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

English

Generating knowledge about The Great Fire of London

Analysing the language to use in a report 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

Select the missing word. The simplest way to organise texts is into two categories called 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 these parts of a football match into chronological order.

What always comes at the beginning of a sentence?

Which word can be used to join two ideas in a sentence?

If a story is made up using imagination, what type of text is it?

Exit Quiz

Select the missing word. The simplest way to organise texts is into two categories called fiction and __________.