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Unit Summary

In this unit, pupils research how bees make honey in order to write a clearly-presented explanation text. Pupils focus on writing facts using subject-specific vocabulary within Year 3 level sentence structures. Pupils learn to join two ideas of cause and effect across more than one sentence.

Lesson Summary

You will learn to plan ambitious, subject-specific vocabulary for the section about how bees collect nectar outside the beehive.

Key Notes

• Activity outside the hive is an important part of the honey-making process.
• The main sections in an explanation text follow a clear, sequenced order.
• Notes should not be written in full sentences and bullet points can be used to make notes clear.
• Facts become increasingly specific throughout one section of an explanation text.

Vocabulary To Learn

• 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 Mistakes To Avoid

• Planning needs to be detailed and include full sentences.

3 Quick Questions (With Answers)

More Lessons In This Unit

• Generating vocabulary for an explanation text about how bees make honey Study Guide
• Identifying features of an explanation text in preparation for writing Study Guide
• Planning the second section of an explanation text about how bees make honey Study Guide
• Understanding and ordering how bees make honey Study Guide
• Writing the first section of an explanation text about how bees make honey Study Guide
• Writing the introduction of an explanation text about how bees make honey Study Guide
• Writing the second section of an explanation text about how bees make honey Study Guide