title of the report, and then section one.

And in C, you have the title of the report first, then the introduction, and then section one.

So pause the video now and look carefully and decide which one do you think looks correct.

Off you go.

Well done.

It was C, you start with your title, then you have your introduction and then you go into your first themed section.

Well done, everybody.

Okay, so now you need to design the layout of your non-chronological report on a piece of lined paper.

We need to use lined paper to make sure that our handwriting is really straight.

You'll start with your title and then your introduction.

Everyone will start with that.

And then you need to place your diagram on your lined paper to plan where each of the section will go.

So you're going to choose where you want to place your diagram and what order you want to write your sections.

You might start with the diet or you might start with the houses or you might start with artefacts.

But just make sure you've done this before you start writing so you know where each section is going to go.

Here is your success criteria today, which is going to help you when it comes to publishing a non-chronological report.

So, the first one I have drawn a diagram and written a caption.

We've done that because that was Task A, so you'll be able to give yourself a check.

Then I have designed the layout of my report to allow appropriate space for each section.

So this is what you're going to do before you start writing.

You're gonna think really carefully about how you're going to lay out your non-chronological report and where you're going to put your diagram.

I have used neat, joined handwriting to publish my report and I have checked the spelling of subject-specific vocabulary.

You're going to use the writing you've done in previous lessons.

So hopefully any spelling errors would have been corrected already, but if you need to double check them, make sure you're checking them before you start writing it for the final time in your published piece of writing.

So, let's have a look now at a published non-chronological report.

This is my example.

I'm going to use my success criteria to check.

I've got everything I need to include.

I have drawn a diagram and a caption.

I'm gonna give myself a check because you can see at the bottom right corner, I've drawn my diagram.

I've labelled the key features of Skara Brae and then I have a caption at the bottom.

I said Skara Brae is a well-preserved settlement made of stone.

Remembering that a caption needs to be written in a full sentence.

I have designed the layout of my report to allow appropriate space for each section.

I'm gonna give myself a check for that because I wrote my introduction, my diet, and my housing and I actually put stuck on my diagram before I started writing, so I knew I had to fit in the section about the housing.

I couldn't use the whole line to write it because I'd already stuck in my diagram.

So I'm going to give myself a check for that.

And then I have checked the spelling of subject-specific vocabulary.

There was a lot of subject-specific vocabulary.

When I was publishing my non-chronological report, I make sure to double check that subject-specific vocabulary in my previous pieces of writing and in my plan to double check that I was spelling it correctly, so I can give myself a check for that.

It's time for Task B.

You are going to start publishing your non-chronological report.

So this time you need to get some lined paper, your plain paper you should have already used from your diagram.

You're gonna use the finalised and edited outcome of a non-chronological report and success criteria to help you publish.

So you're going to use all the rights, all the sections that you've already written in previous lessons, and if they've been marked and you've done some editing, making sure you're re-writing out with the correct edits.

Okay? So you don't need to come up with new ideas.

You're using what you've already written in previous lessons.

And then you're going to use this success criteria to help you.

As you publish, you can take it off as you go.

So pause the video now and off you go, publishing your non-chronological report.

I hope you enjoy it as much as I did.

Welcome back, everybody.

I hope you enjoyed that and that you're feeling really proud of this whole non-chronological report that you have spent so much time on and worked really hard on.

So you should already proud.

So you need to now look back over your published piece of writing and go through your success criteria.

Can you check all the elements of your success criteria? If you've drawn a diagram and written your caption, give yourself a check.

If you designed the layout before you started writing so you knew exactly where your diagram was gonna go, and you knew there was enough space, you can give yourself a check.

If you've used neat, joined handwriting to publish your report, give yourself a check.

If you need to, you can always go back and mix some neat and edits now, and then if you've checked the spelling of subject-specific vocabulary, give yourself a check.

Well done, everybody for working so hard, not just today, but all units.

Great job.

Here is the summary of everything we've learned in this lesson.

Visual aids and captions are useful in providing visual support, making the information easier to understand and remember for the reader.

The layout helps to organise facts and information logically allowing the reader to navigate through the report easily.

Neat, joined handwriting is important when publishing a non-chronological report, and a published report should be visually and linguistically appealing to the reader.

Well done, everybody.