Year 2 - English
Writing a section about Florence Nightingale in a non chronological report
Florence Nightingale and Mary Seacole: non-chronological report
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Unit Summary
In this unit, pupils write a non-chronological report in four paragraphs based on Florence Nightingale and Mary Seacole. Pupils use research as the starting point for their reports, which will include an introduction, a paragraph on each historical figure and a conclusion.
Lesson Summary
You will learn to write a section about Florence Nightingale in a non-chronological report.
Key Notes
- A viewpoint is how you see or feel about something.
- Viewpoint fronted adverbials are sentence starters that share the writer's view on something.
- All fronted adverbials start with capital letters and have a comma after.
- This section of the report contains interesting facts about Florence Nightingale's life.
- Sentences should be said aloud before writing to ensure they make sense and read back once written to check for errors.
Vocabulary To Learn
- viewpoint fronted adverbial: a sentence starter that gives the writer's point of view
- viewpoint: how you see or feel about something
Common Mistakes To Avoid
- Pupils may use viewpoint fronted adverbials inaccurately by selecting the wrong intensity. For example, using 'shockingly' before a piece of information that isn't shocking.
3 Quick Questions (With Answers)
1. Explain this English learning goal in two key points.
A viewpoint is how you see or feel about something. Viewpoint fronted adverbials are sentence starters that share the writer's view on something.
2. Define this language term and use it in a sentence. 'viewpoint fronted adverbial'
a sentence starter that gives the writer's point of view.
3. Correct this common English misunderstanding.
Mistake: Pupils may use viewpoint fronted adverbials inaccurately by selecting the wrong intensity. For example, using 'shockingly' before a piece of information that isn't shocking. Correction: Teach children to accurately guage the intensity of a statement or fact and then choose the right viewpoint fronted adverbial to match. You could turn this into a game they play in pairs.
More Lessons In This Unit
- Delivering a presentation of a report on Florence Nightingale and Mary Seacole Study Guide
- Generating knowledge of Florence Nightingale and Mary Seacole for a report Study Guide
- Planning to write a section about Florence Nightingale in a report Study Guide
- Planning to write a section about Mary Seacole in a non-chronological report Study Guide
- Writing a section about Mary Seacole in a non-chronological report Study Guide
- Writing the conclusion of a report on Florence Nightingale and Mary Seacole Study Guide
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