Year 3 - English
Planning the paragraph about a healthy diet
Healthy Lifestyle: non-chronological report
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Unit Summary
In this unit, pupils research diet, exercise and sleep to write a non-chronological report about healthy lifestyle. Pupils focus on using a range of fronted adverbials and subject-specific vocabulary to present their research in a well-structured report. Pupils peer edit and present their reports.
Lesson Summary
You will learn to plan the diet paragraph for a non-chronological report about healthy lifestyle.
Key Notes
- Notes should not be written in full sentences and bullet points can be used to order notes.
- The purpose of the paragraph is to explain what food should be eaten to form a balanced diet.
- Fronted adverbials of cause and formal fronted adverbials are used at the start of sentences for cohesion.
- A subheading signals part of a a text and should stand out from the rest of the text.
- The plan should include subject-specific vocabulary.
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)
1. Explain this English learning goal in two key points.
Notes should not be written in full sentences and bullet points can be used to order notes. The purpose of the paragraph is to explain what food should be eaten to form a balanced diet.
2. Define this language term and use it in a sentence. 'subject-specific vocabulary'
vocabulary used when writing about a particular subject.
3. Correct this common English misunderstanding.
Mistake: Planning needs to be detailed and include full sentences. Correction: Planning should only have keywords and be written in note-from using bullet points.
More Lessons In This Unit
- Identifying features of a non-chronological report in preparation for writing Study Guide
- Peer editing the paragraph about diet Study Guide
- Planning the paragraph about exercise and sleep Study Guide
- Presenting a non-chronological report about healthy lifestyle Study Guide
- Recalling facts about healthy lifestyle for a non-chronological report Study Guide
- Writing the conclusion of a non-chronological report about healthy lifestyle Study Guide
- Writing the introduction of a non-chronological report about healthy lifestyle Study Guide
- Writing the paragraph about a healthy diet Study Guide
- Writing the paragraph about exercise and sleep Study Guide
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