English:
LO: To write the introduction to my non-chronological report
Today, we will write the introduction to our reports. The introduction should be a short paragraph and include the what, where and why. You would like the reader of your report to be interested and curious enough to read on so use good, technical language in your facts. Your facts should be general and state why rainforests are so biodiverse (contain so many different species of plants and animals) and so important to us. You could end your introduction with a question, eg Will you believe how many animals and plants live here? or a sentence to say, The largest rainforest is the Amazon.
Here is the success criteria that you will check your work against: Success Criteria
Some sentence starters could be:
- Rainforests are….
- They can be found in …
- There are two types …
- Rainforests are important because …
Reading Comprehension: You will be planning and writing your reports this week. When you write reports you should use technical language. This is when you use vocabulary which is special to your subject. So if you were writing a report on cars you might use words like engine, mph, chassis, hatchback, saloon, etc These words are sometimes put in a glossary. You will have seen these in non-fiction books. There is also one at the end of your science powerpoint today. Here is a Rainforest glossary for you to read through.
Please answer the questions below.
- What is a potoo?
- How has the glossary been organised?
- What does environmentally friendly mean?
- Where do you find out what type of word class each word is? eg verb, adverb
- What type of word is venomous?
- What type of words are most of the words in the glossary?
- Which two things is the sloth most known for?
- What is an epiphyte?
- Can you find out where the Amazon Rainforest is?
- How many animals are included in this glossary?
Lots of retrieval questions in your reading comprehension today using scanning and skim-reading skills.
Spellings: How many homophones can you think of? Spelling sheet
