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1 The report book Sue Palmer

2 report text * describes what things are like (or were like)
* not in time order (non-chronological) Blank version

3 report information leaflet catalogue letter topic-based school project
These texts are often ‘report text’… information leaflet catalogue letter topic-based school project magazine article report tourist guide book non-fiction book (e.g. geography) encyclopaedia entry

4 report organisation 1 simple report
information organised in categories What? When? Topic Who? Where? Main points in category More detail if necessary Blank version

5 }1 }2 report organisation 1 Introduction etc. Paragraph Section
Who-What-Where-When Paragraph Section }1 Paragraph Section }2 etc. When you have made your “spidergram” skeleton, each spider leg gives you one paragraph (or subheaded section) in your writing

6 report organisation 2 comparative report categories e.g. 1 e.g. 2
simple comparison When you have made your grid, write a paragraph about each point of comparison. e.g. 1 e.g. 2 formatted text When you have made your grid, write about each example under each category heading. e.g. 3 etc. Blank version

7 report language features
* present tense (except historical reports) * factual description * technical words and phrases * ‘general’ nouns (not particular people, animals, things) * often formal, impersonal language * third person

8 Audience Purpose someone* who wants to know about to organise and
write the facts, so they are easy to find and understand - the subject - one aspect of the subject * You may have further information on age, interests, etc. of reader.

9 Planning report text * BRAINSTORM what you know (and find out more if necessary). * ORGANISE it into categories. * Make the SPIDERGRAM. Write the topic in the middle, and one category on each leg.

10 When writing with a partner..
REHEARSE * Say each phrase or sentence aloud * Improve if possible WRITE One writes, one helps. RE-READ Read back to check it makes sense

11 ‘Skeleton’ blanks

12 Report text Back to skeleton

13 Comparative report Back to skeleton

14 Alternative ‘skeleton’ note-taking frameworks

15 Tree diagram

16 Venn diagram

17 Mobile post-it notes

18 Examples of ‘skeletons’ in use
Taken from ‘How to teach Writing Across the Curriculum’ (KS1/2) by Sue Palmer, with many thanks to David Fulton Publishers

19 OUR SCHOOL Our school is called Lee Park Primary, and it is in Longton near York. Lee Park has seven classes, from reception to Year 6, and there are 198 pupils in the school. It was built in 1965. Lee Park has a big playground, with special sections for the infants and juniors. In the infant playground there are lots of shapes painted on the ground, like hopscotch squares and a map of Britain, for people to play on. There is also a special area for sitting quietly. The junior playground has play areas marked out as well, including football and netball pitches. We also have a school field. This is next to the school down a little lane. In the summer we are allowed to play on the field too, but in winter it is too muddy. However, when it snows, Mrs Carr (our headteacher) sometimes lets us go on the field. The school has a large school hall that we use for assembly and some lessons, such as gym and drama. We also use the hall for lunches. You can bring packed lunch and sit at the back of the hall, or you can have school lunch. The dinner ladies serve this on long wooden tables at the front of hall. The rest of the time, the tables are stored in a cupboard. Skeleton

20 Our School Text Intro playground field hall Longton, near York
Lee Park Intro hopscotch map 198 pupils 7 classes built 1967 games quiet area infants summer - play Our School playground field winter juniors usually no play snow - play football netball hall assembly, lessons lunch packed lunch school lunch gym drama front-tables (cupboard) Text back

21 Butterflies Butterflies belong to the order of insects known as Lepidoptera. This means they have scaly bodies and wings, and a feeding tube on the front of the head called proboscis, coiled up when not in use. Their wings may be large, brightly coloured and patterned. Butterflies are found in most parts of the world and different species are adapted to the environments in which they live. Like all insects, the butterfly’s body is divided into three parts: head, thorax and abdomen. On the head are a pair of antennae, used for smelling, and two large compound eyes. Three pairs of legs and two pairs of wings – fore and hind – grow from the thorax. The wings are made of a very thin membrane, stretched over a network of ‘veins’, in the same way as the skin of an umbrella is stretched over the frame. Tiny overlapping scales on the membrane give the wings their pattern and colour. Male butterflies tend to be more brightly coloured than the females but the females are larger. They also have bigger wings, enabling them to fly even when they are carrying a heavy burden of eggs. A female butterfly may lay up to 3,000 eggs, always choosing an appropriate plant for the caterpillars to feed on. However, usually only one or two eggs out of a hundred hatch out and many others die as they grow through the stages of larva (caterpillar) and chrysalis (pupa) to become an imago (adult butterfly). The imago usually has a lifespan of only a few weeks. It feeds on nectar from flowers or other sweet food, such as over-ripe fruit, which it sucks up through the proboscis. This food provides energy to fly and reproduce, but most butterflies do not need any body-building foods to see them through their short lives. In fact, a few species have mouthparts that do not open so they cannot feed. 1. 2. 3.

22 1. Brainstorm Butterflies Text 2. 3. caterpillar wings chrysalis
insect lays eggs Butterflies six legs short life antennae sucks through tube nectar Text 2. 3.

23 2. Organise into categories
insect features group? wings definition characteristics insect Butterflies feeding reproduction tube eggs leaves lifecycle nectar Text 1. 3.

24 (adding to information from 2 though further readings)
3. Spidergram (adding to information from 2 though further readings) coiled proboscis scales/veins scaly body/wings insect features Lepidoptera wings definition characteristics insect don’t need much for short life span Butterflies male/female differences feeding reproduction 3,000 max eggs leaves nectar over-ripe fruit proboscis lifecycle 1/100 survive Text 1. 2.

25 Habitat Feeding habits Life Cycle Predators
BUTTERFLY Scientific name: Lepidoptera Butterflies are insects with two pairs of brightly coloured, patterned wings. Their bodies and wings are covered in tiny scales – it is the scales that give the wings their pattern. They feed through a tube on the head called a proboscis, which is coiled when not in use. By travelling from flower to flower to such up the nectar, butterflies help with pollination. They pick up the pollen on their abdomen in the flower and it brushes off on another. antennae forewings head compound eyes on either side of head 2 pairs of wings on thorax coiled proboscis hindwings 3 pairs of legs on thorax abdomen thorax Habitat Meadows, woodland, gardens Feeding habits Herbivorous: nectar from flowers; ripe fruit Life Cycle 100s of eggs → caterpillars → pupa → adult (imago) Predators Birds, bars, spiders, lizards, etc.

26 Classification Key facts Habitat Feeding habits Life cycle Predators 1. scales and coiled proboscis 2. helps pollination 100s of eggs → caterpillars → pupa → adult (imago) Birds, bats, spiders, frogs, lizards, small mammals Meadows woodlands gardens Herbivorous – nectar ripe fruit Insect Lepidoptera Butterfly Worm Woodlouse


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