Plan your non-fiction writing

PARAGRAPH 1

• Introduce your topic. Write down some facts about your chosen subject.

PARAGRAPH 2, 3, 4...

• Write down the points you want to make in order.
• Include some evidence.

Conclusion

• Draw all your ideas together in a conclusion.

Remember

• Use:
  • facts
  • opinions
  • opinions in facts.
• Use connectives or conjunctions:
  • and or but (to join compound sentences)
  • or, so, if, when, while, after, before, because, unless, until, whereas, although (to join complex sentences)
  • use pronouns - who, which, whose, what, that
  • to link ideas use - firstly, later, therefore, on the other hand, at that moment, by this time, next, soon...
• Use a range of sentences -simple, compound and complex sentences
• Make personal comments