Planning the second section of a report on the Great Fire of London | English

Starter quiz

Put these sections of a non-chronological report in the correct order.
- 1
  
  ⇔
  
  Introduction
- 2
  
  ⇔
  
  Section 1
- 3
  
  ⇔
  
  Section 2
Which of these will not be included in the section about 'how the fire started'?
- when the fire started
- where the fire started
- how the fire stopped ✓
What should a person use to help guide them when writing?
- a plan ✓
- a dictionary
- a pencil
When we write, we always try to do which of these things?
- Use lots of commas.
- Use punctuation where we know the rules. ✓
- Use only capital letters.
- Use a capital letter at the start of every sentence. ✓
When we write, we always try and do which of these things?
- Sound out words to spell them accurately. ✓
- Use lots of capital letters.
- Read each sentence out loud to check they make sense. ✓
The purpose of a plan is to help a writer to ...
- warm their hand up for writing.
- practise exactly what they are going to write.
- organise their ideas, thoughts and the information they want to include. ✓

What does a plan help the writer to do?
- A plan helps a writer to write more than they normally would.
- A plan helps a writer with their handwriting.
- A plan helps a writer to organise their ideas. ✓
Before making a plan, what should a writer do?
- become familiar with different people who also like writing
- become familiar with the key information they’ll be writing about ✓
- become familiar with old reports they've written before
Finish this sentence: The Great Fire of London spread so easily because ...
- the houses were so close together. ✓
- the houses were far apart.
- the houses were made of metal.
What was the weather in London like at the time of the fire?
- snowy and icy
- wet and stormy
- dry and hot ✓
It was very windy when the fire started. What did this help to do?
- spread the fire ✓
- put out the fire
- blow people away from the fire
What did the Lord Mayor agree to do to help stop the fire?
- use firebreaks ✓
- use fire engines
- use fireworks

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The fire spread quickly because the weather was dry, hot and windy.
There was no fire brigade so Londoners used leather buckets, axes and water squirts to try and fight the fire.
A plan helps a writer to organise their ideas, thoughts and the information they want to include in their writing.
Notes can be used in a plan to help organise key information and are not written in full sentences.

Pupils may write full sentences in their plan.

Teach children how to write notes which are short and capture key vocabulary and important information. Encourage use of bullet points.

Plan - a framework that writers create before they write a section or whole text
Notes - written out of full sentences