Information Text Unit of Work - Plants (10 lessons)

A fully-resourced unit of work linked to information texts about plants with ten lessons looking at identifying features and being able to create written information texts.

Included in the 10 lesson sequence is a PowerPoint with all the lessons included within as well as any supporting resources needed. This includes:

Lesson 1 - Looking at the organisational features of an information text and identifying these within given examples. There are three different example texts included to support this as well as a modelled example.

Lesson 2 - Looking at the important role sub-headings play and then being able to create sub-headings where these have been taken out in example information texts. Included is also a support sheet with potential examples for anyone who struggles.

Lesson 3 - Paragraphs - This lesson focuses on being able to sort information based on the topic it has. This will include some practice as well as then being able to sort different sentences into which one of the three paragraphs it would fit into.

Lesson 4 - Planning and making notes. This lesson focuses on being able to plan and make notes ready to turn into an information text. Included is a planning sheet, example texts that can be used to gather information (alongside books and internet research potentially) and a model planning sheet that shows how to write in notes and bullet point format. This lesson can easily be extended into two lessons if necessary to gather enough information.

Lesson 5 - Writing an introduction

Lesson 6 - Writing the first main paragraph

Lesson 7 - Writing the second main paragraph

Lesson 8 - Writing the third main paragraph

Lesson 9 - Writing a conclusion

Lesson 10 - Editing and publishing

The final set of lessons from lesson 5 onwards follow the same pattern of showing an example of that paragraph style from the text, an opportunity to write one together as a class before then giving children time to write their own paragraph and edit. There is an editing sheet with prompts to support some key areas for children to check. This then finishes with children publishing their work, deciding on the layout they wish to use. To support this, some images are included that they can cut out and use within their finished piece should they wish.