To gather information for a non-chronological report

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Pandas - Non-chronological report

﻿Hi, everybody and welcome to lesson four on our unit on writing an non-chronological report. Am really good at teaching this lesson I think it's one of my favourite. Really interesting way to start the writing process. So lets get started. I hope you will enjoy. So our lesson objective today is to gather information for a non-chronological report, which means, this means basically doing the research so that we have enough information to be able to talk about it confidently. On our agenda today, we're going to start with some key vocabulary. Which is actually very important, in this lesson. Then we're going to do writing warm up, you're going to have a little chance to practise some writing sentences. Then we're going to be discussing about how to gather the information for non chronological report, and that will lead us on to gathering the information from both a video and text. So in this lesson you're going to need an exercise book and some paper, a pencil, a brain and if you can a nice quiet space, and this is especially important for the section where we can be listening to a video. Okay, this is the exciting moment where am going to be revealing to you what non-chronological report is going to be on. And it is, pandas, and one of my favourite animals. So I am really excited to be out doing a whole unit and dedicated specifically to this animal. So let's start with the writing warm up. You need to take out a pencil and some paper. And am going to think about writing a relative clause using this picture of, the lion. I think that should relate to your lessons you might have done in the past about relative clauses. And have a think what it does, what is its role. So for example in the sentence below. The lion, which is a species of cat is a fierce predator and preys on mammals such as antelopes, zebras, and crocodiles. The relative clause is in red, because it can be taken out and put back in again, and the sentence will still make sense. It simply adds extra information. So use the moment now to pause the video and think about how you could write sentences about this line using a who, or which, relative clause. Okay, so hopefully you have all had a chance to write a sentence which has included a relative clause. A way good way of self checking it if you take out the relative clause and then read the rest of the sentence if it still makes sense. That's a good way of checking you've done it correctly. Make sure if it comes in the middle, you've got a comma on either side. Okay, key vocabulary for today we're going to play my turn your turn so when I say the word, I'll say it and then you say it to your screen, really good way of just reminding yourself ready for recap. Carnivorous. So carnivorous animal, is an animal that feeds on other animals. Carnivores, often known as. Hibernate. Is when an animal spends the winter asleep. Native. Is a person's or animal's place of birth so if you're native to America, that is where you were born. Characteristics. That is a feature or quality typical to a person, place or thing, which is used to help identify them. So now we're going to be discussing how to gather information for a non chronological report. So I want you to think about in a second, when you pause the video. What would be the first thing you would do if your teacher said to you, "Right, you need to go and find out information to make a poster about the rain forest." Where would be the first places you would look? Write down any ideas you may have and then pause the video. Okay, so some things I thought of that I know I would do and I would look at straightway if I was having to write an information text about something, I would maybe watch a documentary or clips from a documentary. I would look at articles both in magazines, newspapers, maybe even online. I'd have a look at some websites. And, I would look at books as well coz they're, all of these are really reliable sources of information. You can trust them because they've been published and edited and checked over, so we know they're correct. So how can we collect information. We can take notes of key facts. We can summarise ideas so that we haven't got so many different facts from different areas. We can group our information into categories to make it easier to find information later on. And then we can work through each category at a time. What is the best way to collate your information? Collate means to collect and combine. A couple of things I was thinking of, maybe you could do a mind map. A mind map is kind of a visual of your brain and your thought process. So if I put pandas in the middle, then you can start drawing lines off it in an organised way. But it's quite an informal way of gathering your thoughts, your research, or you can be a little bit more structured and organised. And you could divide your piece of paper into sections and use, and have cut categories and use bullet points so it's a bit more organised. What you will need to do though, is if even if you do a mind map, or the divide the paper into a box, you'll need to have four categories. See with the panda. Appearance, the diet, so what the panda eats, habitat or where the panda lives, and then any general information that you might find interesting. Those are going to be your four categories. That leads us now into your next task where you'll need to pause the video, because you're going to choose, whether you're going to make a mind map or divide your page into categories. Get ready, so that you are, to take some notes so that you're all fully prepared for when the video starts. Okay, now you're going to watch the first part of the part this clip, and I want you to note down any important and interesting pieces of information in either your mind map, or your piece of paper, which has been divided into categories. The things you need to be thinking about are, what does the panda eat, and any foods to relate to any facts related to to do with food and diet. Where does the panda live? What is its characteristics, key characteristics of its appearance, and any other interesting facts. Don't worry if you can't find something to do with each of these categories just yet as there is a second video and a text to watch afterwards.

If there's one animal that lives up to the saying you are what you eat, it's probably the giant panda. Nearly every aspect of a panda's life revolves around bamboo. Giant pandas eat, and eat and eat. Pandas can spend more than half, each day eating. To understand why pandas eats so much, you need to look more closely at what they eat. Bamboo, a giant woody grass is a very poor nutritional source, low in protein and high in fibre that pandas can't digest well. Yet, bamboo comprises 99% of a pandas diet. To compensate, pandas need to eat 20 to 40 pounds a day. Pandas have quite a bit in common with carnivores. A panda's digestive system is more closely related to that of a carnivore than an herbivore. Which explains why they don't digest plants very well. Fortunately, they have other adaptations that help them chew down on a bamboo stalk, including large, powerful jaws.

Okay, hopefully you found some, to download some really interesting facts. You're now going to watch a second clip. Try not to repeat yourself if you've already included it. It is the same clip, a bit later on in the video. So hopefully there'll be some new interesting facts for you to take note of.

Once again, we can look at a panda's diet to help understand why it's fur is the colour it is. Pandas don't store enough fat to hibernate like other bears, so they have to keep eating bamboo all year round. And since they're always roaming in search of bamboo, pandas are unable to shed their fur quickly enough to match their background like other animals can. So their black and white pattern may be sort of a compromise. White fur allows them to blend into snowy backgrounds. Black fur allows them to blend into shady forest backgrounds. Historically, pandas inhabited a much wider range than they do today and faced multiple predators. So at the time, they may have relied more on their camouflage ability. Today, pandas are not at as high risk from predators, but rather from a loss of bamboo. The good news is that the giant pandas conservation status was recently upgraded, from endangered to vulnerable. An estimated 1850 pandas remained in the wild in China, an increase of 17% over the past decade. However, pandas still face significant threats tied closely to their food source. Human development has driven pandas into isolated fragmented mountain regions, restricting their access to bamboo. Additionally, climate change threatens to eliminate more than a third of the bamboo habitat that pandas rely on by the end of the century.

Okay, I hope you find this video interesting. It is also important to try and gather information from text or articles, so we're going to read a confection about pandas, which you can use to gather some more information. Again, you're going to still use the same plan you had from the video, and try to keep it in the same categories so that it will be easier when you come to writing and planning your text to know where to look. So you need to extract key pieces of information in note form. What do I mean by extract? It means I'm not going to copy down exactly what I see. Instead, I'm going to pick out the key bits of information, write in note form, so maybe bullet points, or missing out, or maybe you can use abbreviations for names, but you're going to be, it's not going to necessarily be full sentences. In note form, but something that you can understand at a later date. I'll read the text to you. You can pause the video after I've read the first page. And from there you can take out , extract the key bits of information you think are important. And put them in the correct place in your plan. So, panda facts. The giant panda's scientific name is Ailuropoda melanoleuca. This means black and white cat-foot. Although a panda is known for its distinctive black and white fur, when it is born, it is actually pink fur-less and blind just like a baby badger. Their fur is thick and heavy to protect them from the cold temperatures. An adult panda weighs more than 45 kilogrammes, an average woman was 77 kilogrammes in comparison, and is approximately 1.5 metres, 5' long. These large creatures need to consume a lot of food so they eat up to 38 kilogrammes of bamboo a day, which means they're spending as long as 14 hours a day eating. Now is the time to pause the video and extract your key facts and put them into your notes. Okay, the next section. Again, you'll pause the video so you can read after I've read it to you and get some more extra facts from this. So. Pandas have carnivorous, meaning they eat can eat other animals, teeth, but, they predominantly eat bamboo and fruit. However, some pandas do occasionally hunt for small animals such as mice. These carnivorous teeth a very large, almost seven times the size of human's tooth. They need to be this size and strength to crush and grind the bamboo. Pandas do not hibernate during winter, which many other bears do. In colder months, they head lower down mountains for warmer weather, as the bamboo doesn't make them fat enough. And fat keeps bears warm. Pandas are native to central China, found in bamboo forest in high mountain ranges. Unfortunately, due to increasing human population and development, many of the forests have disappeared. This is a huge threat to the future of the giant panda. Now is your time to pause the video and extract some more key facts. Okay, what a brilliant lesson you've all had. I've really enjoyed finding out more about pandas. I hope you have to. We did some key vocabulary in the beginning, all of which you kind of would have spotted throughout the lesson which hopefully helped you to understand it when you came across it. We did a writing warm-up. We discussed how to gather the information information in the most efficient way. And then we watched a video and a text for you to gather information. You should now all have some notes in an organised fashion that will you help you use to help you create a plan soon. Congratulations, you've completed the lesson. If you'd like to share your work with a parent or carer, I'm sure they'd love to see it. Well done and see you soon.

To gather information for a non-chronological report

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