additional information that can be removed without compromising grammatical accuracy

a punctuation mark used to add extra, factual information in a clause

refers to how text flows to maintain the interest of the reader and achieve the text’s purpose

features that animals and plants have to help them survive in their environments.

Planning the adaptations section of a non-chronological report about aye-ayes

English

In 'The Titanic: Journalistic Report Writing', pupils will develop their understanding of writing to inform their reader and apply this in the context of a journalistic report..

In ‘The Angler Fish: Non-Chronological Report’, pupils wrote solely using the active voice. In this unit, pupils will be introduced to using passive voice within a non-chronological report.

The aye-aye or wild cats: non-chronological report

extra information that can be removed from the sentence

a punctuation mark used to add extra, factual information

how a text flows and keeps the reader interested

features that animals develop to help them survive

Match the key words to their definitions:

Order the parts of our non-chronological report.

specific information written across several sentences

Order the parts of the adaptations section:

Aye-ayes' large, bulbous eyes help them to see in the dark.

Tick which information is relevant to the 'adaptations' section of a non-chronological report about aye-ayes:

punctuation used to add extra facts to a sentence

Match the key terms to their definitions:

Aye-ayes are nocturnal (active at night) so their night vision is excellent.

Aye-ayes are nocturnal active at night so their (night vision) is excellent.

(Aye-ayes) are nocturnal active at night so their night vision is excellent.

Non-chronological reports are a type of __________ writing.

 features that animals and plants have to help them survive in their environment

, which are special features that help them survive, 

Match each cohesive device to an example:

a section of writing indicated by a new line and indentation

how text flows to interest the reader and achieve purpose

Tick the features of an effective non-chronological report plan:

which have continuously-growing incisor teeth

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