Planning to write a section about Florence Nightingale in a report
I can make a plan for writing about Florence Nightingale in a non-chronological report.
Planning to write a section about Florence Nightingale in a report
I can make a plan for writing about Florence Nightingale in a non-chronological report.
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Key learning points
- A non-chronological report is a type of non-fiction text.
- A non-chronological report provides information on a subject, person or event.
- Notes are used when making a plan and they are short and only capture key vocabulary and important information.
- Notes are not written in full sentences and do not require capital letters, full stops or commas.
Keywords
Plan - a framework that writers create before they write a section or whole text
Notes - written out of full sentences
Non-chronological report - a non-fiction text that is not written in time order
Common misconception
Pupils may want to include every detail when writing their plan.
Teach pupils that a plan will help them when writing by guiding them on what content to include in each sentence. Model a written plan.
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