Writing the first section of an explanation text about the digestive system
I can write detailed paragraphs to explain what happens when food enters the body.
Writing the first section of an explanation text about the digestive system
I can write detailed paragraphs to explain what happens when food enters the body.
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Key learning points
- The main paragraphs in an explanation text tell the reader how the process of digestion is carried out.
- Subject-specific, scientific vocabulary ensures the reader learns accurate information.
- Fronted adverbials of order and place organise the paragraphs in a clear, chronological way.
- Subordinating conjunctions are used to begin an adverbial clause.
- An adverbial clause can be joined with a main clause to form an adverbial complex sentence.
Keywords
Subject-specific vocabulary - vocabulary used when writing about a particular subject
Fronted adverbial - a sentence starter followed by a comma
Subordinating conjunction - a word that starts a subordinate clause
Adverbial clause - a type of subordinate clause that starts with a subordinating conjunction
Adverbial complex sentence - a sentence formed of a main clause and an adverbial subordinate clause
Common misconception
Pupils might include information about food travelling into the intestines.
This section explains the process of food entering the body, moving through the oesophagus and to the stomach.
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Prior knowledge starter quiz
6 Questions
Q1.What is the adjective in the following sentence? 'Nutrients absorb into the bloodstream in the small intestine.'
Q2.Identify the nouns in the following sentence: 'Stomach acids and enzymes break down food particles.'
Q3.Match the key vocabulary to the definition.
the organ that digests food using acid and enzymes
the tube carrying food from the throat to the stomach
the process of the body breaking down food for nutrients
Q4.Choose the correct spelling for the word in bold: 'The throwt directs food into the digestive system from the mouth.'
Q5.Match the sentences with the appropriate subheadings.
In the mouth, food starts breaking down through chewing.
Nutrients absorb into the blood in the small intestine.
Stomach acids and enzymes break down food particles.
Q6.Put these sentences in order from the first step of digestion to the last.
Assessment exit quiz
6 Questions
Q1.Which of these are examples of an ordering fronted adverbial?
Q2.Select the body parts that are involved in the digestive process when food first enters the body.
Q3.Which of these are examples of fronted adverbials of place?
Q4.Match the vocabulary to the correct definition.
a word that starts an adverbial clause
a type of subordinate clause that starts with a conjunction
a sentence formed of a main clause and an adverbial clause