Writing the paragraph about the death of King Tut
I can write a detailed paragraph about the death of King Tut.
Writing the paragraph about the death of King Tut
I can write a detailed paragraph about the death of King Tut.
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Lesson details
Key learning points
- A subheading signals to the reader what the section is about.
- A section about one feature of the report's subject contains specific facts and information to keep the reader engaged.
- Using the full range of sentence types (simple, compound and complex) improves text flow for the reader.
- Sentences should be said aloud before writing to ensure they make sense and read back once written to check for errors.
- Fronted adverbials of cause and formal fronted adverbials are used at the start of sentences for cohesion.
Keywords
Text flow - how a text is written to keep the reader engaged
Subheading - a word, phrase or sentence used to introduce part of a text
Compound sentence - a sentence formed of two main clauses and a co-ordinating conjunction
Complex sentence - a sentence formed of at least one main clause and a subordinate clause
Fronted adverbial - a sentence starter followed by a comma
Common misconception
Pupils write facts in a non-coherent order.
Ensure pupils are following the order of the facts on their plans when writing full sentences.
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Content guidance
- Depiction or discussion of upsetting content
Supervision
Adult supervision recommended
Licence
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Starter quiz
6 Questions
a group of words that contains a verb
a doing, a being or a having word
a sentence starter followed by a comma
young
badly
believe
Egypt
Exit quiz
6 Questions
because
However,
Additionally,
As a result,