instructions are a set of steps or guidelines for someone to follow to complete a specific task

distinctive qualities or characteristics of something

Learning the features of instructions

English

Generating ideas and vocabulary for instructions for how to make a monster pizza

Planning to write instructions for how to make a monster pizza

Writing the title, introduction and ingredients list for monster pizza instructions.

Writing instructions for how to make a monster pizza

Editing instructions for how to make a monster pizza

In this unit, pupils learn about a type of non-fiction writing: instructions.  In ‘The Great Fire of London: Non-Chronological Report’, pupils learn to write in another non-fiction text type: non-chronological reports.

In ‘Looking After Pets: Reading and Writing’, pupils learnt how to give information to the reader about how to perform a task successfully.   In this unit, pupils will build on this by writing more formal instructions in a list.

In this unit, pupils write a set of formal instructions, including a title and an ingredients list, for a fantasy disgusting pizza. Pupils learn about imperative verbs and precise adjectives that match the informative and formal tone of writing.

Monster pizza: instructions writing

the creative tool that helps you to think of things that do not exist in real life

a naming word for people, places or things

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

a type of verb that expresses an order or command

a fronted adverbial used to order or sequence

a name or heading given to a piece of writing

a short section at the start of a piece of writing designed to tell the reader about the main text

a list of things that are combined to make something, often food

a set of steps or guidelines for someone to follow to complete a specific task or make something

a type of verb that tells someone what to do

the process of making any changes needed to improve our writing

the name for the marks used to make our sentences clearer and easier to read

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