vocabulary used when writing about a particular subject

a framework that writers create before they write a section or whole text

a person who hunted animals and foraged for berries and other natural products for food.

Planning the paragraph about diet in the Stone Age

English

Linguistic features of a non-chronological report about the Stone Age

Writing the introduction of a non-chronological report about the Stone Age

Writing the paragraph about diet in the Stone Age

Planning the paragraph about houses in the Stone Age

Writing the paragraph about houses in the Stone Age

Planning the paragraph about artefacts in the Stone Age

Writing the paragraph about artefacts in the Stone Age

Writing the conclusion of a non-chronological report about the Stone Age

Publishing a non-chronological report about the Stone Age

In this unit, pupils use previously-taught features of a non-chronological report to write more extensively for purpose.  In the King Tut unit, pupils will increase the quantity of writing across a similar structure.

In the Portia Spider 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 diet, housing and artefacts of people in the Stone Age to write a non-chronological report. Pupils focus on using a range of fronted adverbials, subject-specific vocabulary and facts to write a clearly-structured full report. Pupils publish their reports at the end.

The Stone Age: non-chronological report

Which of these are subject-specific vocabulary?

full sentences with capital letters and full stops

They hunted wild animals and gathered nuts and berries from nature.

They grew crops and prepared the land for farming.

Which of the following is true of the Mesolithic period?

They moved around depending on where they could find animals to hunt.

They domesticated animals such as sheep, cows and chickens.

They cultivated crops and prepared the land for farming.

Which of the following are true of the Neolithic period?

Match the type of fronted adverbial to its example.

they could grow crops such as wheat and barley to eat.

they could domesticate animals to produce food.

Complete the following sentence. 'Farming had a positive impact on their diet because...'

They domesticated animals to produce food. 

they domesticated animals to produce food. 

They domesticated animals to produce food

they domesticated animals to produce food

In addition they cultivated crops such as wheat.

In, addition they cultivated crops such as wheat.

In addition, they cultivated crops such as wheat.

In addition, they cultivated crops such, as wheat.

In which sentence is the comma used correctly?

'They gathered berries and nuts.' I which section of a non-chronological report about the Stone Age would you find this sentence?

to signal the reader to each section of the text

'Amazingly,' and 'Interestingly,' are types of {{}} fronted adverbials.

Starter Quiz

Which of these need a capital letter?