Writing a section about hedgehogs in a non-chronological report | English

Starter quiz

Which of the following are nocturnal animals?
- hedgehogs ✓
- bats ✓
- dogs
- squirrels
- badgers ✓
Which of these is a time when hedgehogs are not awake?
- night
- dawn
- dusk
- day ✓
Hedgehogs are recognisable because of the ...
- wings they have.
- spikes on their backs. ✓
- long tails they use to climb.
What are the spikes on a hedgehog's back called?
- spines ✓
- bones
- pins
What does a hedgehog do when it wants to protect itself from predators?
- climb a tree
- roll into a ball ✓
- point its snout at the predator
Which of these is not somewhere a hedgehog might make its habitat?
- hedges
- bushes
- shrubs
- trees ✓

Two simple sentences joined together with a joining word is called a...
- joining sentence.
- compound sentence. ✓
- two-part sentence.
Both ideas in a compound sentence must make complete sense on their own. This statement is ...
- true. ✓
- false.
- sometimes true.
Which of these is not a joining word?
- and
- but
- or
- you ✓
Which joining word is used for building on ideas?
- and ✓
- but
- or
Which joining word is used for sentences that have a positive and a negative?
- and
- but ✓
- or
Which joining word is used for an option or effect?
- and
- but
- or ✓

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Compound sentences are sentences formed of two simple sentences and a joining word.
Co-ordination means joining two simple sentences with 'and', 'but' or 'or'.
A joining word is a word that joins words or ideas.
The second section of the report will be all about hedgehogs.

Pupils may think that a joining word can be used at the start of a sentence.

Teach that the joining word acts as the link between two simple sentences and so no full stop is needed.

Compound sentences - a sentence formed of two simple sentences and a joining word
Co-ordination - joining two simple sentences with 'and', 'but' or 'or'
Joining word - a word that joins words or ideas