Planning a section on Portia spiders' appearance for a non-chronological report

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Structural features of a non-chronological report

Linguistic features of a non-chronological report about Portia spiders

Writing the introduction of a non-chronological report about Portia spiders

Writing a section on Portia spiders' appearance for a non-chronological report

Planning a section on Portia spiders' hunting for a non-chronological report

Writing a section on Portia spiders' hunting for a non-chronological report

Editing two sections of a non-chronological report about Portia spiders

Writing the conclusion of a non-chronological report about Portia spiders

Presenting a non-chronological report about Portia spiders

In this unit, pupils use previously-taught features of a non-chronological report to write more extensively for  purpose.  In the Stone Age unit, pupils will follow a similar structure, using more substantive subject-specific vocabulary.

In the Florence Nightingale unit, pupils learnt how to write a non-chronological report following a similar structure.  In this unit, pupils will use the same features of a non-chronological report to write more extensively for  purpose.

In this unit, pupils research the appearance features and hunting strategies of the Portia Spider in order to write a non-chronological report about them. Pupils focus on using a range of fronted adverbials and subject-specific vocabulary to present their research in a well-structured report.

The Portia Spider: non-chronological report

Which of these are subject-specific words for a non-chronological report about the Portia spider?

full sentences with capital letters and full stops

Which **two** are most often found in a plan for writing?

A Portia spider eats other spiders. This makes it a {{}}.

Which one of these fronted adverbials are used to give the writer's **viewpoint**?

to attack and kill other spiders and insects

Match the feature of the Portia spider's appearance to its purpose.

What does a full sentence need to include?

Match the type of fronted adverbial to its example.

Order these sections of a non-chronological report correctly.

to signal the reader to each section of the text

The facts in the themed sections of a non-chronological report are ...

Which of these fronted adverbials show that another idea is building on from the previous sentence?

This lesson was made for home learning during the pandemic.

Planning a section on Portia spiders' appearance for a non-chronological report

Lesson outcome

This lesson was made for home learning during the pandemic.