Summer Term Week 7 Lesson 5

ENGLISH Year 5&6

Unit/Lesson focus: the aim of this unit of learning is to write a formal non-chronological report linked to the video ‘Pandora’ located on the following website http://www.literacyshed.com/the-sci---fi-shed.html We will be revising the features of non-chronological reports and focus on a range of vocabulary and grammatical structures that add the level of detail, precision and formality required in a non-chronological report. Credit @www.literacyshed.com

Unit Learning Objectives: L.O.: To use a wide range of clause structures in sentences L.O.: To use adverbs, prepositions and expanded noun phrases to add detail L.O.: To use a range of cohesive devices within and across sentences L.O.: To select vocabulary and grammatical structures for formality L.O.: To write a non-chronological report

Lesson 5

L.O.: To select vocabulary for precision, detail and formality I can select vocabulary for precision I can also select vocabulary for precision and detail I can even select vocabulary for precision, detail and formality

Vocabulary focus:

pronoun

Pronouns are words which can be substituted for other nouns: she, her, I, me, you, he, him, it, we, us, they and them.

Possessive pronouns show that something belongs: my, your, its, his, her, our, their, whose, mine, yours, hers, ours and theirs

Relative pronouns connect relative clauses to independent clauses: that, what, which, who and whom.

Pronouns = words which can be substituted for other nouns or which show possession

When you have completed your home learning, please email it to me. Lucy and Jacob were passing notes in class but Mrs. Higgins caught them. The children practiced their presentation at lunchtime. The red lunchbox is mine. My brother had his party at the weekend.

Example Sentences

Questions

Today you will be planning the sentences that you will be writing about diet and feeding. So far we have given background information to Pandora and written about the anatomy of an insect.

Today we will look at the diet of the creature that you have created.

Before we begin to write, go to this website and read about what insects eat and how they feed. This will give you ideas for your own creature.

https://flexbooks.ck12.org/cbook/ck-12-middle-school-life-science 2.0/ section/ 9.16/ primary/lesson/insect-food-ms-ls

As you read, check the meaning of any technical vocabulary that you come across and note down any interesting or useful words and phrases on the ‘language lifter’ sheet.

You can now add this detail about the creature’s diet and feeding to your diagram.

Today you will be planning the sentences that you will be writing about diet and feeding. Now read the Water Scorpion information on resource sheet 4b and answer the questions. Remember that we want the report to remain formal.

If you find any pieces of information that you would like to add to your language lifter sheet, now is the time to add them.

Task: plan the sentences that you will be writing about diet and feeding.

Look again at your creature and plan what you will be adding to the non-chronological report about the creature’s diet and how it feeds.

Use the website and the notes from the language lifter sheet to help you plan your opening sentence and which sentence openers (adverbials), technical vocabulary, verb phrases and interesting facts you will include in your paragraph.

You can see examples in the WAGOLL.

WAGOLL: Diet - feeding on leaves, seeds and nectar

from a range of plants on Pandora's tropical rainforest floor. (make up names)

Proboscis - long, tube-like mouthpart that can reach deep within a flower. Used to siphon nectar from the deep within the flower.

Mouth - sharp point on the maxilla is developed to hold the thick leaves while the mandible protrudes slightly to aid gripping and slicing of the tough woody stems.

Plenary: Have you included •Different sentence starters • Technical vocabulary appropriate to the type of insect

that you have created • Exciting verb phrases that describe the feeding process • Interesting facts that can be added to the end of the

paragraph

Go through and add any additional information that you can find.

Reflection: Lesson 5

L.O.: To select vocabulary for precision, detail and formality I can select vocabulary for precision I can also select vocabulary for precision and detail I can even select vocabulary for precision, detail and formality

Answers

she

it.

they him

mine

ours

his