Writing specific sections of a non-chronological report about a penguin
I can write the ‘appearance’ and ‘adaptations’ sections of a non-chronological report about macaroni penguins, using a range of cohesive devices.
Writing specific sections of a non-chronological report about a penguin
I can write the ‘appearance’ and ‘adaptations’ sections of a non-chronological report about macaroni penguins, using a range of cohesive devices.
Lesson details
Key learning points
- Information in a section becomes more specific and detailed as the section goes on.
- Facts written in a section should be researched and organised prior to writing.
- A range of cohesive devices helps us to link facts within and between sentences.
- Before we write, we should orally rehearse sentences to ensure our sentences make sense and flow well.
- Parenthesis, varied sentence types and a range of fronted adverbials are all cohesive devices that can be used.
Common misconception
Pupils may struggle with generating an introductory sentence for each section.
Ask pupils to think about the main point of the paragraph, e.g. What is most obvious about the penguins' appearance? Are penguins well-adapted? If so, to what?
Keywords
Text cohesion - how a text flows to maintain the interest of the reader and achieve text purpose
Cohesive devices - language structures that develop text cohesion
Subheading - a phrase, word or sentence used to introduce a section of a text
Introductory sentence - a sentence used at the start of a paragraph
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Starter quiz
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Exit quiz
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The penguins use their fat stores while they incubate the egg.
The nest (called a 'scrape') is shallow and rock-lined.
As a result, they can escape predators.
Macaroni penguins have webbed feet and they have red eyes.