Non-Chronological Reports - Nonfiction Writing Lesson- Teaching PowerPoint + Activities!

This resource includes everything you need to teach children grades 3 to 6 how to write non-chronological reports. It includes examples, lists of features to include, details for a modelled/ shared writing task and an independent, consolidation writing task.

The resource is a PowerPoint presentation lesson complete with:

√ Learning objective
√ Success criteria
√ Starter activity - grammar task
√ Review of relevant prior learning
√ Teaching input/ information slides
√ Examples from non-chronological report texts
√ Speaking, listening, reading and writing tasks
√ Feature checklist for non-chronological reports
√ All answer slides
√ Plenary

Learning Objective:
LO: To plan and write a non-chronological report

Success Criteria:
I can structure my non-chronological report correctly and with appropriate headings and subheadings.
I can fill my report with relevant and accurate facts.
I can use the correct tense and write in third person.
I can include an introduction and key information box.
I can use generalisers, technical vocabulary, formal language and factual adjectives.

Lesson details:
Differentiated starter activity (3 levels) - Verbs and tenses task (review of relevant prior learning, grammar task)
Teaching input - covering the following:

• What does non-chronological mean?
• What’s the difference between fiction and non-fiction?
• What structural features will we find in a non-chronological report?
• What tense is a non-chronological report usually written in?
• What is the purpose of a non-chronological report?
• What language features of a non-chronological report can you list?
  Example of a non-chronological report introduction
  Teaching input - structure of an introduction
  Teaching input - language features of a non-chronological report, explanations, examples and consolidation tasks for these features (present tense, third person, generalisers, technical vocabulary, factual adjectives, formal language)
  Modelled/ shared write task- Introduction for a report
  Independent consolidation task
  Example of a non-chronological report paragraph

Feature checklist
Plenary - Assessment of learning task

This lesson can be a stand-alone lesson showing the features of a non-chronological report but it can also be part of a bundle of three lessons teaching children how to write non-chronological reports. This is lesson one of three.

Lesson 1 - Identify the features of non-chronological reports and examine example texts
Lesson 2 - Conduct own research into a topic and present findings (https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/-13117269)
Lesson 3 - Write own non-chronological report

PLEASE NOTE - Please look at the ‘notes’ section of the PowerPoint for additional information about each slide. These include teaching tips, ideas and further explanations.

This lesson is also suitable for being delivered remotely through online learning with some slight adaptations. It could combine very well with platforms such as Pear Deck and Nearpod.