Year 5 English is where readers become analysers, asking why authors make choices. Students who practise explaining their thinking in writing pull ahead noticeably in Year 6 and 7.
The fact that you are looking means you are already doing the right thing.
Bees live in colonies inside hives. A single colony has one queen and thousands of worker bees. The workers collect nectar from flowers and carry it back to the hive. Bees are also very important for farmers.
★Your first sentence tells the reader exactly what this paragraph is about.
★The next two sentences both stay on that topic and add real detail.
★You use accurate words like colony, queen and nectar instead of vague ones.
✦The last sentence starts a new idea about farming. Give that idea its own paragraph with its own opening sentence.
“Ants also live in large colonies underground. Each colony has tunnels for storing food and separate chambers for the young. Worker ants carry food back along the same trail every time.”
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