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Year 2

Writing a section about hedgehogs in a non-chronological report

I can write a section about hedgehogs in a non-chronological report on nocturnal animals.

New
New
Year 2

Writing a section about hedgehogs in a non-chronological report

I can write a section about hedgehogs in a non-chronological report on nocturnal animals.

Lesson details

Key learning points

  1. Compound sentences are sentences formed of two simple sentences and a joining word.
  2. Co-ordination means joining two simple sentences with 'and', 'but' or 'or'.
  3. A joining word is a word that joins words or ideas.
  4. The second section of the report will be all about hedgehogs.

Common misconception

Pupils may think that a joining word can be used at the start of a sentence.

Teach that the joining word acts as the link between two simple sentences and so no full stop is needed.

Keywords

  • Compound sentences - a sentence formed of two simple sentences and a joining word

  • Co-ordination - joining two simple sentences with 'and', 'but' or 'or'

  • Joining word - a word that joins words or ideas

Use the Y2 grammar unit on compound sentences to explicitly teach this skill if children need more support. Encourage children to peer edit each other's work to look for correct use of co-ordinating conjunctions.
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6 Questions

Q1.
Which of the following are nocturnal animals?
Correct answer: hedgehogs
Correct answer: bats
dogs
squirrels
Correct answer: badgers
Q2.
Which of these is a time when hedgehogs are not awake?
night
dawn
dusk
Correct answer: day
Q3.
Hedgehogs are recognisable because of the ...
wings they have.
Correct answer: spikes on their backs.
long tails they use to climb.
Q4.
What are the spikes on a hedgehog's back called?
Correct answer: spines
bones
pins
Q5.
What does a hedgehog do when it wants to protect itself from predators?
climb a tree
Correct answer: roll into a ball
point its snout at the predator
Q6.
Which of these is not somewhere a hedgehog might make its habitat?
hedges
bushes
shrubs
Correct answer: trees

6 Questions

Q1.
Two simple sentences joined together with a joining word is called a...
joining sentence.
Correct answer: compound sentence.
two-part sentence.
Q2.
Both ideas in a compound sentence must make complete sense on their own. This statement is ...
Correct answer: true.
false.
sometimes true.
Q3.
Which of these is not a joining word?
and
but
or
Correct answer: you
Q4.
Which joining word is used for building on ideas?
Correct answer: and
but
or
Q5.
Which joining word is used for sentences that have a positive and a negative?
and
Correct answer: but
or
Q6.
Which joining word is used for an option or effect?
and
but
Correct answer: or