Planning the paragraph about the death of King Tut | English

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Which of these sentences is punctuated accurately?
- he died at the age of nineteen.
- He died at the age of nineteen. ✓
- he died at the age of nineteen
- He died at the age of nineteen
Which of these need capital letters?
- king tut ✓
- tomb
- howard carter ✓
- discovered
- tutankhamun ✓
In which sentence is the comma used correctly?
- Interestingly, King Tut only ruled Egypt for ten years. ✓
- Interestingly King Tut only ruled Egypt for ten years.
- Interestingly King Tut, only ruled Egypt for ten years.
- Interestingly King Tut only ruled Egypt, for ten years.
'King Tut is believed to have died from malaria or an infected leg.' In which section of a non-chronological report about King Tut would you find this sentence?
- Introduction
- Life of King Tut
- Death of King Tut ✓
- Conclusion
What is the purpose of a subheading?
- to make a text longer
- to summarise the text
- to signal the reader to each section of the text ✓
Is the following statement true or false? 'King Tut ruled Egypt for nineteen years.'
- 'false' ✓

Is the following statement true or false? 'Notes are used in a plan.'
- 'true' ✓
Which of these are subject-specific vocabulary for a non-chronological report about King Tut?
- afterlife ✓
- history
- mummification ✓
- power
- tomb ✓
Which of the following do scientists believe could have been the cause of King Tut's death?
- an accident
- malaria ✓
- pneumonia
- infected leg ✓
King Tut was found buried with ...
- two unborn mummified children. ✓
- nothing.
- over 5000 treasures. ✓
- plants and flowers.
Who discovered King Tut's tomb in 1922?
- Harry Carter
- Howard Carter ✓
- a builder
- Carter Howard
Why did Ancient Egyptians believe people should be buried with their artefacts?
- The artefacts made the tomb look better.
- The artefacts helped keep away bats and rats from the tomb.
- The artefacts might have been helpful in the afterlife. ✓

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Notes should not be written in full sentences and bullet points can be used to order notes.
The purpose of the paragraph is to explain how King Tut died and what happened when his tomb was discovered.
Fronted adverbials of cause and formal fronted adverbials are used at the start of sentences for cohesion.
A subheading signals part of a a text and should stand out from the rest of the text.
The plan should include subject-specific vocabulary.

Planning needs to be detailed and include full sentences.

Planning should only have keywords 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