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

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Which of these nouns need a capital letter?
- arctic ✓
- bioluminescence
- sea
- atlantic ✓
- creature
Which sentence is correctly punctuated?
- an anglerfish possesses a bioluminescent illicium that hangs from its head
- An anglerfish possesses a bioluminescent illicium that hangs from its head. ✓
- An anglerfish possesses a bioluminescent illicium that hangs from its head
- an anglerfish possesses a bioluminescent illicium that hangs from its heads.
In which sentence is the comma used correctly?
- They are not picky eaters and they will consume crustacean, eel and large fish. ✓
- They are not picky eaters, and they will consume crustacean eel and large fish.
- hey are not picky eaters and they will consume crustacean eel, and large fish.
Which of these fronted adverbials shows that another idea is being added to the previous sentence?
- Impressively,
- Despite this,
- In addition to this, ✓
- However,
Which of these is a viewpoint fronted adverbial?
- because
- and
- majestically
- interestingly ✓
What is a fronted adverbial always followed by?
- a full stop
- a comma ✓
- an adjective
- a capital letter
- a co-ordinating conjunction

Match the words to their definitions.
- biology
  
  ⇔
  
  the scientific study of life and living organisms ✓
- ecosystem
  
  ⇔
  
  the way living organisms exist in their environment ✓
- anatomy
  
  ⇔
  
  the study that focuses on the structure of living organisms ✓
Which of these words are subject-specific vocabulary about anglerfish?
- illicium ✓
- ocean
- esca ✓
- abyssal ✓
- shore
Which of the following is true of anglerfish?
- Anglerfish jaws are small.
- The anglerfish diet is carnivorous. ✓
- There are about 100 species of anglerfish.
- They can swallow prey up to twice their size. ✓
Match these anglerfish notes to the sections they would be used in.
- small and large sea creatures
  
  ⇔
  
  diet ✓
- extreme pressure and freezing
  
  ⇔
  
  habitat ✓
- dark, mottled and scaly skin
  
  ⇔
  
  appearance ✓
Choose the option that would best follow this sentence: 'Anglerfish mainly eat small creatures because they are more common in the dark, isolated depths of oceans.'
- However, anglerfish can consume larger fish up to twice their size. ✓
- Although, anglerfish can consume larger fish up to twice their size.
- As a consequence, anglerfish can consume larger fish up to twice their size.
How do notes help the writer?
- to punctuate sentences accurately
- to make subordinate clauses make sense
- to organise information easily for writing in the future ✓
- to present to an audience effectively

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A 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