Planning a section on Portia spiders' appearance for a non-chronological report

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Structural features of a non-chronological report

Linguistic features of a non-chronological report about Portia spiders

Writing the introduction of a non-chronological report about Portia spiders

Writing a section on Portia spiders' appearance for a non-chronological report

Planning a section on Portia spiders' hunting for a non-chronological report

Writing a section on Portia spiders' hunting for a non-chronological report

Editing two sections of a non-chronological report about Portia spiders

Writing the conclusion of a non-chronological report about Portia spiders

Presenting a non-chronological report about Portia spiders

In this unit, pupils use previously-taught features of a non-chronological report to write more extensively for  purpose.  In the Stone Age unit, pupils will follow a similar structure, using more substantive subject-specific vocabulary.

In the Florence Nightingale unit, pupils learnt how to write a non-chronological report following a similar structure.  In this unit, pupils will use the same features of a non-chronological report to write more extensively for  purpose.

In this unit, pupils research the appearance features and hunting strategies of the Portia Spider in order to write a non-chronological report about them. Pupils focus on using a range of fronted adverbials and subject-specific vocabulary to present their research in a well-structured report.

The Portia Spider: non-chronological report

Which of these are subject-specific words for a non-chronological report about the Portia spider?

full sentences with capital letters and full stops

Which **two** are most often found in a plan for writing?

A Portia spider eats other spiders. This makes it a {{}}.

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

to attack and kill other spiders and insects

Match the feature of the Portia spider's appearance to its purpose.

What does a full sentence need to include?

Match the type of fronted adverbial to its example.

Order these sections of a non-chronological report correctly.

to signal the reader to each section of the text

The facts in the themed sections of a non-chronological report are ...

Which of these fronted adverbials show that another idea is building on from the previous sentence?

Starter Quiz

What does a full sentence need to include?