The Amazon Rainforest: essay writing
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Why this why now
This unit uses and builds on formal writing skills developed in the Year 5 unit 'The Aye-Aye or Wild Cats: non-chronological report'. Here, pupils write their first essay of the primary curriculum. This requires them to interrogate what an essay question is asking them to write, using research, planning and paragraphs that build on each other to answer the question fully. The question given asks pupils to follow a single line of argument about how deforestation is negatively impacting the Amazon Rainforest. This unit prepares pupils for the Year 6 unit 'Polar regions: essay writing'.
Prior knowledge requirements
- Non fiction writing is writing that is informative or factual rather than fictional.
- A paragraph is a section of a piece of writing that is indicated by a new line and an indentation
- A main clause is a group of words that contains a verb and makes complete sense
- A subordinate clause is a group of words that contains a verb and does not make complete sense
- A complex sentence is a sentence formed of at least one main clause and a subordinate clause
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Why this why now
This unit uses and builds on formal writing skills developed in the Year 5 unit 'The Aye-Aye or Wild Cats: non-chronological report'. Here, pupils write their first essay of the primary curriculum. This requires them to interrogate what an essay question is asking them to write, using research, planning and paragraphs that build on each other to answer the question fully. The question given asks pupils to follow a single line of argument about how deforestation is negatively impacting the Amazon Rainforest. This unit prepares pupils for the Year 6 unit 'Polar regions: essay writing'.
Prior knowledge requirements
- Non fiction writing is writing that is informative or factual rather than fictional.
- A paragraph is a section of a piece of writing that is indicated by a new line and an indentation
- A main clause is a group of words that contains a verb and makes complete sense
- A subordinate clause is a group of words that contains a verb and does not make complete sense
- A complex sentence is a sentence formed of at least one main clause and a subordinate clause
Reading, writing & oracy
The Amazon Rainforest: essay writing
In this unit, pupils write their first formal essay of the primary curriculum. In it, pupils write about deforestation in the Amazon Rainforest with facts derived from research presented in clear paragraphs. The essay question given calls for pupils to write their essay as a single line of argument.
7 lessons in unit
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