Publishing a non-chronological report about a penguin
Lesson details
Learning outcome
I can publish a non-chronological report about macaroni penguins with an accompanying illustration.
Key learning points
- Publishing our work is the final stage of the writing process where we prepare our writing ready for an audience to see.
- Published work should be written in clear, joined handwriting with letters that start on the line.
- A published non-chronological report will usually include a picture or diagram.
- We indent each new paragraph and underline subheadings with a ruler and we follow any appropriate layout conventions.
Keywords
Publishing - the process of producing written content available for an audience
Audience - the person who reads our work
Layout - the way the information is organised on the page
Visual aid - a graph, chart, image or diagram that enhances understanding in non-fiction texts
Caption - a brief description accompanying an image that gives extra context
Common misconception
Pupils may have negative attitudes towards publishing their work.
Publishing becomes highly motivating when there is a real audience for the work - for instance, you could copy the reports and illustrations and gather them into a presentation book that can be taken home by each child in turn.
Teacher tip
You may decide to only publish certain sections of the report. For the written work, a slide is left intentionally lined for you to model publishing expectations to the class (or you may wish to simply show a model piece of work with a visualiser).
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Prior knowledge starter quiz
6 Questions
Q1.What punctuation needs to be added to this sentence? While one parent incubates the egg the other forages at sea.
Q2.Which fronted adverbial could join these two sentences? The penguin has strong flippers that help it swim. It has solid bones that help it dive deeper.
Q3.Which versions of the sentence are correctly punctuated?
Q4.Which co-ordinating conjunction could be added to join these two sentences? The penguin will eat various sea animals. It depends heavily on krill to survive.
Q5.Which passages have good text cohesion?
Q6.Which sentence uses vocabulary most appropriately for a non-chronological report?
Assessment exit quiz
6 Questions
Q1.Which of these might we do when publishing our work?
Q2.What is the purpose of a caption?
Q3.Match the keywords to their purpose.
to add extra detail linked to the image
to give the reader a mental image of an important thing in our report
to draw attention to important parts of the object
Q4.Match these layout and publishing features of a non-chronological report to their purpose.
to allow the audience to know the subject of the report
to allow the audience to find information easily on a particular theme
to allow the audience to read the text easily
to allow the audience to see where sections begin and end
Q5.True or false? All non-chronological reports will follow the same structure.
Q6.Which of the following are useful strategies for checking spellings we are unsure of?
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