Planning a section about anglerfish appearance for a non-chronological report | English

Starter quiz

Which of the following nouns needs a capital letter?
- anglerfish
- atlantic ✓
- jellyfish
- antarctic ✓
Which sentence is correctly punctuated?
- Anglerfish have rough dark mottled and scaled skin.
- Anglerfish have rough, dark, mottled, and scaled skin.
- Anglerfish have rough, dark, mottled and scaled skin. ✓
In which sentence is the comma used correctly?
- In the perpetual darkness anglerfish, have developed hunting strategies.
- In the perpetual darkness anglerfish have developed, hunting strategies.
- In the perpetual darkness, anglerfish have developed hunting strategies. ✓
What is the purpose of a subheading?
- to summarise the whole text
- to signal each section of the text to the reader ✓
- to introduce facts in a sentence
Which of these fronted adverbials show that another idea is being added to the previous sentence?
- Significantly,
- In the middle of the night,
- In addition to this, ✓
- Also, ✓
- As a result,
Which of these conjunctions are contrasting conjunctions?
- but ✓
- because
- however, ✓
- when

Which of the following are subject-specific vocabulary for the anglerfish?
- body
- bioluminescence ✓
- deep
- lure ✓
Match the anglerfish's adaptations to their functions.
- a lure
  
  ⇔
  
  to attract unsuspecting prey ✓
- dark, mottled skin
  
  ⇔
  
  to camouflage in the deep-sea landscape ✓
- expandable stomach
  
  ⇔
  
  to ingest prey larger than itself ✓
What is in a plan?
- bullet points for notes ✓
- full sentences with capital letters and full stops for notes
- subheadings to organise notes ✓
- a range of sentence types
Which of these fronted adverbials are used to give the writer's viewpoint?
- Intriguingly, ✓
- However,
- Impressively, ✓
- As a consequence,
Match the adjectives to the correct part of the anglerfish's body.
- rotund, expandable
  
  ⇔
  
  stomach ✓
- rough, mottled
  
  ⇔
  
  skin ✓
- fleshy, luminous
  
  ⇔
  
  esca ✓
Match the viewpoint fronted adverbial to the fact that follows it.
- Impressively,
  
  ⇔
  
  they are able to survive in very extreme environments. ✓
- Intriguingly,
  
  ⇔
  
  they possess bioluminescent lures that hang down in front! ✓
- Significantly,
  
  ⇔
  
  they exhibit a range of unique adaptations for survival. ✓

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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