pieces of knowledge that help us understand something

a non-fiction text that informs about a subject or event and that is written out of time order

the parts or characteristics that make something unique

Learning the features of a non-chronological report on nocturnal animals

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Generating information about bats to be used in a non-chronological report

Generating information about hedgehogs for a non-chronological report

Writing the introduction of a non-chronological report about nocturnal animals

Planning to write a section about bats in a non-chronological report

Writing a section about bats in a non-chronological report

Planning to write a section about hedgehogs in a non-chronological report

Writing a section about hedgehogs in a non-chronological report

Delivering a presentation of a non-chronological report about nocturnal animals

In this unit, pupils have learned how to use fronted adverbials of time in sentences within a non-chronological report. In 'School Trip: Recount', pupils will build on this by using the skill within a different text type, a recount. 

In 'Atinuke and other authors: Information Text', pupils learned how to group information into relevant paragraphs to make it easier for the reader to navigate. In this unit, pupils will build on that skill by applying it to a different form on non-fiction writing, a non-chronological report.  

In this unit, pupils write a non-chronological report in three paragraphs about nocturnal animals. Pupils use two research lessons about bats and hedgehogs as the starting point for writing an introduction and a paragraph about each nocturnal animal.

Nocturnal animals: non-chronological report

Select the missing word. The simplest way to organise texts is into two categories: non-fiction and ....

Which of these is a type of fiction text?

Which of these is a type of non-fiction text? 

the ideas that a writer has in their head

Put one slice of bread on top of the other

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Where should you place a full stop in a sentence?

Which of these is a type of non-fiction text?

The main job of a report is to give the reader...

Starter Quiz

Every sentence should start with a...