Learning the features of instructions
I can identify the different features of instructions.
Learning the features of instructions
I can identify the different features of instructions.
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Key learning points
- Instructions are a set of steps or guidelines for someone to follow to complete a specific task.
- Instructions contain numbers or ordering fronted adverbials.
- Instructions contain imperative verbs.
- Instructions contain adverbs.
Keywords
Instructions - instructions are a set of steps or guidelines for someone to follow to complete a specific task
Features - distinctive qualities or characteristics of something
Common misconception
Pupils may think that instructions are always recipes as this is what they are looking at in this lesson.
Provide pupils with a varied range of different instructions for them to look at and pull out the different features discussed in the lesson.
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