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Planning the first section of an explanation text about how bees make honey

I can plan ambitious, subject-specific vocabulary for the section about how bees collect nectar outside the beehive.

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Planning the first section of an explanation text about how bees make honey

I can plan ambitious, subject-specific vocabulary for the section about how bees collect nectar outside the beehive.

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Lesson details

Key learning points

  1. Activity outside the hive is an important part of the honey-making process.
  2. The main sections in an explanation text follow a clear, sequenced order.
  3. Notes should not be written in full sentences and bullet points can be used to make notes clear.
  4. Facts become increasingly specific throughout one section of an explanation text.

Common misconception

Planning needs to be detailed and include full sentences.

Planning should only have keywords and be written in note-form using bullet points.

Keywords

  • Subject-specific vocabulary - vocabulary used when writing about a particular subject

  • Plan - a framework that writers create before they write a section or whole text

  • Notes - written out of full sentences

Supplement pupils' knowledge of honey bees with additional videos, images and research.
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6 Questions

Q1.
What does a full sentence need to include?
Correct answer: full stop
Correct answer: capital letter
Correct answer: verb
comma
Q2.
Order these sections of an explanation text correctly.
1 - Introduction
2 - First themed section
3 - Second themed section
4 - Conclusion
Q3.
Match the type of fronted adverbial to its example.
Correct Answer:ordering fronted adverbial,Next,

Next,

Correct Answer:fronted adverbial of cause,As a result,

As a result,

Correct Answer:formal fronted adverbial,However,

However,

Correct Answer:viewpoint fronted adverbial,Amazingly,

Amazingly,

Q4.
What does 'chronological order' mean?
Correct answer: events organised in the order in which they happen or happened in time
events organised in alphabetical order
events organised in random order
Q5.
Which of these fronted adverbials shows the cause and effect of something?
Interestingly,
In addition,
Correct answer: As a result,
Next,
Q6.
Which subject-specific vocabulary would be found in an explanation text about the honey-making process?
Correct answer: nectar
science
Correct answer: hive
predator

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6 Questions

Q1.
Which of the following are found in a plan for writing?
full sentences with capital letters and full stops
Correct answer: bullet points
paragraphs
Correct answer: subject-specific vocabulary
Q2.
Fill in the gap: The bee leaves the hive, searching for colourful flowers to collect __________.
Correct Answer: nectar, Nectar
Q3.
Which of these is an example of an ordering fronted adverbial?
Interestingly,
Also,
Correct answer: Next,
However,
Q4.
Which of the following mix with nectar in the honey stomach to break it down into smaller molecules?
saliva
Correct answer: enzymes
cells
Correct answer: proteins
Q5.
Which fronted adverbial could link these two sentences? 'The enzymes and proteins break the nectar into smaller molecules.' and 'It can start to turn into honey'.
However,
As quick as a flash,
Correct answer: As a result,
Surprisingly,
Q6.
Order these steps of the honey-making process that take place outside the hive.
1 - The bee leaves the hive.
2 - It searches for colourful flowers.
3 - It collects the nectar with its tongue.
4 - The nectar travels into the honey stomach.
5 - Nectar mixes with proteins and enzymes.
6 - Nectar breaks down into smaller molecules.