Planning to write a section about Florence Nightingale in a report
Lesson details
Learning outcome
I can make a plan for writing about Florence Nightingale in a non-chronological report.
Key learning points
- A non-chronological report is a type of non-fiction text.
- A non-chronological report provides information on a subject, person or event.
- Notes are used when making a plan and they are short and only capture key vocabulary and important information.
- Notes are not written in full sentences and do not require capital letters, full stops or commas.
Keywords
Plan - a framework that writers create before they write a section or whole text
Notes - written out of full sentences
Non-chronological report - a non-fiction text that is not written in time order
Common misconception
Pupils may want to include every detail when writing their plan.
Teach pupils that a plan will help them when writing by guiding them on what content to include in each sentence. Model a written plan.
Teacher tip
You may want to provide a planning document for the children to write their notes in and a word bank/ images for prompts at their tables.
Content guidance
Depiction or discussion of violence or suffering
Supervision
Adult supervision recommended
Licence
Lesson video
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Prior knowledge starter quiz
6 Questions
Q1.Florence Nightingale was named after ...
Q2.After being born in Italy, Florence moved to which country?
Q3.What country was Mary Seacole born in?
Q4.What was Mary Seacole's job?
Q5.Both Mary Seacole and Florence Nightingale travelled to Crimea. What was happening in Crimea at the time?
Q6.What was the title of Mary Seacole's autobiography?
Assessment exit quiz
6 Questions
Q1.Complete this sentence. When we write a plan, we use ...
Q2.Which two of these do notes capture?
Q3.Complete this sentence. The purpose of notes is to help the writer to ...
Q4.Which of these are often used in note-taking?
Q5.Which of these do notes not need to have?
Q6.What could we shorten the word Florence to in our notes to save us having to write her full name?
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