additional information that can be removed without compromising grammatical accuracy

a punctuation mark used to add extra, factual information in a clause

refers to how text flows to maintain the interest of the reader and achieve the text’s purpose

special features that animals and plants develop to help them survive where they live

Planning the adaptations section of a non-chronological report about tigers

English

Identifying the features of a non-chronological report in preparation for writing about tigers

Researching tigers for a non-chronological report

Planning the introduction of a non-chronological report about tigers

Writing the introduction of a non-chronological report about tigers

Planning the diet section of a non-chronological report about tigers

Writing the diet section of a non-chronological report about tigers

Editing the diet section of a non-chronological report about tigers

Writing the adaptations section of a non-chronological report about tigers

Planning the conclusion of a non-chronological report about tigers

Writing the conclusion of a non-chronological report about tigers

Presenting a non-chronological report about tigers

In 'The Titanic: Journalistic Report Writing', pupils will develop their understanding of writing to inform their reader and apply this in the context of a journalistic report..

In ‘The Angler Fish: Non-Chronological Report’, pupils wrote solely using the active voice. In this unit, pupils will be introduced to using passive voice within a non-chronological report.

In this unit, pupils research tigers' diets and adaptations to write an informative non-chronological report about them. They spend a whole lesson editing their writing, focusing on key Year 5 punctuation, sentence structures and vocabulary choices. Finally, pupils present their reports.

The aye-aye or wild cats: non-chronological report

extra information that can be removed from the sentence

a punctuation mark used to add extra, factual information

how a text flows and keeps the reader interested

features that animals develop to help them survive

Match the key words to their definitions.

Put the parts of our non-chronological report in the correct order.

specific information written across several sentences

Put the parts of the adaptations section in the correct order.

Which information is relevant to the 'adaptations' section of a non-chronological report about tigers?

punctuation used to add extra facts to a sentence

punctuation used to signal an embedded relative clause

Match the key terms to their definitions.

Tigers are nocturnal (active at night) so their night vision is excellent.

Tigers are nocturnal active at night so their (night vision) is excellent.

(Tigers) are nocturnal active at night so their night vision is excellent.

Non-chronological reports are a type of __________ writing.

features that animals and plants develop to help them survive where they live

, which are special features that help them survive, 

Match each cohesive device to an example.

a section of writing indicated by a new line and indentation

how text flows to interest the reader and achieve its aim

Select the features of an effective non-chronological report plan.

Exit Quiz

Match the key words to their definitions.