Year 3 - English
Writing the first section of an explanation text about how bees make honey
How Bees Make Honey: explanation text
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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 use your plan to write the section about how honey bees collect nectar outside the beehive.
Key Notes
- The steps in the honey-making process are written in chronological order.
- Ordering fronted adverbials indicate the order of the steps in a process.
- Using the full range of sentence types (simple, compound and complex) improves text flow for the reader.
- Explanation texts include subject-specific vocabulary that is related to the subject of the text.
Vocabulary To Learn
- text flow: how a text is written to keep the reader engaged
- compound sentence: a sentence formed of two main clauses and a co-ordinating conjunction
- complex sentence: a sentence formed of at least one main clause and a subordinate clause
- fronted adverbial: a sentence starter followed by a comma
Common Mistakes To Avoid
- Pupils might include steps of the process that take place inside the hive.
3 Quick Questions (With Answers)
1. Explain this English learning goal in two key points.
The steps in the honey-making process are written in chronological order. Ordering fronted adverbials indicate the order of the steps in a process.
2. Define this language term and use it in a sentence. 'text flow'
how a text is written to keep the reader engaged.
3. Correct this common English misunderstanding.
Mistake: Pupils might include steps of the process that take place inside the hive. Correction: This section explains the first two steps of the honey-making process that take place outside the hive.
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