Planning an explanation text about mummification

English

In this unit, pupils focused on creating cohesion within a paragraph. In the Digestive System unit, pupils will learn how to create cohesion across paragraphs.

In the Bees unit, pupils learnt how to write an explanation text following a similar structure. In this unit, pupils will use the same features of an explanation text to write more extensively for purpose.

In this unit, pupils research the Ancient Egyptian process of mummification to write an informative and clearly-presented explanation text. Pupils focus on using a range of subject-specific vocabulary appropriately, set within Year 3 level sentence structures, including causal conjunctions.

Mummification: explanation text

Subjects which particular individuals may be sensitive to, eg, adoption, migration, bereavement or death, divorce, poverty, deprivation.

Depiction or discussion of sensitive content

True or false? Full sentences are used in a plan.

Which of these are subject-specific vocabulary for an explanation text on mummification?

full sentences with capital letters and full stops

Which of the following are found in a plan for writing?

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

Which fronted adverbial could link the following two sentences? 'The body is cleaned with water and wine.' and  'Bacteria is removed from the corpse.'  

Put these steps of the mummification process in chronological order. 

What does a full sentence need to include?

First the body was washed with water or , wine. 

First, the body was washed with water or wine. 

First the body, was washed with water or wine. 

First, the body was washed, with water or wine. 

In which sentence is the comma used correctly?

In which section of an explanation text about mummification would you find the following sentence? 'The body was tightly wrapped in linen.' 

events organised in the order in which they happen or happened in time

Which of these fronted adverbials shows the cause and effect of something?

Content guidance

Depiction or discussion of sensitive content

Adult supervision recommended

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

Planning an explanation text about mummification

Lesson outcome

Content guidance

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