Year 2 - English
Writing the second section of an information text about an author
Atinuke and other authors: information text
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Unit Summary
In this unit, pupils write an information text in three paragraphs about the author Atinuke. Pupils use research as a starting point to write their texts, which will include an introduction, a paragraph about her childhood and a paragraph about her jobs and books.
Lesson Summary
You will learn to write a section of an information text about an author.
Key Notes
- Notes from a written plan support in writing and ensure important information is included in an information text.
- Using a range of sentence types (simple, compound and complex) in our writing helps it to flow.
- Fronted adverbials are sentence starters followed by a comma and they support text flow.
- Viewpoint fronted adverbials express the writer's opinion and fronted adverbials of time state when something happened.
Vocabulary To Learn
- plan: a framework that writers create before they write a section or whole text
- text flow: how a text is written to keep the reader engaged
- fronted adverbial: a sentence starter followed by a comma
Common Mistakes To Avoid
- Children may find it difficult to generate and include the different types of fronted adverbials.
3 Quick Questions (With Answers)
1. Explain this English learning goal in two key points.
Notes from a written plan support in writing and ensure important information is included in an information text. Using a range of sentence types (simple, compound and complex) in our writing helps it to flow.
2. Define this language term and use it in a sentence. 'plan'
a framework that writers create before they write a section or whole text.
3. Correct this common English misunderstanding.
Mistake: Children may find it difficult to generate and include the different types of fronted adverbials. Correction: Create a shared bank of fronted adverbials that are appropriate for the text type and make sure these are available for children to support them in their writing.
More Lessons In This Unit
- Generating information about authors to prepare to write an information text Study Guide
- Identifying the features of an information text to prepare for writing our own Study Guide
- Planning and writing the introduction of an information text about an author Study Guide
- Planning the first section of an information text about an author Study Guide
- Planning the second section of an information text about an author Study Guide
- Writing the first section of an information text about an author Study Guide
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