Starter quiz
- What is a non-fiction text?
- a text that provides information about real-life topics ✓
- a story that is made up
- a text about someone's life
- a playscript
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- Match the word with the correct definition.
- non-fiction text⇔a text that provides information about real-life topics ✓
- biography⇔a story of someone's life ✓
- fictional story⇔a made-up story about characters who aren't real ✓
- Complete the following sentence. A fronted adverbial...
- is followed by a comma. ✓
- starts a sentence. ✓
- makes sense by itself.
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- The purpose of an information text is to ______ the reader about a subject, person or event.
- 'inform' ✓
- Which is not an example of formal language?
- However,
- In addition,
- Awesome! ✓
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- What type of word class must a clause contain?
- 'verb' ✓
Exit quiz
- What is a linguistic feature?
- the way diagrams are arranged in a report
- the way punctuation is used to show a feeling
- the way words are used in a sentence to make the meaning clear ✓
- the handwriting in a piece of text
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- Tick the words that are specific to the topic of the Stone Age.
- animals
- Neolithic ✓
- hunter-gatherer ✓
- homes
- prehistoric ✓
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- What type of fronted adverbial is 'Interestingly,'?
- fronted adverbial of manner
- fronted adverbial of place
- fronted adverbial of cause
- viewpoint fronted adverbial ✓
- formal fronted adverbial
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- Which of these are formal fronted adverbials?
- In the blink of an eye,
- Additionally, ✓
- Amazingly,
- However, ✓
- Slowly,
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- What kind of language is used in a non-chronological report?
- descriptive
- factual ✓
- formal ✓
- informal
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- Choose an appropriate fronted adverbial to link these two sentences. 'The Mesolithic people moved their homes depending on where the animals went. __________ the Neolithic people settled in homes.'
- In contrast, ✓
- In addition,
- Quickly,
- As a result,
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Lesson Details
Key learning points
- A non-chronological report is a non-fiction text that provides information about a particular subject.
- Vocabulary within an explanation text is subject-specific and factual, creating a formal tone.
- Viewpoint fronted adverbials are a type of sentece starter and they show the writer's point of view.
- Formal 'but' fronted adverbials contrast a point made in the previous sentence.
- Formal 'and' fronted adverbials build on a point made in the previous sentence.
Common misconception
Pupils think that non-chronological reports can be informal.
Identify key linguistic features, such as subject-specific vocabulary and fronted adverbials, which contribute to a formal tone.
Keywords
Linguistic feature - a structure of language that uses words
Non-chronological report - a non-fiction text that informs about a subject or event and that is written out of time order.
Subject-specific vocabulary - vocabulary used when writing about a particular subject
Fronted adverbial - a sentence starter followed by a comma
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