Demo

Term: Two Subject: Literacy Date: Tuesday January 9th 2024

Topic: Big Talk/ Big Write

WALT: know how to write a non-chronological report about parts of the

plants

Success Criteria (STS):

- I can identify the features of a non-chronological report.

- I can plan a non-chronological report.
- I can write a non-chronological report.
Main Resources: Keywords:

Big write copybook, video, Non-chronological reports, heading, subheadings, glossary

graphic organisers introduction, body paragraphs, conclusion, facts, present
simple, third person, openers, conjunctions

Starter: - What is the point of writing a non-chronological report?

To present information about some research you have done in any

topic or subject.

-Why do we call it non-chronological report?

Because it can be read in any order and still can be understood as

it doesn`t follow a time order.

Ask students about the features of a non-chronological reports

they can recall and let them watch the video to answer this
question.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZD4pbGPePlc

Record students answers on the board.

 Record student`s answers on the board:

 Heading
  Introduction: hook, background, thesis
 Body paragraphs: subheadings, topic sentence, key details
(body paragraphs can be read in any order)
 Conclusion: Summary (No new information)
 Using openers
 Using the present simple tense
 Writing in the 3rd person
 Using technical vocabulary “absorb, transmit, transport,
reproduce”
 Using conjunctions
 Adding glossary
 Diagrams and illustrations
Main Brainstorming:
Teaching
Remind students of how to write an introduction by asking them:
How to write a well-crafted introduction?

Record students answers on the board.

Ask them: Why do we write an introduction?

To grab the readers attention and introduce the topic

Ask them to watch the video to get more details.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i6BTfNQiXXI
 Hook: an interesting information/ a question
 Background sentence: a general information about this
topic
 Thesis; hints on subheadings and body paragraphs.

Remind students of how to write body paragraphs by asking:

How to write an organised and informative paragraph?

Why do we need to organise our paragraphs?

To help the reader understand it easily.

Ask them to watch the video to get more details.

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=keBFpEdiVVU

Record students answers on the board.

 1Topic sentence: to answer the question of the subheading
and present the main idea of the paragraph.
 2-3 Key details: to support your topic sentence (the facts
you know)
 1Closing sentence: to summarise the idea of the paragraph.

Remind students of how to write a conclusion by asking:

How to write a good closing? What a closing or a conclusion made

up of?
 Summary: Remind the readers of what you taught them
 Next steps: give readers suggestions on how to find more
about this topic or to experience something.
Why closings/ conclusions are important?
They sum up the topic to the reader.

 What openers you might use?

For example: Amazingly, Sometimes, Generally, Usually, On

average, Frequently, Furthermore, Moreover, However…etc

Why do we need openers?

To help the reader understand the text easily.

 What conjunctions you might use?

For example: Although, even thought, while, whereas, because,

since, yet, but, so….. etc

-Record students` answers on the board.

Practical
Work: Ask students to take notes and fill the table of brainstorming
Activity: while watching the video about parts of the plants.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=flA57wFCOPA

Planning:
 Students will use the brainstorming table to start writing their
first draft of their report in the differentiated graphic
organisers.

1st Draft:

 Students will write their first draft of their non-

chronological report.

Differentiated Learning: Support LA pupils using sentence

starters/ vocabulary words/openers/ connectives
Plenary/ Students will peer-check each other’s work following the non-
chronological report checklist.
Assessment:

Reflection