TEACH READING & WRITING
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Final outcome:
Write a firework festival information leaflet making effective use of
cohesive devices and brackets within paragraphs.
Phase 1
As a class, read a variety of information
texts about festivals / carnivals
Compare and constrast; explore and respond
– likes, dislikes, puzzles, patterns
And identify purpose and audience of each
Begin to collect ‘writer’s hints’
(including persuasive techniques)
Immerse the children in information leaflets so that they
internalise the language patters
Analyse paragraphs for cohesive devices
– teach and play with these
Collect effect language and vocabularly
Chunk an information leaflet into sections to analyse
structure – check children’s understanding of the
purpose of each section
Direct teach the use of brackets for parenthesis
Phase 2
Hook – watch film clips of firework festivals and explain task
Use the ‘chunks’ fromphase 1 to start planning the leaflets
Reasearch firework festivals to collect
facts and interesting information
Play with cohesive devices, using them
to join the information
collected during children’s research
Use talk activities to support with the developed and oral
rehearsal of ideas for each chunk of the plan
Play with brackets to add information; use talk activities to
find the most effective uses
Finalise plan
Consider the design elements of the leaflet
(layout, photos, text)
Phase 3
Use shared writing to write the opening
section of the leaflet as a class (model effective use of
cohesive devices)
Children independently write opening section
Mark, and support children to edit, refine and evaluate
Where necessary, use shared writing to write the other
sections of the leaflet (model effective use of cohesive devices
and brackets)
Children independently write the other sections
Edit and refine to check for impact on reader
Add design elements and check leaflet is as visually
effetive as possible
Publish, share, evaluate
Key Focus
Effective use of
cohesive devices
within paragraphs,
and effective use of
brackets
Phase 1
Outcome
I knowwhat a
good information
leaflet looks and
sound like.
Key Focus
Effective use of
cohesive devices
within paragraphs,
and effective use of
brackets
Phase 2
Outcome
I have planned
my information
leaflet
Key Focus
Effective use of
cohesive devices
within paragraphs,
and effective use of
brackets
Phase 3
Outcome
I have planned
my information
leaflet
are lots of opportunities for children to
practise and apply grammar, punctuation,
etc. For example, in phase 1, analyse text
for cohesive devices within paragraphs;
teach and play with these cohesive devices.
Step 6:
Decide on the hook intowriting and slot
this into your plan, e.g. watchfilmclips of
firework festivals.
Step 7:
Clarify audience and purpose for writing.
Wherewill it be published?
(NBMake sure that you base your
planning on the needs of the children
– use your assessment information to
informthe key focuses)
If we, as teachers, are bound by theNational
Curriculum, we should perhapsmake sure
that we adhere to the principles of effective
writing that are laid out within it: “Effective
composition involves articulating and
communicating ideas, and then organising
themcoherently for a reader. This requires
clarity, awareness of the audience, purpose
and context and an increasinglywide
knowledge of vocabulary and grammar.”
(National Curriculum2014, p.15)
If we do this – and trust inwhat we
knowmakes a goodwriter – there’s every
chance our pupilswill leave us not only
fulfilling their potential aswriters, but also
enjoyingwriting.
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