Planning a section on Portia spiders' hunting for a non-chronological report
Lesson details
Learning outcome
I can plan the hunting section of a non-chronological report about Portia spiders.
Key learning points
- The purpose of the section is to inform the reader of a Portia spider's hunting style and diet.
- Portia spiders hunt in two ways: abseiling and attacking their prey and plucking the web to imitate a trapped spider.
- Precise, factual verbs are needed to accurately describe the way the spider hunts its prey.
- Notes are taken out of full sentences and they capture the most important facts for writing.
- A subheading is useful to organise notes in a plan.
Keywords
Subject-specific vocabulary - vocabulary used when writing about a particular subject
Plan - a framework that writers create before they write a section or whole text
Notes - written out of full sentences
Common misconception
Planning needs to be detailed and include full sentences.
Planning should only have keywords and be written in note form using bullet points.
Teacher tip
Supplement pupil knowledge of the Portia spider with additional videos, images and research.
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Prior knowledge starter quiz
6 Questions
Q1.Which sentence is correctly punctuated?
Q2.In which sentence is the comma used correctly?
Q3.What are two purposes of a plan?
Q4.'The Portia spider is a skilled hunter and it can eat spiders up to three times its own size.' Which section of a non-chronological report about the Portia spider would you find this sentence in?
Q5.Match the subject-specific vocabulary to its definition.
Q6.'Amazingly,' and 'Interestingly,' are types of __________ fronted adverbials.
Assessment exit quiz
6 Questions
Q1.Which three of these are subject-specific vocabulary to the subject of the Portia spider?
Q2.Which of the following is true of the Portia spider's hunting skills?
Q3.What is in a plan?
Q4.A Portia spider is a because it eats other spiders.
Q5.Match the type of fronted adverbial to its example.
Q6.'Unsuspecting prey' means the prey ...
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