Writing a section about Ancient Greek warfare 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?

Hoplites were heavily armoured citizen-soldiers.

The Olympian gods lived on Mount Olympus.

The phalanx formation was a key feature in Ancient Greek warfare.

They told myths and stories about supernatural beings.

Which of these sentences is relevant to a section about warfare in a non-chronological report about Ancient Greeks?

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 beliefs of the Ancient Greeks?

Which question would be suitable for a section on Ancient Greek warfare?

Match the elements of Ancient Greek warfare to their corresponding definitions.

However, they were able to form a solid wall of shields and spears.

Yesterday, they were able to form a solid wall of shields and spears.

As a result, they were able to form a solid wall of shields and spears.

Which sentence could coherently follow this sentence? "They were stood shoulder to shoulder with their shields overlapped."

How interesting it is to see the armour of a hoplite

Hoplites wore helmets and had round shields

Which sentence needs a question mark at the end?

Which sentence would best suit ending with an exclamation mark?

They stand shoulder to shoulder in a phalanx formation.

They stood shoulder to shoulder in a phalanx formation.

They will stand shoulder to shoulder in a phalanx formation.

Match the tense to its corresponding sentence.

Which co-ordinating conjunction completes this sentence? "Hoplites were heavily armed foot soldiers __________ they were a key component of Greek warfare'"

What type of clause is this? "because their formation was so strong".

But this was not a common feature of warfare.

It was the most iconic feature of warfare.

Hoplites were tightly packed in a rectangle or square formation.

Tick the sentences that are main clauses.

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