a fronted adverbial used to order or sequence

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

Writing instructions for how to make a monster pizza

English

Learning the features of instructions

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.

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

True or false? A set of instructions for making something to eat is called a recipe. 

Choose the correct word to fill in the blank. When writing, it can be very helpful to use a __________ to help guide you.

Which of these would an instruction include?

Which of these is an **ordering fronted adverbial**?

Which of these always comes after an ordering fronted adverbial?

True or false? The different parts of a recipe include a title, introduction, ingredients list and instructions. 

Which of these would be used to make the ingredients clearer to read?

True or false? The purpose of an introduction is to engage the reader, give a brief overview of the main piece of writing and make the reader want to read on.

True or false? A question to the reader is a bad way to start an introduction because it will make the reader feel unsure if they need to answer. 

An introduction often ends in a command, but what is the writer usually commanding the reader to do?

Starter Quiz

What is a recipe?