Planning a section on Portia spiders' hunting for a non-chronological report | English

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Which sentence is correctly punctuated?
- the Portia spider is a skilled hunter.
- The Portia spider is a skilled hunter. ✓
- The Portia spider, is a skilled hunter.
- The Portia spider is a skilled, hunter.
In which sentence is the comma used correctly?
- In addition, the Portia spider can eat spiders up to three times its own size. ✓
- In, addition the Portia spider can eat spiders up to three times its own size.
- In addition the Portia spider, can eat spiders up to three times its own size.
What are two purposes of a plan?
- to help the writer organise their thoughts before writing ✓
- to give a clear structure to a piece of writing ✓
- to edit and re-write a piece of writing
'The Portia spider is a skilled hunter and it can eat spiders up to three times its own size.' Which section of a non-chronological report about the Portia spider would you find this sentence in?
- Appearance
- Hunting ✓
- Introduction
- Conclusion
Match the subject-specific vocabulary to its definition.
- predator
  
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  an animal that hunts other animals ✓
- prey
  
  ⇔
  
  an animal that is eaten by other animals ✓
- arachnid
  
  ⇔
  
  a group of organisms that includes the spider ✓
- carnivore
  
  ⇔
  
  an animal that eats other animals ✓
'Amazingly,' and 'Interestingly,' are types of __________ fronted adverbials.
- 'viewpoint' ✓

Which three of these are subject-specific vocabulary to the subject of the Portia spider?
- prey ✓
- predator ✓
- science
- arachnid ✓
- food
Which of the following is true of the Portia spider's hunting skills?
- It tricks other spiders by plucking the web and pretending to be trapped. ✓
- It chases its prey on its legs.
- It abseils down behind its prey and surprise attacks them. ✓
- It swallows its prey.
What is in a plan?
- bullet points with notes ✓
- subject-specific vocabulary ✓
- full sentences with capital letters and full stops
A Portia spider is a ______ because it eats other spiders.
- 'carnivore' ✓
Match the type of fronted adverbial to its example.
- formal 'and' fronted adverbial
  
  ⇔
  
  In addition, ✓
- viewpoint fronted adverbial
  
  ⇔
  
  Interestingly, ✓
- formal 'but' fronted adverbial
  
  ⇔
  
  However, ✓
'Unsuspecting prey' means the prey ...
- does not know the predator is about to attack. ✓
- knows the predator is about to attack.
- is asleep.

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The purpose of the section is to inform the reader of a Portia spider's hunting style and diet.
Portia spiders hunt in two ways: abseiling and attacking their prey and plucking the web to imitate a trapped spider.
Precise, factual verbs are needed to accurately describe the way the spider hunts its prey.
Notes are taken out of full sentences and they capture the most important facts for writing.
A subheading is useful to organise notes in a plan.

Planning needs to be detailed and include full sentences.

Planning should only have keywords and be written in note form 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