Friday 29th September 2017
- Shorter more frequent blocks of
writing.
- Many features of writing remain
the same regardless of text type. Especially within the same fiction or
non fiction types.ie: introduction, conclusion, variety of sentences etc.
- Kids need to ‘Notice’ and analyse
text in reading before writing.
- Notice sentences in reading as
exemplars for writing.
- Read a sentence and clap the full
stop. Get kids to notice the capital letters and full stops.
- Type of text - what are the clues?
- Notice sentence starters,
punctuation, paragraphs, hooks, titles, sub titles.
- Use text types in reading time to
warm up students into reading.
- Students in year 3 beyond should
start looking at text structures. Once their writing starts to flow etc,
from a 2b onwards, start looking at text structure and organisation.
Prior to this, students need to learn the biomechanics of writing.
- Text analysis should be in reading
time.
- Students should write everyday.
- Use 10 minute shared reading
sessions to get kids familiar with text types they will be writing.
- Students use these times to create
a writers checklist and word list based on a range of exemplars
- Spelling routines are important.
Give students plenty of time to have a go and learn how to spell.
- Students need to understand the
reason for punctuation.
- Good word choices are important
- Editing = proofreading the
re-crafting . Important to model how to edit and make improvements.
- Give status to the idea of
changing your writing and improving the language used. Crossing out a word
and replacing it with a better one isn’t messy, it is being clever.
- Modelled writing= I do
- Shared and guided writing = we do
- Independent writing= you do
- Don’t underestimate the power of
roaming and quick stops to remind or praise students in the moment
- Mixed ability writing but pull
children depending on abilities or needs.
- Relevant and real
- Stem from language experience or a
known topic
- Real audience and purpose
- Bite sized chunks
- Do something, view something,
listen to something
- Union of strength video-use of drama to help students organise the timeline of events in the story.
- Ways to organise ideas
- Discussion
- List or notes
- Criteria
- Talking frames
- Picture plans
- Brainstorms
- Symbols
- T charts/ Y charts
- Planning sheets
- Planning needs to be carefully modelled and kids need to be taught how to plan.
- When planning and writing - have
students say their sentence, write their sentence, then check their
sentence. This helps them to check their punctuation and sense.
- Planning sheets: only use them
occasionally. Don’t over do them. You need to teach them how to use the
template. They need to have a purpose.
- Collaborative planning is best.
You can share ideas and learn from others, Poppet app allows you to plan
online and print the plan off.
- Pallet is also a collaborative
planning tool.
- Post it notes are a great way to
collaboratively plan and brainstorm.
- Punctuation mime is cool for
getting kids to think about the punctuation in a sentence.
- Clear criteria that is visual,
memorable and measurable
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