Writing a section on Portia spiders' appearance for a non-chronological report
I can use my plan to write a detailed section about the appearance of the Portia spider.
Writing a section on Portia spiders' appearance for a non-chronological report
I can use my plan to write a detailed section about the appearance of the Portia spider.
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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.
- Writers choose varied fronted adverbials and different sentence types to ensure the text flows for the reader.
- A section can be composed of one paragraph.
- Sentences should be said aloud before writing to ensure they make sense and read back once written to check for errors.
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 their 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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Starter quiz
6 Questions
a group of words that contains a verb
a doing or a being word
a sentence starter followed by a comma
to build on a point from the previous sentence
to introduce a contrasting idea from the previous sentence
to show the writer's point of view