KS1 & KS2 English curriculum

This unit uses and builds pupils' knowledge of non-chronological report writing from the Year 3 unit 'Healthy lifestyle or King Tut: non-chronological report'. Pupils write using the paragraphing structure of an introduction, themed sections and conclusion ; they also write using a range of formal and viewpoint fronted adverbials and subject-specific vocabulary to ensure their writing flows cohesively. Pupils also use subheadings to clearly signal each section. This unit prepares pupils for further non-chronological report writing in the Year 4 unit 'Anglerfish: non-chronological report'.

1. Linguistic features of a non-chronological report about the Stone Age
2. Writing the introduction of a non-chronological report about the Stone Age
3. Planning the paragraph about diet in the Stone Age
4. Writing the paragraph about diet in the Stone Age
5. Planning the paragraph about houses in the Stone Age
6. Writing the paragraph about houses in the Stone Age
7. Planning the paragraph about artefacts in the Stone Age
8. Writing the paragraph about artefacts in the Stone Age
9. Writing the conclusion of a non-chronological report about the Stone Age
10. Publishing a non-chronological report about the Stone Age

• The Stone Age is a prehistoric era before written records. It comes in between the Ice Age and the Bronze Age.
• The Stone Age is split into three periods: Palaeolithic, Mesolithic and Neolithic.
• The purpose of a non-chronological report is to inform its reader about a particular subject.
• Non-chronological reports are a type of factual, non-fiction writing.
• Non-chronological reports are organised into paragraphs of related content each with its own subheading.
• Non-chronological reports can contain visual information, most commonly diagrams or photographs accompanied by a caption.
• Nouns can be referred to in a range of ways in order to avoid repetition.
• Text flow can be achieved by writing simple, compound and adverbial complex sentences.
• Grammatical and linguistic features of non-chronological reports include apostrophes for singular possession, subject-specific vocabulary and causal conjunctions.
• Formal fronted adverbials are sentence starters followed by a comma.