Lesson video

Hi everybody, welcome back to our unit where we are writing a non chronological report about aye-ayes.

We've been doing some excellent learning so far in this unit, so I'm really looking forward to what we do today.

Let's get started.

In our lesson today, you will use a plan to write the introduction of a non chronological report about aye-ayes Here are some key words we will be using.

Introduction, general information, purpose, the writing process.

Fantastic work.

Now let's look at some definitions for these words.

An introduction is the first paragraph of a nonfiction text that encourages the reader to read on.

General information is the most basic and necessary information.

The purpose is the aim of a text.

The writing process involves planning, drafting, checking, editing and publishing a piece of writing.

In today's lesson, we will be writing the introduction of a non chronological report about aye-ayes.

Our lesson is going to be split into two parts.

Firstly, we will be preparing to write and then we will get on with writing the introduction.

Non chronological reports often follow the same structure.

They have a title and introduction sections and a conclusion.

The introduction is the first paragraph that encourages the reader to read on.

The sections contain paragraphs of information related to a particular aspect of the subject, and the conclusion is the last paragraph that summarises the key information of the text.

In our lesson today, we will be writing the introduction.

The introduction is the first paragraph of a non-fiction text that encourages the reader to read on the introduction follows a clear structure.

Firstly, we have a subheading.

Then we have an introductory sentence followed by general information.

And finally, a linking sentence.

The introductory sentence introduces what the report will be about.

General information gives the reader some necessary information about the topic.

And finally, the linking sentence links on to the next paragraph.

The The purpose is the aim of the text.

The purpose of the introduction is to do all of these, engage the reader, make them want to read on and give them some general information.

We will save the specific facts for the other sections of the report.

A noun is a person, place or thing.

Let's just say that one again together.

A noun is a person, place or thing.

nouns can be singular or plural.

Let's read some singular nouns.

Dog, child, woman, tooth.

All of these are singular nouns because there is only one of them.

Here are some plural nouns.

Dogs, children, women, teeth.

These are plural nouns because there are more than one.

When a noun possesses or owns another noun, we show this possession using an apostrophe.

For example, we have the reforest, which belongs to the island.

We can write that as the island's rainforest.

Lovely, well done.

Let's look at another example.

Here we have the diet belonging to the aye-aye.

We would write that as the aye-aye's diet.

Great work, everyone.

In both of these examples, we have singular nouns owning another noun.

There is one island and there is one aye-aye.

How would the apostrophe for possession be used for these singular nouns? The shoes belonging to the boy.

We have a singular noun owning the shoes, there is only one boy, so we would write this as the boy's shoes.

The shoes belong to the boy.

So the apostrophe goes after the word boy.

Let's look at another example.

The writing belonging to the child.

There is only one child, so this is a singular noun.

So we would write that as the child's writing.

The writing belongs to the child.

So we would write child, apostrophe S.

Now it's your turn, how would the apostrophe for possession be used for these singular nouns? Adaptations belonging to an aye-aye and habitat belonging to this mammal.

Pause the video while you do that.

Excellent work, everyone.

So adaptations belonging to an aye-aye would become an aye-aye's adaptations and habitat belonging to this mammal would become this mammal's habitat.

Have a quick check.

Did you put the apostrophe in the correct place? When a noun possesses another noun, we show this possession using an apostrophe.

For example, the ears belong to aye-ayes.

This would be written as aye-ayes' ears.

The nests belonging to these primates would become these primates' nests.

You might have spotted something a little bit different about these examples.

Each of these nouns are plural nouns.

In these examples, there are more than one aye-aye and there are more than one primate.

They are plural nouns.

How would the apostrophe for possession be used for these plural nouns? The shoes belonging to the boys.

The boys own the shoes.

I would write this as the boys' shoes.

The shoes belong to the boys.

So my apostrophe goes after the word boys.

Let's look at another example.

The writing belonging to the children.

The children own the writing.

So I would write this as the children's writing.

The writing belongs to the children, so I would put my apostrophe S after the word children.

Now have a go on your own.

How would the apostrophe for possession be used for these plural nouns, adaptations, belonging to aye-ayes and habitat belonging to these mammals.

Pause the video while you do that.

Great work everyone.

We would write adaptations belonging to aye-ayes as aye-ayes' adaptations.

aye-ayes own their adaptations.

So we put the apostrophe after the word aye-ayes.

Habitat belonging to these mammals would be written as these mammals' habitat.

In this phrase, the habitat belongs to the mammals.

So we put the apostrophe after the word mammals.

Now it's time for your task.

Rewrite these phrases using an apostrophe to show singular possession.

Here's a my example in the purple box.

The coast belonging to the island would become the island's coast.

The coast belongs to the island.

So we put the apostrophe S after the word island.

Now you have a go with number one, the rainforest belonging to Madagascar.

And number two, the trees belonging to the rainforest.

Pause the video while you do that.

Brilliant work everyone, did you spot that would write the rainforest belonging to Madagascar as Madagascar's reforest.

Madagascar is the owner here.

So we would write Madagascar apostrophe S to show that singular possession.

The trees belonging to the reforest would be written as the rainforest's trees.

The trees belong to the reforest, so we would write it as reforest apostrophe S.

Now it's time for part two of your task.

Rewrite these phrases using an apostrophe to show plural possession.

This time your nouns who are the owners are plurals.

So there's more than one owner.

In my example, I have got the diet belonging to the lemurs.

This would be written as the lemurs' diet.

The diet belongs to the lemurs.

So I would write my apostrophe after the word lemurs.

Now it's your turn with number one, the branches belonging to the trees.

And number two, reputations belonging to aye-ayes.

Pause the video while you do that.

Brilliant work everybody.

Did you spot that the branches belonging to the trees would be written as the trees' branches, the branches belong to the trees.

The trees are the owner in this phrase.

So we put the apostrophe after the word trees.

For number two, reputations belonging to aye-ayes would be written as aye-ayes' reputations.

The reputations belong to aye-ayes, aye-ayes are the owner.

So we would put the apostrophe after the word aye-ayes.

Well done, what a fantastic start to our lesson.

Now we are going to start writing the introduction.

When we write, we always try to do these things.

Plan and say each sentence before we write it.

Use punctuation where we know the rules.

Showcase each sentence type we know.

And write letters neatly on the line in joined handwriting.

Use spelling strategies to spell words accurately and check and improve our writing when we think we have finished.

Here is our success criteria for today.

Success criteria is extremely helpful for us when we come to write, because it acts as a checklist of a few things we need to try and include in our writing to make sure it is as successful as possible.

Let's go through our success criteria together and let's read them together.

I have written an introductory sentence that explains what the report is about.

I have included a general fact about aye-ayes.

I have written a linking sentence that tells the reader what they will learn in the report.

And I have used an apostrophe for plural possession.

Remember, plural possession is when there is more than one owner.

So now it's time for us to write our introduction.

Use your plan for writing the introduction.

Here's my plan.

Make sure you've got yours ready.

We can build on our ideas from our plan when we write today, because remember, our plan was written in note form.

Make sure you've got your plan with you, ready for writing.

Let's just recap the structure of a introductory paragraph.

We have our subheading, our introductory sentence, general information, and a linking sentence.

The introductory sentence introduces what the report will be about.

That's where we are going to start off today.

Okay, everyone, so I've got my page set up and ready to go.

As you can see, I've stuck in my success criteria.

First of all, I'm going to get started by writing my subheading, which is introduction.

You could do this along with me in your own book if you would like to.

So I'm gonna start by writing my subheading, which is introduction, and I'm going to be very mindful of keeping my handwriting neat and cursive.

Then going to go in with my ruler and underline my subheading.

Okay, we're ready to go.

So the first sentence of my introduction is going to be the introductory sentence.

Remember, the purpose of this sentence is to explain to the reader what the report is going to be about.

Okay, so I must also remember to do my indentation, which means to leave my little gap in from the margin.

I'm going to aim for an EMP with some of my subject specific vocabulary here.

On my plan, I've written that I wanted to include the words nocturnal and distinctive.

So I'm going to open really clearly for my reader straight away, telling them about aye-ayes.

So aye-ayes are nocturnal, distinctive looking creatures.

Okay, now aye-ayes are nocturnal, distinctive looking creatures that, what do they do? Where do they, I think I'm going to include some information from my reader about where they live, but keeping it very general.

So aye-ayes are nocturnal, distinctive looking creatures that live in, but I'm gonna improve the word live in to make it more formal.

So inhabit the tropical reforest of Madagascar, Africa.

Okay.

Okay, so let's reread this sentence together and make sure we are happy with it.

Aye-ayes are nocturnal, distinctive looking creatures.

I've done an expanded noun phrase here.

I've got nocturnal and distinctive looking as my adjectives.

I wonder, can you help me? What do I need to put in between my two adjectives? Well done you're absolutely right.

I need a comma between my two objectives.

Let's go back to the start.

aye-ayes are nocturnal, comma, distinctive looking creatures that inhabit the tropical reforest of Madagascar, Africa.

Oh, I've spotted two mistakes.

I wonder whether you can tell me what they are as well.

Madagascar is a proper noun, so it needs a capital M.

And of course, I need a full stop at the end of my sentence.

Now I've written my introductory sentence, so that means I can tick off the first of my success criteria.

Now I'm moving on to my general information.

This is where I'm giving my reader some necessary information about aye-ayes, but not anything too specific.

So in my plan, I mentioned that I want to talk about them inhabiting Madagascar in Africa and the tropical rainforest, although I've already really kind of done that with my introductory sentence, in my plan I also mentioned that they're highly adapted and that meals travel up to four kilometres a night during mating season.

So I might use one of those general facts now instead.

So I've already referred to aye-ayes as aye-ayes and creatures.

So I'm gonna use some different vocabulary now.

I could use primates, I could use lemurs.

I'm going to go with lemurs.

Now I want to tell my reader that they are highly adapted.

So I'm going to go with these highly adapted lemurs.

They are.

Do you know, I've actually decided to build in an extra fact from what is on my plan.

I really like the fact about aye-ayes being seen as bad omens by some people.

I think that might really hook my reader in as a general fact as well.

So I'm going to go with that instead.

So these highly adapted lemurs are regarded.

That means they are seen as or viewed as, they are regarded as bad omens according to some people.

And some believe that they have the power to curse humans.

Okay, now let's reread this sentence together.

These highly adapted lemurs are regarded as bad omens and some believe that they have the power to curse humans.

I'm pretty happy with that sentence.

Now I can actually tick off my second success criteria.

I have included a general fact about aye-ayes, so I can tick that one off.

The remaining success criteria I have are writing a linking sentence.

So that's what I'm going to do next.

But I also need to include an apostrophe for plural possession.

So I need to have that at the forefront of my mind as I'm planning my next sentence.

So now we're onto our linking sentence, which links on to the next paragraph.

That's gonna give my reader an indication of what's coming up next in the report.

I also need to think about just looking back at my plan, I had included an opener, which was throughout this report.

Okay, so I'm going to start by using that opener throughout this report.

Remembering my capital letter to start my sentence throughout this report.

And I also need my comma now after my fronted adverbial.

Throughout this report, what are we going to be learning about? We will be learning, we will be exploring, we are going to be learning about the adaptations and the diet.

Okay, and the habitat.

Now I also need to think about it in terms of belonging to the aye-ayes.

So I might go with, throughout this report, we will be exploring aye-ayes' adaptations, diet and habitat.

Okay, throughout this report we will be exploring aye-ayes' diet, habitat, and adaptations.

Okay, and I've remembered my full stop.

Now let's just read this sentence through together.

Throughout this report, comma, we will be exploring aye-ayes' diet, habitat and adaptations.

Okay, I have spotted some missing punctuation.

First of all, here, aye-ayes' diet, habitat and adaptations.

Thinking back to our success criteria, who do the diet, habitat and adaptations belong to? Well done, you're right.

They belong to the aye-ayes.

I wonder whether you can help me.

Where should the apostrophe go? There is more than one aye-aye, so there's plural possession here.

The diet, habitat and adaptations.

Well done, you are right.

They belong to the aye-ayes.

So the apostrophe goes after the S.

I can tick off my apostrophe for plural possession.

I have written a linking sentence, but there's also one more mistake in this final sentence.

I wonder if you can help me.

We have got a list of three things we are going to learn about with relation to the aye-ayes.

So I need to separate those nouns in the sentence using a comma, diet, comma habitat and adaptations.

Now I feel really, really happy with my introductory paragraph.

Let's just read through it together.

Introduction, aye-ayes are nocturnal, distinctive-looking creatures that inhabit the tropical rainforests of Madagascar, Africa.

These highly adapted lemurs are regarded as bad omens and some believe that they have the power to curse humans.

I might add the word people in here just so it's really clear for my reader.

'cause otherwise they might be thinking some who believe that they have the power to curse humans.

So some people believe that they have the power to curse humans.

Throughout this report, we will be exploring aye-ayes' diet, habitat and adaptations, and I'm thrilled that I've got my apostrophe for plural possession in there.

Now we've had a look at my writing of my introduction, it's your turn.

We're going to split your writing into three parts.

We will draught your introductory sentence, then your general information, and finally your linking sentence.

You can see on the screen, you've got your success criteria there to help you.

So first of all, use your plan to draught your introductory sentence.

I have given you a scaffold, which is aye-ayes are, comma primate that that scaffold will help you if you would like to use an expanded noun phrase to describe the aye-ayes but you do not have to follow this sentence structure if you would rather do something else.

Pause the video now while you draught your introductory sentence.

Brilliant work everyone.

So hopefully you have finished drafting your introductory sentence.

Here is an example of what you might have written.

I'm sure yours will be different though.

Here's my example.

Aye-ayes are nocturnal, distinctive looking primates that inhabit the tropical rainforests of Madagascar, Africa.

Here we can tick off that we have written an introductory sentence that explains what the report is about.

Now we're going to move on to drafting your general information section of your paragraph.

Remember here is where we give the reader some necessary information about the topic.

This is the section of your plan that you will use.

Now, use your plan to draught your general information.

You can use this scaffold if you would like to.

These, lemurs.

Pause the video while you do that.

Excellent work everybody, here is my example.

These highly adapted lemurs are regarded by many as bad omens, and some people believe that if an aye-aye points its skeletal middle finger at you, you will be cursed.

I bet you came up with some excellent ideas for your general information sentence.

Now we can all tick off that we have included a general fact about aye-ayes.

Now we're moving on to the linking sentence, which links on to the next paragraph.

This is the section of your plan that you will use.

Use your plan now to draught your linking sentence.

Remember, if you haven't already, you will need to try and use an apostrophe for plural possession.

If you would like to, you could use my sentence starter throughout this report to get you started.

Pause the video now while you draught your linking sentence.

Brilliant work everyone, here's my example.

Throughout this report, we will be exploring in further detail the adaptations, diet and habitat of these fascinating mammals.

Now we can all tick off that we have written a linking sentence that tells the reader what they will learn in the report.

Check your writing and make any edits or improvements.

Rewrite your sentences as a full introduction with a subheading using your success criteria.

Pause the video now while you do that.

Brilliant work everyone.

I'm sure we are feeling so proud of what we've done so far.

Here is my example.

Aye-ayes are nocturnal, distinctive looking primates that inhabit the tropical rainforests of Madagascar, Africa.

These highly adapted lemurs are regarded by many as bad omens, and some people believe that if an aye-aye points its a skeletal middle finger at you, you will be cursed.

Throughout this report, you will learn further detail about the adaptations, diet and habitat of these fascinating mammals.

I have written an introductory sentence which explains what the report is about.

I've included a general fact about aye-ayes.

I've written a linking sentence that tells the reader what they will learn in the report, but you may have already spotted, I have not included an apostrophe for plural possession.

So I'm going to edit my writing now to make sure I can include one.

I'm going to edit my linking sentence and take out the adaptations, diet and habitat of these fascinating mammals, and instead change my sentence structure so that my final sentence says, throughout this report, you will learn further detail about these mammals' fascinating adaptations, diet and habitat.

This way, just by changing my sentence structure slightly, I have turned it so that my final sentence includes a plural possessive apostrophe.

Now I can tick off all of my success criteria.

Well done everyone, what an excellent lesson with so much learning packed in.

Today we've been writing the introduction of a non chronological report.

The purpose of the introduction is to engage the reader and give general information about the subject of the report.

Aye-ayes can be referred to in the singular and the plural form.

The purpose of a plan is to help writers during the writing process.

The writing process involves planning, drafting, checking, editing and publishing a piece of writing.

I hope you are so proud of your introduction that you have written today.

Well done everyone, and I'm looking forward to seeing you again very soon.