Researching information about a penguin's appearance and adaptations
Lesson details
Learning outcome
I can write notes about a penguin's appearance and physical features from a range of sources.
Key learning points
- Information can be gathered from a range of different sources.
- Credibility of each source must be determined.
- Origin of a source must be cited.
- Full sentences are not required when writing in note form.
- Notes can be organised by theme using bullet points.
Keywords
Source - someone or something that supplies information
Credible - something that can be believed or trusted
Origin - where something starts or comes from
Theme - a central idea that the writer intends the audience to engage deeply with
Bullet points - punctuation marks that lay key information out in a non-fiction text
Common misconception
Pupils may try to write their 'notes' in full sentences.
Oral rehearsal of sentences using very short notes will help them in writing tasks using these facts.
Teacher tip
You may wish to play videos and provide extra images of macaroni penguins or to provide other credible sources of information for pupils to use for research.
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Prior knowledge starter quiz
6 Questions
Q1.Which of the following can be used to improve text cohesion?
Q2.Which of the following is a compound sentence?
Q3.Which co-ordinating conjunction would best join the following two sentences? 'Male stag beetles have over-sized mandibles. Females do not.'
Q4.Match each type of complex sentence to the example of a word that could begin its subordinate clause.
because
which
measuring
Q5.Which of these sentences start with a fronted adverbial?
Q6.Match each type of fronted adverbial to the correct example.
Consequently,
On the other hand,
Interestingly,
Assessment exit quiz
6 Questions
Q1.What does it mean if a source of information is 'credible'?
Q2.You are looking for facts about penguins online. Which of these sources is likely to be most credible?
Q3.Which part of our non-chronological report is most likely to contain general information about penguins?
Q4.Which fact about macaroni penguins is most likely to be placed in the introduction of a non-chronological report?
Q5.Which of the following are adaptations that help macaroni penguins survive?
Q6.When we're researching, which of the following is useful to do?
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