Year 6 - English
Exploring cohesive devices in a model non-chronological report about an insect
Antarctic animals: non-chronological report
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Unit Summary
In this unit, pupils research penguins' appearance, physical features, diet and habitat to write a non-chronological report about them. They specifically work on including varied ways to denote parenthesis for relevant factual information.
Lesson Summary
You will learn to identify cohesive devices that are used in a non-chronological report about an insect.
Key Notes
- Text cohesion refers to how a text flows together to maintain the interest of the reader.
- We can improve text cohesion using cohesive devices that connect information within and between sentences.
- Compound and complex sentences can be used to join linked information in one sentence.
- Fronted adverbials can be used to show links between information in adjacent sentences.
- There are different types of complex sentence and fronted adverbials, which serve different purposes.
Vocabulary To Learn
- text cohesion: how a text flows to maintain the interest of the reader and achieve text purpose
- 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 may have difficulty recognising that there are different types of complex sentence.
3 Quick Questions (With Answers)
1. Explain this English learning goal in two key points.
Text cohesion refers to how a text flows together to maintain the interest of the reader. We can improve text cohesion using cohesive devices that connect information within and between sentences.
2. Define this language term and use it in a sentence. 'text cohesion'
how a text flows to maintain the interest of the reader and achieve text purpose.
3. Correct this common English misunderstanding.
Mistake: Pupils may have difficulty recognising that there are different types of complex sentence. Correction: Different types of complex sentence contain different types of subordinate clause, each starting with a different type of word.
More Lessons In This Unit
- Generating ideas for parenthesis in a report about a penguin Study Guide
- Identifying features of a model non-chronological report about an insect Study Guide
- Peer editing a non-chronological report about a penguin Study Guide
- Publishing a non-chronological report about a penguin Study Guide
- Researching information about a penguin's appearance and adaptations Study Guide
- Researching information about a penguin's habitat and diet Study Guide
- Researching information about threats to a penguin Study Guide
- Writing further specific sections of a non-chronological report about a penguin Study Guide
- Writing specific sections of a non-chronological report about a penguin Study Guide
- Writing the conclusion of a non-chronological report about a penguin Study Guide
- Writing the introduction of a non-chronological report about a penguin Study Guide
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