Planning the second section of an explanation text about how bees make honey

English

In 'How Bees Make Honey', pupils learnt how to use ordering devices to explain the process of bees' honey-making chronologically. In the next unit, pupils will revert to writing out of chronological order in a non-chronological report with subheadings.

In 'The Stone Age', pupils used subheadings to maintain cohesion. In this unit, pupils will write the steps of bees' honey-making process chronologically with ordering devices. 

How Bees Make Honey: explanation text

Which of these are subject-specific to the section of the explanation text about making honey inside the hive?

Which of the following is true about nectar?

full sentences with capital letters and full stops

build on a point from the previous sentence.

tell the reader the order of the steps of a process.

show the reader the writer's point of view about a fact.

show the reader the cause and effect of a fact.

The purpose of ordering fronted adverbials is to...

The worker bee regurgitates the nectar into the processor bee's mouth. 

The processor bee places the nectar inside the honeycomb cell. 

The processor bees flap their wings to evaporate the water. 

Order these steps of the honey-making process that take place outside of the hive. 

to help the writer organise their thoughts before writing

Match the subject-specific vocabulary to its definition. 

'First,' and 'Next,' are examples of {{}} fronted adverbials. 

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

Planning the second section of an explanation text about how bees make honey

Lesson outcome

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