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

a way of communicating using words for expressing ideas, thoughts and information

Linguistic features of a non-chronological report about Ancient Greeks

English

In this unit, pupils write two paragraphs per subheading. In 'The Aye-Aye or Wild Cats', pupils will write longer paragraphs and sections per subheading.

In 'The Angler Fish', pupils wrote one paragraph per subheading. In this unit, pupils will write two paragraphs per subheading.

In this unit, pupils research the Ancient Greeks' religion and warfare to write a non-chronological report about them. Pupils focus on writing with cohesion, using a range of fronted adverbials, subject-specific vocabulary and Year 4 level sentence structures. Finally, pupils present their reports.

Ancient Greeks or Anglo-Saxons: non-chronological report

the way pictures are arranged in a report

the way punctuation is used to show an emotion

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

Tick the **three** words that are specific to the topic of Ancient Greeks.

What type of fronted adverbial is 'impressively'?

Which **two** of these are viewpoint fronted adverbials?

It lists two adjectives to describe a noun.

It links one sentence to the next sentence.

Which **two** of these are true for a fronted adverbial of cause?

As a result, they developed many new ideas about society.

As a result, their architecture influenced other buildings.

As a result, the citizens were given a say.

Which **two** of these words need a capital letter?

Match the correct punctuation to each of the sentences below.

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

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?

Tick the fronted adverbial that is best suited to start this sentence: "I completed my home learning."

Which sentence has the comma accurately punctuated?

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