Summer Term Week 8Day 4, Lesson 9

ENGLISHYear 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.htmlWe 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 sentencesL.O.: To use adverbs, prepositions and expanded noun phrases to add detailL.O.: To use a range of cohesive devices within and across sentencesL.O.: To select vocabulary and grammatical structures for formality L.O.: To write a non-chronological report

Lesson 9

L.O.: To plan an informative report

I can plan an informative reportI can also plan an informative report, taking into account the audience I am writing forI can even plan an informative report which includes persuasion

Vocabulary focus:

Apostrophe for contraction or omission

Apostrophes are used to show that letters have been omitted from words (contraction).

They also show possession.

Apostrophes = show omission and possession.

Apostrophes are used to show that you have omitted some letters when you are joining words together.the words ‘you’ and ‘are’ can be joined togetheryou + are = you're. The apostrophe takes the place of the omitted letters. Sometimes the letters need to be rearranged slightly a bit when you contract the words. For example: will + not = won't.

Apostrophes = show omission and possession.

Jane does not have her coat with her today.

Jane doesn’t have her coat with her today.

We are going to have a party and you will receive your invitation next week.

We’re going to have a party and you’ll receive your invitation next week.

You should have finished changing for PE by now – you are going to be late!

You should’ve finished changing for PE by now – you’re going to be late!

I will not buy any chocolate today as I have given it up for Lent.

I won’t buy any chocolate today as I’ve given it up for Lent.

I could not find the car key so I will have to walk to work.

I couldn’t find the car key so I’ll have to walk to work.

Example Sentences

Questions

Write a contraction to replace the underlined words in each sentence.

1. I will ask her to phone you later.

2. Oliver could not eat all of his dinner.

3. You are really going to enjoy the movie.

4. You should not run in the corridor.

5. I do not know the answer.

6. Where is the remote control for the TV?

7. I have never been to Glasgow before.

8. We did not go shopping this afternoon.

9. I can not go skiing this winter.

Replace the underlined words in the sentences below with their expanded forms

1. We’re going into town later, so I’ll buy some cake for a treat.

2. Sarah won’t be back late this evening.

3. After he’d finished his dinner, Robert did the washing up.

4. Let’s leave early today.

5. I shan’t make the bus in time.

Underline the words in the passage that contains an apostrophe for possession.

1. It’s now two o’clock. You’ve got ten minutes to get ready and then we’ll go to Hamza’s party.

Today you are going to use information from the film to help you create an informative report.

In lesson 7, you wrote a paragraph about threats to the habitat of creatures on Pandora.

Today you are going to use this information (and add to it) to create an informative report, like the reports you see on BBC Newsround, highlighting concerns for the environment on Pandora.

Today you are going to use information from the film to help you create an informative report.

Look back at the mind map that you created for your paragraph about ‘threats to habitat’ from lesson 7. Then watch Pandora again from 2:10.http://www.literacyshed.com/the-sci---fi-shed.html

Stop at the point where the narrator mentions being ‘mined by humans’.

What effect is this mining having on the creatures and their habitats?

Threats to

habitat

Human visitors not

understanding Pandoran ecology

Excessive unobtainium

mining

Worry that food chain

could break down due to

human activity

Plants and animals not

getting food they need due to forests being cleared for

mining

Quality of atmosphere

becoming more toxic

Ecology beginning to

break down as more

unobtainium is mined

Lack of seeds being produced by tree of souls detrimental to

future existence

Breakdown of symbiotic

relationship between plants,

creatures and humanoids

Fear of creatures becoming

extinct

Think about the atmosphere and the vocabulary already used to describe the planet and what lives and grows.

How do humans mine there? What do they use/ how could this have a negative impact on the planet?

What are the effects of the humans’ actions?

Add anything else you can think of to your mind map?

Threats to

habitat

Human visitors not

understanding Pandoran ecology

Excessive unobtainium mining

Worry that food chain could break

down due to human activity

Plants and animals not getting food they need

due to forests being cleared for mining

Quality of atmosphere

becoming more toxic

Ecology beginning to

break down as more

unobtainium is mined

Lack of seeds being produced by tree of souls

detrimental to future existence

Breakdown of symbiotic

relationship between plants,

creatures and humanoids

Fear of creatures becoming

extinct

Bioluminescent qualities of all

things Pandoran failing

Once you have gathered all of your ideas, choose sentence supports which suit the ideas that you have written. You won’t need a sentence support for every idea; you could join ideas or leave out the less important or similar ones.

Threats to

habitat

Human visitors not

understanding Pandoran ecology

Excessive unobtainium

mining

Worry that food chain could break

down due to human activity

Plants and animals not getting food they need

due to forests being cleared for mining

Quality of atmosphere

becoming more toxic

Ecology beginning to

break down as more

unobtainium is mined

Lack of seeds being produced by tree of souls

detrimental to future existence

Breakdown of symbiotic

relationship between plants, creatures and

humanoids

Fear of creatures becoming

extinct

Bioluminescent qualities of all

things Pandoran failing

Too many humans – threat of infection

and disease from Earth

Now write your sentences out, using the sentence supports that you have chosen.

You will need 6 to 9 sentences for your report.

You don’t need to start from scratch, though, as you have your paragraph from lesson 7 to use to help you start off.

Task: create an informative report.

Write an informative report to highlight concerns for the environment on Pandora as a result of humans mining there.

Once you’ve written your sentences out, you can rearrange the order so that you have an opening statement and information that flows logically.

Remember – you are creating a report on the concerns for the environment on Pandora as a result of humans mining there.

You can see an example of sentences in the WAGOLL.

WAGOLL:Pandora: home to many awe-inspiring, magical yet dangerous creatures all of which exist in a toxic atmosphere deadly to humans. Tropical rainforests cover vast areas of the planet and is home to many examples of the symbiotic relationship between plants, creatures and humanoids. Beyond the rainforests lie deep mines, full of unobtainium, giving everything their bioluminescent qualities. Hanging in a magnetic field, the rocky mountains hover in a state of flux, turning slowly and gracefully. Unobtainium, which is a rare earth mineral, is the most efficient super conductor known to exist. Despite the toxic atmosphere (lethal to humans) humans return frequently to mine unobtainium in vast quantities. During their mining activities, areas of rainforest are being rapidly cleared, leading to ecologists and biologists becoming worried about Pandora’s ecosystem. Experts are rightly concerned that this extensive mining activity will lead to many of Pandora’s beautiful creatures being added to the list of endangered animals, as many of the plants and animals do not exist on any other planet. At the rate that this is happening, how long will it be before life on Pandora ceases to exist?

Plenary:When you have finished, read through your sentences.

Have you •Chosen 7-9 different sentence supports?•Ordered your sentences so that they make sense and

flow?

Go through and edit your paragraph, adding in extra sentences to help.

Reflection:Lesson 9

L.O.: To plan an informative report

I can plan an informative reportI can also plan an informative report, taking into account the audience I am writing forI can even plan an informative report which includes persuasion

Answers

Write a contraction to replace the underlined words in each sentence.

1. I’ll ask her to phone you later.

2. Oliver couldn’t eat all of his dinner.

3. You’re really going to enjoy the movie.

4. You shouldn’t run in the corridor.

5. I don’t know the answer.

6. Where’s the remote control for the TV?

7. I’ve never been to Glasgow before.

8. We didn’t go shopping this afternoon.

9. I can’t go skiing this winter.

Replace the underlined words in the sentences below with their expanded forms

1. We are going into town later, so I will buy some cake for a treat.

2. Sarah will not be back late this evening.

3. After he had finished his dinner, Robert did the washing up.

4. Let us leave early today.

5. I shall not make the bus in time.

Underline the words in the passage that contains an apostrophe for omission.

1. It’s now two o’clock. You’ve got ten minutes to get ready and then we’ll go to Hamza’s party.

*o’clock is ‘of the clock’.