a section of a piece of writing that is indicated by a new line and an indentation.

a sentence formed of a main clause and a relative subordinate clause

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

Writing the diet section of a non-chronological report about aye-ayes

English

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 aye-ayes' 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

Which of these scaffolds correctly represents a fronted adverbial?

Which of these fronted adverbials might be found in a non-chronological report?

which are one of the aye aye's staple foods

Put the stages of the writing process in the correct order.

Which of these sentences uses the plural possessive apostrophe correctly?

Information in the diet section should be...

specific information written in coherent sentences

vocabulary used when writing about a particular subject

a sentence formed of a main clause and a relative clause

Match the cohesive device to its definition:

a word that starts a relative clause like 'who' or 'which'

Tick the correct definition of a relative pronoun:

Which relative pronoun should be used at the start of relative clauses about aye-ayes?

Which of these relative clauses is most suitable to add to this main clause: 'Aye-ayes, __________, eat both animals and plants.'

This lesson will be removed by end of Summer Term 2025.

Writing the diet section of a non-chronological report about aye-ayes

Lesson outcome

This lesson will be removed by end of Summer Term 2025.