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Planning to write a section about Mary Seacole in a non-chronological report

I can make a plan for writing about Mary Seacole in a non-chronological report.

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Year 2

Planning to write a section about Mary Seacole in a non-chronological report

I can make a plan for writing about Mary Seacole in a non-chronological report.

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Lesson details

Key learning points

  1. A non-chronological report is a type of non-fiction text.
  2. A non-chronological report provides information on a subject, person or event.
  3. Notes are used when making a plan and they are short and only capture key vocabulary and important information.
  4. 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.

You may want to provide a planning document for the children to write their notes in and a word bank/ images for prompts at their tables.
Teacher tip

Content guidance

  • Depiction or discussion of violence or suffering

Supervision

Adult supervision recommended

Licence

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Lesson video

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6 Questions

Q1.
Where does a fronted adverbial go in a sentence?
Correct answer: at the start
in the middle
at the end
Q2.
Fronted adverbials always start with a ...
comma.
Correct answer: capital letter.
question mark.
Q3.
Which of these is a type of fronted adverbial?
fronted adverbial of light
Correct answer: fronted adverbial of time
fronted adverbial of sound
Q4.
Which of these is a viewpoint fronted adverbial?
Last week,
In London,
Correct answer: Amazingly,
Q5.
Which viewpoint fronted adverbial would work best in this sentence? '__________, there were rats running round the hospitals.'
Interestingly,
Correct answer: Shockingly,
Amazingly,
Q6.
Which viewpoint fronted adverbial would work best in this sentence? '__________, Florence was born in Florence, Italy and was named after the city.'
Incredibly,
Shockingly,
Correct answer: Interestingly,

6 Questions

Q1.
True or false? A non-chronological report should be written in time order.
Correct Answer: False, false
Q2.
A non-chronological report is a type of ...
fiction text.
Correct answer: non-fiction text.
poem.
Q3.
Order these sections of a non-chronological report.
1 - Introduction
2 - Section 1
3 - Section 2
4 - Conclusion
Q4.
Each section of a report should have a subheading which must be...
Correct answer: underlined.
crossed out.
written in all capitals.
Q5.
Mary Seacole was visiting England when she heard that which war had started?
Correct answer: The Crimean War
World War 2
The Great War
Q6.
Mary wanted to travel to Crimea, but the army wouldn't allow her to go. What did she do next?
give up
Correct answer: pay to travel there herself
ask the army again