Writing the conclusion of a report on Florence Nightingale and Mary Seacole
Lesson details
Learning outcome
I can write the conclusion of a non-chronological report on Florence Nightingale and Mary Seacole.
Key learning points
- Comparing means looking at how things are the same and contrasting means looking at how things are different.
- The purpose of the conclusion is to summarise the information from the report.
- No new information is given in the conclusion.
Keywords
Conclusion - the closing paragraph of a non-fiction text
Formal fronted adverbial - a sentence starter followed by a comma that is formal in tone and often found in non-fiction texts
Contrasting - looking at the differences between two things
Comparative - comparing the similarities between two things
Summary - an overview of a text's main points or ideas
Common misconception
Pupils may want to introduce new ideas or information in the conclusion.
Teach pupils that a conclusion is for summarising the key information from the report. Give children a range of sentences and ask them to sort into those you would or would not find in a conclusion.
Teacher tip
This will likely be the first time the pupils will have written a conclusion so it may need to be scaffolded with further sentence stems. Pupils should re-read the previous sections in pairs and pull out the key ideas they have made.
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.A simple sentence is a sentence about ...
Q2.What type of sentence is important in its own right?
Q3.Which of these is not a simple sentence?
Q4.Subordinate ideas are dependent on ...
Q5.Which of these is a subordinate joining word?
Q6.Which of these is a subordinate joining word?
Assessment exit quiz
6 Questions
Q1.Put these sections of a non-chronological report in the correct order.
Q2.A conclusion always goes ...
Q3.What is the job of a conclusion in a report?
Q4.A conclusion will not contain any ...
Q5.Formal fronted adverbials start a conclusion and are followed by a ...
Q6.True or false? Comparing means looking at how things are the same or similar.
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