Atinuke and other authors: information text
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Why this why now
This unit uses and builds on pupils' knowledge of writing in the non-fiction style from the Year 2 unit 'The Great Fire of London: non-chronological report'. Here, pupils learn about the authors Atinuke, Roald Dahl and Ibtihaj Muhammad, writing an information text about Atinuke. They include an introduction and two further paragraphs: the first about her childhood and the second about her jobs and books. Pupils include a variety of fronted adverbials to sequence their ideas. This unit prepares pupils for more non-fiction writing in the Year 2 unit 'Nocturnal animals: non-chronological report'.
Prior knowledge requirements
- Non-fiction texts are often about real things
- A type of non-fiction text is an information text
- An information text's purpose is to inform the reader about a particular subject
- An author is a person who writes books
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Why this why now
This unit uses and builds on pupils' knowledge of writing in the non-fiction style from the Year 2 unit 'The Great Fire of London: non-chronological report'. Here, pupils learn about the authors Atinuke, Roald Dahl and Ibtihaj Muhammad, writing an information text about Atinuke. They include an introduction and two further paragraphs: the first about her childhood and the second about her jobs and books. Pupils include a variety of fronted adverbials to sequence their ideas. This unit prepares pupils for more non-fiction writing in the Year 2 unit 'Nocturnal animals: non-chronological report'.
Prior knowledge requirements
- Non-fiction texts are often about real things
- A type of non-fiction text is an information text
- An information text's purpose is to inform the reader about a particular subject
- An author is a person who writes books
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Atinuke and other authors: information text
In this unit, pupils write an information text in three paragraphs about the author Atinuke. Pupils use research as a starting point to write their texts, which will include an introduction, a paragraph about her childhood and a paragraph about her jobs and books.
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