something that is known to be true or proved

a type of simple sentence that tells someone to do something and can end with an exclamation mark

Writing an information report with commands

English

Exploring illustrations in 'Lulu Gets a Cat'

Reading and responding to 'Lulu Gets a Cat' by Anna McQuinn

The theme of responsibility in 'Lulu Gets a Cat'

Thinking from Lulu's perspective and asking questions

Using non-fiction texts to recall and learn facts

Differences between fiction and non-fiction texts

Writing facts

Writing instructions

Writing facts in an information page

In this unit, pupils learnt to write descriptive sentences about characters. In 'Paddington', pupils will build on this by joining two simple ideas together using 'and'.

In 'Anna Hibiscus', pupils were introduced to expanded noun phrases to describe characters and settings. In this unit, pupils will build on this as well as use commas in a list. 

In this unit, pupils will use the book 'Lulu Gets a Cat' as a springboard to learning about non-fiction information texts on cats. Pupils will compare fiction and non-fiction texts before learning how to write statement and command sentences for an information page about looking after cats.

Looking after pets: reading and writing

What punctuation mark usually follows an adverbial of time?

Did you know that cats can see in the dark!

did you know that cats can see in the dark?

Did you know that cats can see in the dark.

Did you know that cats can see in the dark?

Identify the sentence that is punctuated correctly.

Choose the correct punctuation mark to complete the following sentence: 'What do cats eat_'.

Which word is the verb in the following sentence? 'Feed your cat every day.'

Which of these sentences is punctuated correctly?

a lesson that can be learnt from a story.

Writing an information report with commands

Lesson outcome