Writing a section about Anglo-Saxon farming for a non-chronological report

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In this unit, pupils write two paragraphs per subheading. In 'The Aye-Aye or Wild Cats', pupils will write longer paragraphs and sections per subheading.

In 'The Angler Fish', pupils wrote one paragraph per subheading. In this unit, pupils will write two paragraphs per subheading.

Ancient Greeks or Anglo-Saxons: non-chronological report

Write sentences without saying them first.

Plan and say each sentence before we write it.

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

The main grains grown were barley, oats and wheat.

Anglo-Saxon houses were commonly made from timber.

They raised cattle, sheep and pigs for meat and other products.

They had a central hearth for cooking and heating.

Which of these sentences is relevant to a section about farming in a non-chronological report about Anglo-Saxons?

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

A subheading is the main body of the text.

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

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

What were the Anglo-Saxon farming practices like?

Which questions could be suitable for a section on Anglo-Saxon farming?

Match the elements of Anglo-Saxon farming to their corresponding food types.

As a result, they had a seasonal and cyclical diet.

However, they had a seasonal and cyclical diet.

Yesterday, they had a seasonal and cyclical diet.

Which sentence could coherently follow this sentence? 'The diet of Anglo-Saxons was largely based on the availability of crops.'

Draw me the layout of an Anglo-Saxon farm

The farming practices of Anglo-Saxons were innovative

How productive it is to use a plough and ox to till soil

Which sentence needs a question mark at the end?

Which sentence would best suit ending with an exclamation mark?

They use oxen and ploughs in their farming practices.

They used oxen and ploughs in their farming practices.

They will use oxen and ploughs in their farming practices.

Match the tense to its corresponding sentence.

Which co-ordinating conjunction completes this sentence? 'Producing crops played an important role __________ the main grains grown were barley, oats and wheat'.'

What type of clause is this? 'because their diet was largely based on the seasons'

they produced enough food for the community

livestock were raised for other products too

Tick the sentences that are main clauses.

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