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

I can plan ambitious, subject-specific vocabulary for the section about how bees make honey on return to the hive.

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Year 3

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

I can plan ambitious, subject-specific vocabulary for the section about how bees make honey on return to the hive.

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Lesson details

Key learning points

  1. Activity inside 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.

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 - information written out of full sentences

Common misconception

Planning needs to be detailed and include full sentences.

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

Supplement pupils' knowledge of honey bees with additional videos, images and research.
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Lesson video

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6 Questions

Q1.
Which sentence is correctly punctuated?
The bee leaves the hive
the bee leaves the hive.
Correct answer: The bee leaves the hive.
the bee. leaves the hive
Q2.
What is the purpose of a plan?
to help edit a piece of writing
Correct answer: to help the writer organise their thoughts before writing
to write a first draft
Q3.
Match the subject-specific vocabulary to its definition.
Correct Answer:hive,a structure in which bees live

a structure in which bees live

Correct Answer:nectar,a sweet liquid made by flowers

a sweet liquid made by flowers

Correct Answer:honeycomb cell,a natural wax container for honey

a natural wax container for honey

Q4.
'First,' and 'Next,' are examples of fronted adverbials.
Correct Answer: ordering, Ordering
Q5.
Match the term to its example.
Correct Answer:fronted adverbial of cause,As a result,

As a result,

Correct Answer:expanded noun phrase,the social, diligent creatures

the social, diligent creatures

Correct Answer:ordering fronted adverbial,First,

First,

Q6.
The two types of honey bees are...
sticky bees.
Correct answer: worker bees.
furry bees.
Correct answer: processor bees.

6 Questions

Q1.
Which of these are subject-specific to the section of the explanation text about making honey inside the hive?
Correct answer: wax lid
Correct answer: evaporate
flowers
Correct answer: regurgitate
spiders
Q2.
Which of the following is true about nectar?
Correct answer: It contains lots of water.
It contains lots of poisonous chemicals.
It is very heavy.
Q3.
Honey is eaten by...
only humans.
Correct answer: both bees and humans.
only bees.
Q4.
Which two of these are found in a plan?
paragraphs
Correct answer: notes in bullet points
full sentences with capital letters and full stops
Correct answer: key information in concise note form
Q5.
The purpose of ordering fronted adverbials is to...
build on a point from the previous sentence.
Correct answer: tell the reader the order of the steps of a process.
show the reader the writer's point of view about a fact.
show the reader the cause and effect of a fact.
Q6.
Order these steps of the honey-making process that take place outside of the hive.
1 - The worker bee returns to the hive.
2 - The worker bee regurgitates the nectar into the processor bee's mouth.
3 - The processor bee places the nectar inside the honeycomb cell.
4 - The processor bees flap their wings to evaporate the water.
5 - The cells are sealed with a wax lid.