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Non-fiction

Non-fiction

Non-fiction texts are wide ranging and occur in many forms in everyday life. The following tables and supporting guidance select the most common forms of non-fiction. Many non-fiction texts in real life blur the boundaries between text types and their features. The most common language features are listed for each text type but variants of all text types occur, especially when they are used in combination. The features listed are often but not always present.

Discussion texts
           Discussion texts

           Year 1 - Non-fiction - Unit 4 - Information texts (dictionaries, fact and fiction, report)

           Year 6 - Non-fiction - Unit 3 - Argument

           Year 6 - Revision - Unit 2

           Progression paper on discussion texts
Explanatory texts
           Explanatory texts

           Year 2 - Non-fiction - Unit 2 - Explanations

           Year 2 - Non-fiction - Unit 3 - Information texts

           Year 4 - Non-fiction - Unit 3 - Explanation

           Year 6 - Revision Non-fiction - Unit 2

           Progression paper on explanatory texts
Instructional texts
           Instructional texts

           Year 1 - Non-fiction - Unit 2 - Instructions (persuasion)

           Year 2 - Non-fiction - Unit 1 - Instructions

           Year 3 - Non-fiction - Unit 2 - Instructions

           Year 5 - Non-fiction - Unit 1 - Instructions

           Year 6 - Revision - Unit 2

           Progression paper on instructional/procedural texts
Persuasion texts 
           Persuasion texts 

           Year 1 - Non-fiction - Unit 2 - Instructions (persuasion)

           Year 3 - Non-fiction - Unit 3 - Information texts

           Year 4 - Non-fiction - Unit 4 - Persuasive texts

           Year 5 - Non-fiction - Unit 3 - Persuasive writing

           Year 6 - Transition unit - Persuasion

           Year 6 - Non-fiction - Unit 3 - Argument

           Year 6 - Revision - Unit 2

           Progression paper on persuasion text
Non-chronological reports
           Non-chronological reports

           Year 1 - Non-fiction - Unit 4 - Information texts (dictionaries, fact and fiction, report)

           Year 2 - Non-fiction - Unit 4 - Non-chronological reports

           Year 3 - Non-fiction - Unit 1 - Reports

           Year 6 - Revision - Unit 2

           Progression paper on Non-chronological reports
Recounts
           Recounts

           Year 1 - Non-fiction - Unit 3 - Recount, dictionary

           Year 1 - Non-fiction - Unit 5 - Recount (fact and fiction)

           Year 1 - Non-fiction - Unit 1 - Additional text-based units – A day in the life of an RSPCA inspector

           Year 4 - Non-fiction - Unit 1 - Recounts: newspapers/magazines

           Year 5 - Non-fiction - Unit 2 - Recount

           Year 6 - Non-fiction - Unit 1 - Biography and autobiography

           Year 6 - Non-fiction - Unit 2 - Journalistic writing

           Year 6 - Revision - Unit 2

           Progression paper on recounts

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