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Year 3

Generating vocabulary for an explanation text about how bees make honey

I can generate ambitious, subject-specific vocabulary to include in an explanation text.

New
New
Year 3

Generating vocabulary for an explanation text about how bees make honey

I can generate ambitious, subject-specific vocabulary to include in an explanation text.

Lesson details

Key learning points

  1. Precise vocabulary is used to accurately describe the complex process of making honey.
  2. Adjective choices are formal and technical in an explanation text rather than descriptive.
  3. Verb choices are precise to describe the bees’ movements accurately.
  4. Synonyms can be used to refer to the nouns in different ways to avoid repetition.
  5. Adverbs are used to add extra detail to the verb.

Common misconception

Pupils may use adjective choices that describe the personality of the bee.

Adjective choices are formal and technical in an explanation text rather than descriptive.

Keywords

  • Noun - a person, place or thing

  • Adjective - a word that describes a noun

  • Synonym - a word that has the same or similar meaning to another word

  • Verb - a doing or being word

  • Adverb - a word that describes a verb

Use a display board in the classroom as a 'working vocabulary wall' on which you log factual, subject-specific adjectives to describe bees with. Celebrate this display each time a writing lesson is taught so that pupils are encouraged to use it.
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6 Questions

Q1.
What is the definition of a noun?
an object
an idea
Correct answer: a naming word for a person, place or thing
a describing word
Q2.
An adjective describes a .
Correct Answer: noun, Noun
Q3.
What is the purpose of an adverb?
An adverb describes a noun.
An adverb describes characters.
Correct answer: An adverb describes and adds extra detail to a verb.
Q4.
Match the word class to its example.
Correct Answer: verb,searches

searches

Correct Answer:noun,worker bee

worker bee

Correct Answer:adverb,carefully

carefully

Correct Answer:adjective,striped

striped

Q5.
Language in an explanation text is...
Correct answer: factual.
poetic.
Correct answer: formal.
funny.
Q6.
Honey bees are a type of...
mammal.
arachnid.
Correct answer: insect.
reptile.

6 Questions

Q1.
Which of these are synonyms for 'bee'?
Correct answer: creature
thing
Correct answer: insect
hard-working
Q2.
'striped, hard-working creature' in 'The striped, hard-working creature' is an example of...
a fronted adverbial.
a subheading.
a subordinate clause.
Correct answer: an expanded noun phrase.
Q3.
An adverb describes a .
Correct Answer: verb, Verb
Q4.
What adjectives would be suitable to describe 'nectar' in an explanation text?
yucky
Correct answer: transparent
Correct answer: sticky
odd
Q5.
Match the verb to the most appropriate adverb for describing the honey-making process.
Correct Answer:flaps,rapidly

rapidly

Correct Answer:transfers,carefully

carefully

Correct Answer:covers,completely

completely

Q6.
Which is an appropriate verb choice to describe how the bee puts the nectar into honeycomb cells?
throws
spits
chucks
Correct answer: transfers