Year 2

Explanation: How birds fly

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Lessons (10)

To listen to an explanation

In this lesson, we will hear an explanation about how birds fly. We will then map out our explanation to help us to understand the sequence. We will end by stepping our explanation to help us to start learning the structure.

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To tell an explanation from memory

In this lesson, we will begin the lesson by exploring comprehension statements and explaining if they are true or false. We will then practise telling the explanation. We will create a flowchart to help us to remember the different stages of flight.

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To explore cause and effect

In this lesson, we will learn about the relationship between cause and effect. We will investigate cause and effect relationships when a bird flaps, glides and steers.

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To use subordinating conjunctions

In this lesson, we will explore the role of subordinating conjunctions. We will then craft sentences using when, it, that, and because. We will finish by considering the position of subordinating conjunctions in a sentence.

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To summarise (explanations)

In this lesson, we will read deeper explanations of how birds flap, glide and steer. We will then use three different methods to help us to develop our summarising skills.

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To box up for purpose

In this lesson, we will be creating our own flying fantastical character. We will then box up our explanations of how they fly.

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To identify features of explanation (read as a writer)

In this lesson, we will read some explanations about dragons flying. We will use our explanation toolkit to 'read as a writer' and identify explanation features. We will consider which strategies we can use in our own writing.

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To write an explanation text (Part 1)

In this lesson, we will use our boxing up plan that we created in lesson six of this unit to write the introduction and flapping paragraphs of our explanation.

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To write an explanation text (Part 2)

In this lesson, we will plan our writing in this lesson by using a step plan. We will carefully consider the sequencing of our explanations. We will complete a shared write for our gliding paragraph.

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To write an explanation text (Part 3)

In this lesson, we will write our final paragraph about steering. After we have edited our writing we will perform our explanation text.

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