Non-Chronological Report Writing Frame

Title:
Introduction
*What is your extinct animals
scientific name?(technical vocab)
*Who? What? Where? When?
Where? How?
*Describing words.
*Other animals that were
associated with your animal.

Appearance
*What did your animal look
like?
*What were the key features
of your animal that are the
most important to emphasise?
*Can you use ask the reader a
question?

Habitat
*Where did your animal live?
*What would you of seen if
you visited their habitat?
*Why was this habitat suitable
for your extinct animal?

Diet
*What did your animal eat?
*Are there any specific
creatures or things you want to
mention?
*How does it stalk or catch its
prey?

How did your animal become

extinct?
*What or who hunted your
creature?
*How was it killed?
 Glossary
*Definitions of words
that may require further
explanation.

*Should be written in
alphabetical order.

* Possible images and captions to support

Facts non-chronological report.

*Labelled diagram of
your creature

*Remember to use formal language.

*It is a good idea to include a glossary.

 Non-Chronological Report Writing Frame
Title: The Giant Moa
Introduction
*What is your extinct animals
scientific name?(technical vocab)
*Who? What? Where? When?
Where? How?
*Describing words.
*Other animals that were
associated with your animal.
Appearance
*What did your animal look
like?
*What were the key features
of your animal that are the
most important to emphasise?
*Can you use ask the reader a
question?
Habitat & Reproduction
*Where did your animal live?
*What would you of seen if
you visited their habitat?
*Why was this habitat suitable
for your extinct animal?
Diet
*What did your animal eat?
*Are there any specific
creatures or things you want to
mention?
*How does it stalk or catch its
prey?
How did your animal become
extinct?
*What or who hunted your
creature?
*How was it killed?
* Dinornis robustus (South Island) and Dinornis novaezelandiae (North Island)
*A giant, flightless, plant eating, bird
*Lived in the South and North islands of New Zealand.
*towering, striking, incredible (perhaps the largest bird ever to exist)
*Haast’s Eagle, Maori. Ostrich, Eggs & Maori.
* The Dodo and the moa have much in common. Both were large,
flightless birds found on isolated islands.
*The Giant Moa has been extinct since around 1400.
*They could have been living in New Zealand for nearly 3 million years.
*reached about 3.6 m (12 ft) in height with neck outstretched, and weighed
about 230 kg (510 lb).
*Moa was ostrich-like bird with small head, stout, triangular beak, long neck,
large body and strong legs.
*Moa didn’t have wings and was not able to fly.
*Moa had used its strong legs to defend itself against predators.
*Moa probably looked a lot like emus. They had long legs with four toes on each
foot and their feathers were furry. Except for its feet, the Moa was covered in
rough, furry feathers that were believed to have been shades of brown or black.
*They were the dominant herbivores in New Zealand's forest, shrubland, and
subalpine ecosystems for thousands of years.
* Very adaptable and were present in a wide range of habitats from coastal to
alpine.
*The Giant Female Moa laid eggs that were looked after and incubated by the
male moa for three months.
*As giant moa chicks hatched they were able to see, run and feed themselves.
*Scientists think that the Moa did not nest in trees but instead made nests at
ground level making it an easy catch for the Maori people.
*herbivores
*ate: ferns, fruits, fibrous twigs and leaves.
*Moa had to consume smooth stones and pebbles regularly to facilitate
digestion of food.
*Moa extinction occurred around 200 years after human settlement primarily
due to overhunting by the Māori. (1440-1445AD)
* Although some birds became extinct due to farming, for which the forests
were cut and burned down and the ground was turned into arable land.
*As a result of intense habitat destruction, uncontrolled collecting of eggs and
killing of moa (for meat and manufacture of harpoon heads, fish hooks, jewellery
and clothing), moa became extinct around 200 years after the arrival of first
people.
 Glossary Arable- used or suitable for growing crops.
*Definitions of words Dodo bird- is an extinct flightless bird that was endemic to the island of Mauritius,
that may require further
east of Madagascar in the Indian Ocean.
explanation.
Emu- the second largest living bird after the ostrich.
Endemic- (animals & plants) native and restricted to a certain place.
*Should be written in
Herbivores- an animal that feeds on plants.
alphabetical order.
Māori- are the indigenous (native or first peoples) Polynesian people of New
Zealand.
Ostrich- a large flightless birds with long legs and necks
The Haast’s Eagle- the species was the largest eagle known to of existed. It
lived in the South Island of New Zealand. It preyed on large flightless birds
including the Moa.
* Possible images and captions to support
Facts non-chronological report.
*Dinornis eggs were enormous, as large as a rugby
ball, and around 80 times the volume of a chicken's
egg. The Haast’s
*The Haast’s Eagle size and weight indicate a bodily
striking force equivalent to a concrete block falling Eagle
from the top of an eight-storey building.
*Female Moa were taller and heavier than males. attacking a
*The Maori used moa for food, made clothes from
their feathers and skin, and even carved moa bones Giant Moa.
into fish hooks and jewellery. They ate moa of all
ages, even moa eggs.
*Moas had no tail. *The name Moa comes from the
Polynesian word fowl.

*Labelled diagram of
your creature

*Remember to use formal language.

*It is a good idea to include a glossary.