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Year 4 · English

Understand structure and purpose in Year 4 English

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Focus on features of a newspaper report and explanation text. Start with “Identify the Features of a Newspaper Report”, then explain the idea in your own words.

Year 4 learners practise features of a newspaper report and explanation text.

The activities include Identify the Features of a Newspaper Report, Distinguish Between Explanations, Instructions and Non-Chronological Reports, Explore Explanation Texts, and related practice. The checked support below includes teaching, video, lesson, worksheet. Open a resource in its provider's website and choose the format that best helps the learner explain the idea independently.

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  • Identify the Features of a Newspaper Report
  • Distinguish Between Explanations, Instructions and Non-Chronological Reports
  • Explore Explanation Texts
  • Identify the Key Features of an Explanatory Text
  • Know How Tenses Relate to the Purpose and Structure of Texts
  • Recognise Explanation Texts
  • Understand Explanation Texts
  • Understand Personification

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LearnBBC Bitesize

BBC Bitesize: Non-fiction

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BBC Bitesize: Grammar

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