Planning a section about Ancient Greek warfare for a non-chronological report | English

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Which of these need a capital letter?
- soldier
- city
- athens ✓
- zeus ✓
- religion
Which sentence is correctly punctuated?
- The Ancient Greeks were known for their contributions to art, science, maths.
- The Ancient Greeks were known for their contributions to art, science and maths. ✓
- The Ancient Greeks were known for their contributions to art, science maths.
- The Ancient Greeks were known for their contributions to art science and maths.
In which sentence is the comma used correctly?
- Ancient Greeks had a belief system, which included gods and goddesses. ✓
- Ancient Greeks had a belief system which, included gods and goddesses.
- Ancient Greeks had a belief system, which included, gods and goddesses.
What is the purpose of a subheading in a plan?
- To make the text more cohesive.
- To capture key vocabulary and information.
- To organise notes and chunks of information. ✓
Which of these fronted adverbials show that another idea is being added to the previous sentence?
- Also, ✓
- Impressively,
- Furthermore, ✓
- Despite this,
What is a fronted adverbial always followed by?
- , ✓
- !
- ?
- .

Which of these are subject-specific vocabulary to the subject of Ancient Greeks?
- land
- phalanx ✓
- city
- hoplite ✓
- Athens ✓
Which of the following is true of Ancient Greek warfare?
- They used the phalanx formation in battle. ✓
- Hoplites were heavily armoured citizen-soldiers. ✓
- They did not have a specific formation in battle.
- Hoplites were not involved in warfare.
What is in a plan?
- Subheadings. ✓
- Full sentences with capital letters and full stops.
- Bullet points with notes. ✓
- Unnecessary information.
Which of these fronted adverbials are used to give the writer's viewpoint?
- Impressively, ✓
- Then,
- Slowly,
- Interestingly, ✓
- Carefully,
Which of these are fronted adverbials of cause?
- As a consequence, ✓
- However,
- As a result, ✓
- Despite this,
Match the type of fronted adverbial to its example.
- Formal fronted adverbial
  
  ⇔
  
  Furthermore, ✓
- Viewpoint fronted adverbial
  
  ⇔
  
  Significantly, ✓
- Fronted adverbial of cause
  
  ⇔
  
  As a result, ✓

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The plan includes keywords and subject-specific vocabulary related to the section.
Taking notes is a skill.
Notes should not be written in full sentences and bullet points can be used to order notes.
Key vocabulary and linguistic devices should be logged in a plan.
The plan should be clearly structured in the order of the section.

Planning needs to be detailed and plans should be written in full sentences.

Planning should log key vocabulary, linguistic devices and be written in note-from using bullet points.

Subject-specific vocabulary - vocabulary used when writing about a particular subject
Plan - a framework that writers create before they write a section or whole text
Notes - written out of full sentences