Writing the conclusion of a report on Florence Nightingale and Mary Seacole
I can write the conclusion of a non-chronological report on Florence Nightingale and Mary Seacole.
Writing the conclusion of a report on Florence Nightingale and Mary Seacole
I can write the conclusion of a non-chronological report on Florence Nightingale and Mary Seacole.
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Key learning points
- Comparing means looking at how things are the same and contrasting means looking at how things are different.
- The purpose of the conclusion is to summarise the information from the report.
- No new information is given in the conclusion.
Keywords
Conclusion - the closing paragraph of a non-fiction text
Formal fronted adverbial - a sentence starter followed by a comma that is formal in tone and often found in non-fiction texts
Contrasting - looking at the differences between two things
Comparative - comparing the similarities between two things
Summary - an overview of a text's main points or ideas
Common misconception
Pupils may want to introduce new ideas or information in the conclusion.
Teach pupils that a conclusion is for summarising the key information from the report. Give children a range of sentences and ask them to sort into those you would or would not find in a conclusion.
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