Starter quiz
- Which sentence is correctly punctuated?
- honey bees are essential to the natural world.
- Honey bees are essential to the natural world
- Honey bees are essential to the natural world. ✓
- honey bees are essential to the natural world
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- Match the word class to its definition.
- Noun⇔A naming word for people, places or things. ✓
- Verb⇔A doing or being word. ✓
- Adjective⇔A word that describes a noun. ✓
- Adverb⇔A word that describes a verb. ✓
- Which of these are true for non-fiction texts?
- A non-fiction text is full of facts to inform the reader. ✓
- A non-fiction text is made up.
- A non-fiction text has two characters who speak to each other.
- There are different types of non-fiction text. ✓
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- What is a co-ordinating conjunction?
- A word that starts a subordinate clause.
- A word that describes a noun.
- A word that joins two main clauses to form a compound sentence. ✓
- A word or words that can tell the reader where a noun is.
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- Tick the fronted adverbial that is best suited to start this sentence: "One beehive can produce 27kg of honey."
- Suddenly,
- Interestingly, ✓
- With a smile,
- As quick as a flash,
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- Which sentence has the comma accurately punctuated?
- In the, morning we played chess.
- In the morning we played chess.
- In, the morning, we played chess.
- In the morning, we played chess. ✓
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Exit quiz
- What is a linguistic feature?
- The way punctuation is used to show an emotion.
- The way words are used in a sentence to make the meaning clear. ✓
- The size of words in a piece of text.
- The way pictures are arranged in a report.
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- Tick all of the words that are specific to the topic of honey bees.
- hive ✓
- nectar ✓
- tree
- soil
- honeycomb ✓
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- What type of fronted adverbial is "As a result,"?
- Viewpoint fronted adverbial.
- Fronted adverbial of cause. ✓
- Ordering fronted adverbial.
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- Which of the following are ordering fronted adverbials?
- Finally, ✓
- Slowly,
- First, ✓
- At once,
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- Choose a fronted adverbial of cause that links these two sentences: "The honey bees flap their wings.' and 'The water evaporates."
- In addition,
- As a result, ✓
- Amazingly,
- Suddenly,
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- Order these steps of the honey-making process in chronological order.
- 1⇔A bee collects nectar.
- 2⇔The bee returns to the hive.
- 3⇔The bees work in the hive.
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Lesson Details
Key learning points
- An explanation text is a non-fiction text that explains a particular process or subject in detail.
- An explanation text can start with an introduction and then explains a sequenced process in chronological order.
- Vocabulary within an explanation text is subject-specific and factual, creating a formal tone.
- Formal fronted adverbials, ordering fronted adverbials and fronted adverbials of cause are used to enhance text flow.
- Explanation texts are written in the present tense.
Common misconception
Explanation texts can be written in any order.
Explanation texts are written in chronological order; they explain a process in the order in which it happens.
Keywords
Explanation - a set of details and reasons given about how a process works
Linguistic feature - a structure of language that uses words
Chronological order - follows the order in which a series of events happens
Subject-specific vocabulary - vocabulary used when writing about a particular subject
Fronted adverbial - a sentence starter followed by a comma
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