vocabulary used when writing about a particular subject

a framework that writers create before they write a section or whole text

a word, phrase or sentence used to introduce part of a text

travels from one place to another rather than settling

Planning the paragraph about houses in the Stone Age

English

Linguistic features of a non-chronological report about the Stone Age

Writing the introduction of a non-chronological report about the Stone Age

Planning the paragraph about diet in the Stone Age

Writing the paragraph about diet in the Stone Age

Writing the paragraph about houses in the Stone Age

Planning the paragraph about artefacts in the Stone Age

Writing the paragraph about artefacts in the Stone Age

Writing the conclusion of a non-chronological report about the Stone Age

Publishing a non-chronological report about the Stone Age

In this unit, pupils use previously-taught features of a non-chronological report to write more extensively for purpose.  In the King Tut unit, pupils will increase the quantity of writing across a similar structure.

In the Portia Spider 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 diet, housing and artefacts of people in the Stone Age to write a non-chronological report. Pupils focus on using a range of fronted adverbials, subject-specific vocabulary and facts to write a clearly-structured full report. Pupils publish their reports at the end.

The Stone Age: non-chronological report

Which of these are subject-specific vocabulary?

full sentences with capital letters and full stops

They moved their homes around depending on the seasons and where animals went.

Which of the following is true of the Mesolithic period?

Match these Stone Age notes to the sections they would be used in.

to organise information easily for writing in the future

to log key vocabulary to use when writing

lived and worked together in small communities.

Complete the following sentence. Skara Brae shows that Neolithic people...

Which of these nouns needs a capital letter?

Their tents were made out of animal skin and wooden sticks

Their tents were made out of animal skin and wooden sticks.

their tents were made out of animal skin and wooden sticks

their tents were made out of animal skin and wooden sticks.

The Mesolithic people settled in, small, tight-knit communities.

The Mesolithic people settled in small tight-knit communities.

The Mesolithic people settled in small, tight-knit communities.

The Mesolithic people settled in small tight-knit, communities.

In which sentence is the comma used correctly?

Which of these fronted adverbials shows that another idea is being added to the previous sentence?

Which of these is a viewpoint fronted adverbial?

What is a fronted adverbial always followed by?

Planning the paragraph about houses in the Stone Age

Lesson outcome