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