Planning a section on how the fire started for a non-chronological report
I can make a plan for writing about how the Great Fire of London started.
Planning a section on how the fire started for a non-chronological report
I can make a plan for writing about how the Great Fire of London started.
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Key learning points
- A plan helps a writer to organise their ideas, thoughts and the information they want to include in their writing.
- The fire started on Sunday 2nd September 1666 in a bakery on Pudding Lane in London.
- The fire was accidentally started by a baker named Thomas Farriner.
- Notes can be used in a plan to help organise key information and are not written in full sentences.
Keywords
Plan - a framework that writers create before they write a section or whole text
Notes - written out of full sentences
Common misconception
Pupils may write full sentences in their plan.
Teach children how to write notes which are short and capture key vocabulary and important information. Encourage use of bullet points.
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