Starter quiz
- A simple sentence is a sentence about ...
- one main idea and another idea of less importance.
- two ideas that do not make sense.
- one idea that makes complete sense. ✓
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- What type of sentence is important in its own right?
- a compound sentence
- a complex sentence
- a simple setence ✓
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- Which of these is not a simple sentence?
- The girl went to the park.
- It was a hot day in England.
- so she could play with her friends ✓
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- Subordinate ideas are dependent on ...
- a first idea that makes complete sense. ✓
- another subordinate idea.
- nothing.
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- Which of these is a subordinate joining word?
- and
- because ✓
- or
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- Which of these is a subordinate joining word?
- but
- when ✓
- the
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Exit quiz
- Put these sections of a non-chronological report in the correct order.
- 1⇔introduction
- 2⇔section 1
- 3⇔section 2
- 4⇔conclusion
- A conclusion always goes ...
- at the beginning of a report.
- in the middle of a report.
- at the end of a report. ✓
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- What is the job of a conclusion in a report?
- To tell the reader what the report will be about.
- To summarise the information from the report. ✓
- To make the reader want to read on.
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- A conclusion will not contain any ...
- new information. ✓
- punctuation.
- names of people.
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- Formal fronted adverbials start a conclusion and are followed by a ...
- comma. ✓
- capital letter.
- full stop.
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- True or false? Comparing means looking at how things are the same or similar.
- True ✓
- False
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Lesson Details
Key learning points
- Comparing means looking at how things are the same and contrasting means looking at how things are different.
- The purpose of the conclusion is to summarise the information from the report.
- No new information is given in the conclusion.
Common misconception
Pupils may want to introduce new ideas or information in the conclusion.
Teach pupils that a conclusion is for summarising the key information from the report. Give children a range of sentences and ask them to sort into those you would or would not find in a conclusion.
Keywords
Conclusion - the closing paragraph of a non-fiction text
Formal fronted adverbial - a sentence starter followed by a comma that is formal in tone and often found in non-fiction texts
Contrasting - looking at the differences between two things
Comparative - comparing the similarities between two things
Summary - an overview of a text's main points or ideas
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