Writing the second section of an information text about an author

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Identifying the features of an information text to prepare for writing our own

Generating information about authors to prepare to write an information text

Planning and writing the introduction of an information text about an author

Planning the first section of an information text about an author

Writing the first section of an information text about an author

Planning the second section of an information text about an author

In this unit, pupils learn how to use viewpoint fronted adverbials as sentence starters. In 'Nocturnal Animals: Non-Chronological Report', pupils will build on this by using a variety of sentence starts to make their writing varied. 

In 'The Great Fire of London: Non-Chronological Report', pupils used their knowledge of a real-life event to write a report with the purpose of informing its reader. In this unit, they will build on this by writing about one particular person and their life. 

In this unit, pupils write an information text in three paragraphs about the author Atinuke. Pupils use research as a starting point to write their texts, which will include an introduction, a paragraph about her childhood and a paragraph about her jobs and books.

Atinuke and other authors: information text

Which of the following are used to form a compound sentence?

Which of the following do you use to form a complex sentence?

Which of the following are subordinating conjunctions?

Which piece of punctuation always comes after a fronted adverbial?

Which of the following are viewpoint fronted adverbials?

writing that provides information about someone or something

writing that provides the ingredients and instructions for a meal

'Charlie and the Chocolate Factory', 'Fantastic Mr Fox'

Match the author to the books they wrote.

I went to school near a chocolate factory.

Roald Dahl attended boarding school next to a chocolate factory.

Which of the following would you find in an information text about an author?

True or false? A plan is a framework that writers create before they write a section or whole text.

Starter Quiz

What is an information text?