Year 6 · English · Writing for different purposes · Lesson 5

Reports and explanations

Non-chronological reports and explanation texts: purpose, structure, subheadings, present tense, technical vocabulary and causal connectives, with an original model about owls.

13-minute video lesson

Teaching, worked examples and 20 practice questions solved step by step.

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What your child will learn

Distinguish reports and explanations
Plan subheadings or steps
Use formal present-tense facts
Use causal connectives

The method

Report or explanation?
Plan.
Facts, present tense.
Causal words.

Key words: non-chronological report, explanation, subheading, causal connective, technical vocabulary.

Worked examples

The first three practice questions from the lesson, with every step.

Question 1

What does ‘non-chronological’ mean?

Step 1: Not time

Answer: not in time order

Question 2

What tense are most reports written in?

Step 1: p...

Answer: present

Question 3

Which person: ‘Owls hunt at night.’

Step 1: They

Answer: third person