Activities in this teaching pack include a template to select and record some matching keywords that can be used to build an example index for a non-fiction book about a specific type of mini-beast that can be found living in a special habitat in the school grounds.

The interactive presentation gets the children to explore how to record keywords that can be used in an index for a non-fiction book about a specific type of mini-beast.

This lesson is part of an English scheme of work to get the children to practise different ways of finding information about animals in non-fiction information books, investigate words spelt with the or sound and use commas to write lists about groups of animals. There are teaching activities for shared learning, differentiated worksheets to support independent learning and interactive presentations to introduce concepts and key skills.