Writing a section about hedgehogs in a non-chronological report

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Learning the features of a non-chronological report on nocturnal animals

Generating information about bats to be used in a non-chronological report

Generating information about hedgehogs for a non-chronological report

Writing the introduction of a non-chronological report about nocturnal animals

Planning to write a section about bats in a non-chronological report

Writing a section about bats in a non-chronological report

Planning to write a section about hedgehogs in a non-chronological report

Delivering a presentation of a non-chronological report about nocturnal animals

In this unit, pupils have learned how to use fronted adverbials of time in sentences within a non-chronological report. In 'School Trip: Recount', pupils will build on this by using the skill within a different text type, a recount. 

In 'Atinuke and other authors: Information Text', pupils learned how to group information into relevant paragraphs to make it easier for the reader to navigate. In this unit, pupils will build on that skill by applying it to a different form on non-fiction writing, a non-chronological report.  

In this unit, pupils write a non-chronological report in three paragraphs about nocturnal animals. Pupils use two research lessons about bats and hedgehogs as the starting point for writing an introduction and a paragraph about each nocturnal animal.

Nocturnal animals: non-chronological report

Two simple sentences joined together with a joining word is called a...

Both ideas in a compound sentence must make complete sense on their own. This statement is ...

Which of these is **not** a joining word?

Which joining word is used for **building on** ideas?

Which joining word is used for sentences that have a **positive and a negative**?

Which joining word is used for an **option or effect**?

Which of the following are nocturnal animals?

Which of these is a time when hedgehogs are **not** awake?

Hedgehogs are recognisable because of the ...

What are the spikes on a hedgehog's back called?

What does a hedgehog do when it wants to protect itself from predators?

Which of these is not somewhere a hedgehog might make its habitat?

Starter Quiz

Which of the following are nocturnal animals?