Year 6 · English

Identify Themes And Conventions

Year 6 learners practise features of non-fiction text types.

The activities include Understand the Features of Discussion Texts, Understand the Features of Explanation Texts, Understand the Features of Non-Chronological Reports. 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.

Activities covered

Understand the Features of Discussion Texts
Understand the Features of Explanation Texts
Understand the Features of Non-Chronological Reports

Checked learning resources

Oak: Pandas or Antarctic animals: non-chronological report

Oak National Academy · Teaching · Opens on the provider website

Oak Year 6/KS2 unit linked to features of non-fiction text types.
Recognising Purpose and Audience | KS2 English Concept Video

Twinkl · Video · Account may be required

Models how to identify why a text was written and who it was written for, including inform and persuade purposes. The video establishes how a discussion text's balanced purpose and audience guide its conventions; the acc
Writing a Balanced Argument KS2 Year 6 Lesson Pack

Twinkl · Lesson · Account may be required

Verified Year 6 lesson pack teaching the purpose, organisation and language features of discussion texts and balanced arguments, with modelled points for and against and pupil activities.
Features of a Discussion Text Checklist

Twinkl · Lesson · Account may be required

Verified KS2 checklist explaining and practising the structural and language features of discussion texts and balanced arguments, including points for and against.
Features of an Explanation Text Checklist

Twinkl · Lesson · Account may be required

Verified KS2 checklist teaching pupils to recognise explanation-text structure and language features, highlight them in a model, and apply the checklist to another text.
Y6 Information Texts: Explanation Model and Example Text

Twinkl · Lesson · Account may be required

Verified Year 6 explanation model text with an annotated example and feature checklist for recognising how explanation texts are organised and written.
Oak worksheet: Identifying Features Of A Model Non Chronological Report About A Shark

Oak National Academy · Worksheet · Opens on the provider website

Year 6 english lesson. I can identify the features of a non-chronological report about a shark. A non-chronological report is written out of time order. The purpose of a non-chronological report is to inform and engage t
Pandas or Antarctic animals: non-chronological report

Oak National Academy · Lesson · Opens on the provider website

Year 6 English resource matched to features of non-fiction text types.