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Year 2 - English

Learning the features of instructions

Monster pizza: instructions writing

Unit Summary

In this unit, pupils write a set of formal instructions, including a title and an ingredients list, for a fantasy disgusting pizza. Pupils learn about imperative verbs and precise adjectives that match the informative and formal tone of writing.

Lesson Summary

You will learn to identify the different features of instructions.

Key Notes

Instructions are a set of steps or guidelines for someone to follow to complete a specific task.
Instructions contain numbers or ordering fronted adverbials.
Instructions contain imperative verbs.
Instructions contain adverbs.

Vocabulary To Learn

instructions: instructions are a set of steps or guidelines for someone to follow to complete a specific task
features: distinctive qualities or characteristics of something

Common Mistakes To Avoid

Pupils may think that instructions are always recipes as this is what they are looking at in this lesson.

3 Quick Questions (With Answers)

1. Explain this English learning goal in two key points.

Instructions are a set of steps or guidelines for someone to follow to complete a specific task. Instructions contain numbers or ordering fronted adverbials.

2. Define this language term and use it in a sentence. 'instructions'

instructions are a set of steps or guidelines for someone to follow to complete a specific task.

3. Correct this common English misunderstanding.

Mistake: Pupils may think that instructions are always recipes as this is what they are looking at in this lesson. Correction: Provide pupils with a varied range of different instructions for them to look at and pull out the different features discussed in the lesson.

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