Identifying features of an explanation text in preparation for writing

English

Understanding and ordering how bees make honey

Generating vocabulary for an explanation text about how bees make honey

Writing the introduction of an explanation text about how bees make honey

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

Writing the first section of an explanation text about how bees make honey

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

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

In 'How Bees Make Honey', pupils learnt how to use ordering devices to explain the process of bees' honey-making chronologically. In the next unit, pupils will revert to writing out of chronological order in a non-chronological report with subheadings.

In 'The Stone Age', pupils used subheadings to maintain cohesion. In this unit, pupils will write the steps of bees' honey-making process chronologically with ordering devices. 

In this unit, pupils research how bees make honey in order to write a clearly-presented explanation text. Pupils focus on writing facts using subject-specific vocabulary within Year 3 level sentence structures. Pupils learn to join two ideas of cause and effect across more than one sentence.

How Bees Make Honey: explanation text

The way punctuation is used to show an emotion.

The way words are used in a sentence to make the meaning clear.

The way pictures are arranged in a report.

Tick all of the words that are specific to the topic of honey bees.

What type of fronted adverbial is "As a result,"? 

Which of the following are ordering fronted adverbials?

Choose a fronted adverbial of cause that links these two sentences: "The honey bees flap their wings.' and 'The water evaporates." 

Order these steps of the honey-making process in chronological order. 

honey bees are essential to the natural world. 

Honey bees are essential to the natural world

Honey bees are essential to the natural world. 

honey bees are essential to the natural world

A naming word for people, places or things. 

A non-fiction text is full of facts to inform the reader.

A non-fiction text has two characters who speak to each other.

There are different types of non-fiction text.

Which of these are true for non-fiction texts?

A word that joins two main clauses to form a compound sentence.

A word or words that can tell the reader where a noun is.

Tick the fronted adverbial that is best suited to start this sentence: "One beehive can produce 27kg of honey."

Which sentence has the comma accurately punctuated?

Starter Quiz

Which sentence is correctly punctuated?