Formal means something is using a serious, unemotional and impersonal tone.

Informal means something is more relaxed and reflective of a person’s speaking voice and personality.

Something that is said or written in order to ask a person about something.

A contraction is when two words are shortened in form and are put together to form one new word.

Analysing the language to use in a report about the Great Fire of London

English

Learning the features of a non-chronological report

Generating knowledge about The Great Fire of London

Preparing the introduction of a report on The Great Fire of London

Writing the introduction of a report on The Great Fire of London

Planning a section on how the fire started for a non-chronological report

Writing the first section of a report on the Great Fire of London

Planning the second section of a report on the Great Fire of London

Writing the second section of a report on the Great Fire of London

In this unit, pupils learn how to group the information they are sharing into relevant paragraphs.   In ‘Nocturnal Animals: Non-Chronological Report’, the pupils will build on this by using more formal conjunctions to link their ideas. 

In ‘Monster Pizza: Instruction Writing’, pupils learnt how to use fronted adverbials of time to order their instructions.   In this unit, pupils will build on this by adapting their fronted adverbials of time to include specific times and dates from history.   

In this unit, pupils write a non-chronological report in three paragraphs about the important historical event of The Great Fire of London. Pupils generate knowledge and subject-specific vocabulary about the event. They then write an introduction and two further sections.

The Great Fire of London: non-chronological report

Depiction or discussion of famine, disease, natural disasters.

Depiction or discussion of violence or suffering

Which of these are examples of times when people behave formally? 

Which of these is an example of a time when people behave informally?

Which of these best describes the tone of a written non-chronological report? 

Which of these shows the structrure of an expanded noun phrase?

Which of these adjectives would be suitable to describe the fire in a **formal** report?

Which of these question starters could be used in a formal report?

One of his children accidentally started it.

How did the fire start in Thomas Farriner's bakery?

Which of these could be used to describe the weather conditions on the day the fire started?

Which of these were reasons why the fire spread so quickly?

In 1666, what were houses mostly made from?

Which of these are examples of equipment people used to help them tackle the fire?

Starter Quiz