Planning a section about Ancient Greek warfare for a non-chronological report

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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

Which of these are subject-specific vocabulary to the subject of Ancient Greeks?

They used the phalanx formation in battle.

Hoplites were heavily armoured citizen-soldiers.

They did not have a specific formation in battle.

Which of the following is true of Ancient Greek warfare?

Full sentences with capital letters and full stops.

Which of these fronted adverbials are used to give the writer's viewpoint?

Which of these are fronted adverbials of cause?

Match the type of fronted adverbial to its example.

The Ancient Greeks were known for their contributions to art, science, maths.

The Ancient Greeks were known for their contributions to art, science and maths.

The Ancient Greeks were known for their contributions to art, science maths.

The Ancient Greeks were known for their contributions to art science and maths.

Ancient Greeks had a belief system, which included gods and goddesses.

Ancient Greeks had a belief system which, included gods and goddesses.

Ancient Greeks had a belief system, which included, gods and goddesses.

In which sentence is the comma used correctly?

To capture key vocabulary and information.

To organise notes and chunks of information.

What is the purpose of a subheading in a plan?

Which of these fronted adverbials show that another idea is being added to the previous sentence?

What is a fronted adverbial always followed by?

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