someone or something that supplies information

something that can be believed or trusted

a central idea that the writer intends the audience to engage deeply with

punctuation marks that lay key information out in a non-fiction text

Researching information about pandas' appearance and physical features

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In this unit, pupils use extensive research from a range of sources as another technique to strengthen writer's credibility.

In 'Wild Cats: Non-Chronological Report', pupils were introduced to using the passive voice to maintain writer's credibility. In this unit, pupils will use extensive research from a range of sources as another technique to strengthen writer's credibility.

Pandas or Antarctic animals: non-chronological report

What does it mean if a source of information is 'credible'?

A joke about pandas from a comedy video channel. 

A video about pandas from a well-known TV station. 

You are looking for facts about pandas online. Which of these sources is likely to be most credible?

Which part of our non-chronological report is most likely to contain general information about pandas?

Pandas' white fur helps them camouflage in the snow. 

Pandas can grow to 190 centimetres in length. 

Pandas have a thick oesophagus to protect them from bamboo. 

Which fact about pandas is most likely to be placed in the introduction of a non-chronological report?

Which of the following are adaptations that help pandas survive?

Take bullet point notes about what we read. 

Write in notes instead of complete sentences. 

When we're researching, which of the following is it useful to do? 

joining separate sentences to make compound sentences

joining related ideas to make complex sentences

showing connections between ideas using fronted adverbials

Which of the following can be used to improve text cohesion?

Although basking sharks have many teeth, they do not use them to eat. 

Basking sharks have many teeth, but they do not use them to eat. 

Basking sharks, which filter water for zooplankton, have many sharp teeth. 

Which of the following is a compound sentence?

Which co-ordinating conjunction would best join these two sentences? 'Basking sharks reach 12m in length. They weigh up to six tonnes.'

Match each type of complex sentence to the example of a word that could begin its subordinate clause. 

Because they are caught accidentally, basking sharks are endangered.

Basking sharks are endangered because they are caught accidentally. 

Amazingly, the basking shark's liver is a quarter of its whole weight. 

The basking shark's amazing liver is a quarter of its whole weight.

Which sentences start with a fronted adverbial? 

Match the types of fronted adverbial to the examples. 

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