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Writing Week 4
Writing Strategy / Focus
Monday
Journal Writing
Tuesday
Narrative Mr Men
(5-10mins)
Learning Intention
Main Teaching activity
Wednesday
Narrative Mr Men
ICT
Thursday
Narrative Mr Men
Friday
Narrative Mr Men
ICT
I can use capital letters correctly
I can effectively demonstrate the structure of a narrative through creating an iMovie
Whole group
activity (10 mins)
Reinforce the
importance of capital
letters. Give examples
of names and places
etc.
Show students Little
Miss Late clay model.
Show student Little
Miss Late iMovie that
teacher has made so
they know what they
are going to achieve
Focus Teaching Groups- may
only be one group per session)
40 mins
Journal writing
Focus on using capital
letters correctly
Students are to create
their own Mr Men out
of clay
Take iPad photos of
students’ Mr Men
Demonstrate to
students how to use
paint to crop pictures
of Mr Men/ Little Miss
Make sure draw
opaque is off. Need
two select open with
paint, copy & paste
Computer Lab.
Students use paint to
crop pictures of Mr
Men and place them
on backgrounds
2hours
Show students how to
use iMovie.
Recap structure of a
narrative
Drag and drop images.
Edit timing. Do voice
over. Add titles.
Students use iPads to
create their own Mr
Men/Little Miss on
iMovie
Recap how to use
iMovie
Students continue to
create their own Little
Miss/Mr Men iMovie
Make sure you save all
pictures
Reflection
Assessment
Read to a partner
Students walk around
class to observe other
people’s Mr Men
Discuss what stage
students are up to.
Discuss what stage
students are up to.
Discuss what stage
students are up to.
Success Criteria
Able to use capital
Able to create a
letters in their journal representation of their
writing
Mr Men/Little Miss
Able to use paint
program to crop
images in order to
create pictures for
narrative
Able to follow a
narrative sequence to
show create a movie
Able to follow a
narrative sequence to
show create a movie
VELS
1.50
1.75
2.00
2.25
2.50
1.50 - sequence (his/her) ideas in short texts
1.75 - write short texts in a variety of ways including recount, procedure, story and report
2.0 - write for different purposes and in a variety of ways including recounts (e.g. diary writing),
procedures, stories and reports
2.25 - write texts in which ideas are linked in a logical sequence
2.50 – write short texts of more than one paragraph to describe experiences, tell a story and express a
point of view