Kapok Tree Non-Chronological Report Example Texts Pack

Example non-chronological report texts about kapok trees, gigantic tropical trees found in rainforests, plus three activities with answers, planning and writing templates.

Resources provided:
• Non-chronological report WAGOLL texts, differentiated x2
• Feature Find worksheet, differentiated x2
• Feature Find answers, differentiated x2
• Layout activity
• Layout answers
• Sentence Sorting activity, differentiated x2
• Sentence Sorting answers, differentiated x2
• Planning templates, differentiated x2
• Writing templates, differentiated x3

Pupils read one of the model non-chronological reports about kapok trees, and then examine its features; label the layout features of a non-chronological report; sort the sentences about kapok trees into sections; and plan and write their own non-chronological report using the templates. Pupils can create the information text about kapok trees or a different type of plant or animal. These activities can be carried out over several lessons.

Features in model text 1:
• Heading
• Subheadings
• Introduction
• Did you know? section
• Paragraphs
• Pictures with captions
• Expanded noun phrases
• Fronted adverbials
• Prepositional phrases
• List with commas
• Subordinating and coordinating conjunctions

Text 2 has the above features plus:
• Fast Facts section
• Bullet points
• Glossary section
• Technical vocabulary
• Pronouns to avoid repetition
• Relative clauses
• Subordinate clauses
• Colons to introduce facts
• Colons to introduce lists
• Semi-colons in complex lists

The resources are available as PDFs and editable Word documents.

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