Progression in writing - Southend High School for Girls

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Small steps, not big leaps
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Literacy: one of the 3 main strands in the
framework
Learning links between phoneme and
grapheme supports Oracy.
Developing KAL and LLS skills and making the
links with English Literacy
Writing supports the visual learners: they
want to write things down
Miss, I can’t write in French! Supporting
transition
LOOKING AT PROGRESSION
un chat
NC Level 1 (yr 3)
cat
Awareness of
gender
And definite /
indefinite
articles
un chat
Silent letter
at end of
word
Phoneme: a
Phonemes: ch like charlotte
(later in year 4/5 I’ll learn it can
also be ‘K’ for scientific
I can
vocabulary)
copy it!
NC Level 2
J’ai
petit
un chat noir.
•Phoneme / grapheme knowledge
•Adjective
•Adjectival agreement
•Position of adjective
•Singular / plural
•Simple structure + noun + adjective.
Comparison &
reinforcement
of English
conventions of
punctuation.
NC Level 3
J’ai un petit chat noir
et il s’appelle Rex.
•Short phrases, increasingly from memory
•Connectives – et / mais / parce que
•Increase variation of structures
•Awareness of liaison/elision
•Understanding of words as building blocks of sentence
NC Level 4 –some year 6 – definitely year 7
J’ai un petit chat noir
qui s’appelle Rex.
J’aime mon chien. Demain
il va manger un os.
•Extended sentences with variety of connectives.
•Using dictionary for additional vocabulary
•Manipulation of 1st, 2nd, 3rd person
•Structures may include simple variation of tenses
• Use of possessive pronouns
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The BIG leap? A threat for non-specialists?
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It is all about SMALL steps
from labelling to writing a paragraph, a letter or a
poem!
words
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phrase
sentences
paragraphs
Good scaffolding leads to independent and
confident writing
Word level activities
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Word bag/word shapes [pairs]
Writing with hand and body [ writing whispers]
Grapheme mats: linking sounds to spelling to
aid writing
Sentence level activities [KAL]
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Human sentences – simple
Human sentences – complex, with moving
parts
Walking or running dictation
Adapting knowledge to say something new:
scaffolding and creativity towards independent
writing
Bonjour les magasins
Au revoir mon argent!
Bonjour quarante-six
Au revoir quarante-cinq!
Bonjour l’automne
Au revoir l’été!
Bonjour les vacances
Au revoir ………..!
Bonjour mardi
…au revoir
Bonjour le soleil …au revoir
Bonjour la paix … au revoir
lundi!
la pluie!
la guerre!
¡…Nogracias!¡…Síporfavor!
A bas…….!
Vive………!
…...., non merci!
…, oui s’il vous plaît!
Hola Adiós
¡Abajo…! ¡Viva…!
¡…No gracias! ¡…Sí por favor!
Phrase poems
Ma
Ma
Ma
Ma
Ma
Ma
Ma
Ma
grand-mère
grand-mère
grand-mère
grand-mère
grand-mère
grand-mère
grand-mère
grand-mère
est samedi
est un chat
est une orange
est
Ma maison, c’est ……
La France c’est…..
Octopoems
Des milliers d’étoiles dans le ciel, Thousands of
stars in the sky,
Des milliers d’oiseaux dans les arbres, Thousands
of birds in the trees,
Des milliers de fleurs au jardin,Thousands of flowers
in the garden,
Des milliers d’abeilles sur les fleurs,Thousands of
bees on the flowers,
Des milliers de coquillages sur les plages,Thousands
of shells on the beaches,
Des milliers de poissons dans les mers, Thousands
of fish in the seas,
Et seulement, seulement une maman. And only one,
only one mum.
Des milliers d’
dans
Des milliers d’
dans
Des milliers d’
dans
Des milliers d’
dans
Mais seulement , seulement une maman.
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Silly sentences
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Les jours
Les nombres
Les objets
lundi
sept
singes
mardi
neuf
chapeaux
mercredi
trois
pommes
jeudi
six
kangourous
vendredi
deux
camions
samedi
cinq
gâteaux
j’ai mangé ……..
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To help build more complex sentences
Léa a un chat noir qui aime le poisson
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Léa
What do you know about the different words?
Look at the word order
What kind of word is it that we don’t know?
What could we change?
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un chat
noir
qui aime le poisson
Théo a un oiseau bleu qui aime les frites
Serge a une souris verte qui aime le chocolat
lily-pads 2.pdf
Create pin numbers for each other:
1 6 10 16 20
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1. J’ai
2 les
3. yeux
5. bleus
4. cheveux 6. verts
7. noirs
8. gris
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Storybirds
http://storybird.com/books/les-monstres/?token=nzc3vg
http://mfl-storybirds.wikispaces.com/French+Storybirds
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Mini books
Que vois-tu, petit garçon?
Je vois une petite fourmi
Je vois une pierre marron
Je vois un papillon bleu
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Mini books of all shapes!
http://library.thinkquest.org/J001156/makingbooks/minibook/index.htm
how to make a mini book
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I-AAaGQwDB0 mini book with pockets
http://changing-phase.blogspot.co.uk/search/label/mini-books lift the
flap books, concertina books, etc
http://origami.org.uk/origami_shirt.htm football shirt
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