KS1 & KS2 English curriculum

This unit uses and builds on pupils' knowledge of explanation text writing from the Year 3 unit 'How Bees Make Honey: explanation text'. Pupils write using an introduction, themed sections, conclusion paragraphing structure, applying subheadings, a variety of formal and viewpoint fronted adverbials and a range of causal conjunctions to their writing. Year 3 level sentence structures are reviewed and applied. This unit prepares pupils for more explanation text writing in the Year 4 unit 'The digestive system: explanation writing'.

1. Identifying the features for an explanation text on mummification
2. Understanding the process of mummification
3. Generating vocabulary for an explanation text on the process of mummification
4. Writing the introduction of an explanation text about mummification
5. Planning an explanation text about mummification
6. Writing the first section of an explanation text about mummification
7. Writing the second section of an explanation text about mummification
8. Writing the conclusion of an explanation text about mummification

• The purpose of an explanation text to explain the process of how or why something happens.
• Explanation texts are a type of factual, non-fiction writing.
• Explanation texts are organised into paragraphs in chronological order of when the steps of the process happen.
• Explanation texts can contain visual information, most commonly diagrams or photographs accompanied by a caption.
• Important features of explanation texts include apostrophes for possession, subject-specific, factual vocabulary, numerical facts, sequencing and causal conjunctions.
• Nouns can be referred to in a range of ways to avoid repetition.