Writing Planning

Term 1, 2016

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Use your senses

Week 10.

Teacher Notes:

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Walt: show not tell in our writing.

Walt: write about our senses: sight, touch, taste, smell, and sound.

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• Show students clip: Using Sensory Language
• Discuss with students what senses are and why we should include them in our writing
• Get students to sit quietly and describe what they heard.
• Open writing doc and model to students look at one example and writing about it
• Direct students to write a short paragraph about each topic using their senses.

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Helpful link: ONE TWO THREE

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The Windy Night

Week 9, March - April & Monday Week 10.

Teacher Notes:

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Walt: show not tell in our writing.

Walt: describe what we saw, heard, smelt, tasted and felt.

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• Get students to pair share their experiences of the windy night. Prompt students to comment on how they felt etc.
• Read to students descriptive paragraphs by other class in New Zealand. - Ruma’s 3 Buzzy Bees
• Get students to focus on listening to how these students described their senses.
• Model and get students to complete plan.
• Discuss with students that we are only focusing this week on writing about their senses.
• Play raining music 2 to students and get them to share back how they describe the sound.
• Work with students one-on-one to get them to describe their senses during camp.
• If you did not attend camp choose from one of these options:
• Write recount about the stormy night when you’re at home.
• Write a narrative story pretending that you came to camp
• Or write about what you did when we were away at camp.
• Monday - Wk 10
• Model to students writing the conclusion of their stories.
• Get students to finish writing their stories.
• Then get students to pick one sentence and add more detail about their senses. Model this first.
• Review MINTS and get students to edit their work using this.
• Publish writing to blog.

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Capitalisation

Week 7, March

Teacher Notes:

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Walt: use capital letters correctly

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• Introduce walt and discuss with students when to use capital letters.
• Get students to pair share to come up with a range of ideas.
• Share these back as a whole class.
• Show students MINTS clip to explain when to capitalise.
• Direct students to complete Capitalisation task.
• After students have completed this task share as a whole class their working.

• Send students to look at their last writing - The three little pigs.
• Direct students to review their writing and correct any missing/incorrect capitalisation.
• Direct students to pair check each other’s writing.
• Post writing to blog & post on blog log.
• MINTS clip for day 2

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Narrative Writing - Detailed Problem

Monday 6th - Thursday 9th March

Teacher Notes:

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Walt: write a detailed narrative story problem.

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• Discuss as a class what are fairy tales.
• Read to the class the story: The three little pigs
• Watch short clip: Three little Pigs and a Big Bad Wolf

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• Read to the class the prewritten introduction.
• Discuss as a class what the problem for the story is.
• The wolf wants to eat the pigs.
• Get students to make a copy of the doc and plan their problem section. Give only 5min to do this.
• As a whole class brainstorm some more detailed ideas for the problem.
• Direct students to add at least 5 more words to their problem plan.

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• Send students to write their problem section.
• As a whole class look at a couple student’s writing and as a class look at them to see if they have included all their planning.
• Post writing to blog.

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Stories: 1 2

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Narrative Writing - Interesting Introductions

Tuesday 1st - Thursday 3rd March

Teacher Notes:

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Walt: write an exciting narrative story introduction.

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• Watch short film Gopher Broke 2
• Discuss as a whole class the character and setting. Focus on students describing the character and setting.
• Direct students to complete their plan for the introduction.
• Stop and share ideas from planning
• Leave planning problem and resolution.
• Direct students to write introduction.

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• Discuss how students need to make sure they include all their describing details from their plan in their writing.
• Remind students that the introduction does not include the problem.
• As a whole class look at a couple student’s writing and as a class look at them to see if they have included all their planning.
• Model and get students to look at one sentence to add in a descriptive word.
• Post writing to blog.

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Narrative Writing - Picture Prompt

Monday 22nd -Thursday 25th & Monday 19th Feb

Teacher Notes:

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Walt: write a narrative story that has an introduction, problem and resolution

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• Review as a whole class the 5 things needed in a narrative story: characters, setting, problem, resolution & theme.
• Then introduce students and get students to chant the structure of a narrative story: Introduction, problem, resolution.
• Discuss with students how for their writing test they will have a picture to them writing a story about.
• Display to students image for this week's’ writing. Crocodile Attack
• As a whole class brainstorm using Popplet ideas about what the problem is, what the resolution is. Also brainstorm some juicy words to do with the image.
• Discuss as a whole class what are the Characters, Setting, Problem, Resolution, and complete planning template
• Get students to make a copy of the doc and Send students to complete plan.
• Direct students to put writing on learning log.
• Model to students writing first paragraph. Characters, setting and time of the story. Usually answers who? when? where? eg. Mr Wolf went out hunting in the forest one dark gloomy night.
• Meet with groups one at a time to share ideas and refine sentences as a whole group.
• Discuss and share ideas for the problem in our story. Model writing this paragraph.
• Send students to complete this paragraph ensuring that it has a problem.

Monday

• As a whole class read some student stories.
• Look at rubric to consider structure and punctuation.
• Direct students to finish writing, draw picture and publish to their blogs.
• Work with each students prompting correct structure. Review structure & punctuation again halfway through session.

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Narrative Writing - Planning

Monday 15th -Tuesday 16th Feb

Teacher Notes:

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Walt: understand the features of narrative writing.

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• Review student introductions as a whole class. Ensure students have setting & characters.

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• Read to students a few examples of short stories where there is a problem.
• Model to students writing 1st body paragraph. Introducing the problem.
• Send students to write paragraph.

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• Model to students writing 2nd body paragraph - Resolution, the problem gets resolved, either in a happy ending or in a sad ending.
• Send students to write paragraph.

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• Review writing using Narrative Features Rubric. Print these off and get students to complete by themselves then in pairs. �
• Get students to post writing to their blogs with WALT and rubric.

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Narrative Writing - Planning

Tuesday 9th -Thursday 11th Feb Reflection

Teacher Notes:

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Walt: understand the features of narrative writing.

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• Discuss that this year we are going to be writing narrative stories.
• Brainstorm what narrative stories are:
• Stories which tell a story. Can be real (nonfiction) or made up (fiction). They are written to entertain.
• They may include fairy stories, mysteries, science fiction, romances, horror stories, adventure stories, fables, myths and legends, historical narratives, slice of life, personal experience.
• Watch: Pixar Short Films Collection Mike's New Car
• Discuss as a whole class what are the Characters, Setting, Problem, Resolution, Theme and complete planning template
• Send students to complete template in pairs.
• Show students silly story starters.
• Get students to make a copy of the doc and then choose the story starter prompts to complete writing plan.
• Write prompts on doc. Model to students writing first paragraph. Send students to write introduction .introduction) Characters, setting and time of the story. Usually answers who? when? where? eg. Mr Wolf went out hunting in the forest one dark gloomy night.

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Helpful Links

https://ncowie.wordpress.com/2008/02/10/features-of-narrative-writing/

http://www.slideshare.net/nataliearthur/powerpoint-on-narrative

http://duoulala.blogspot.co.nz/2013/07/narrative-text-definition-purposes.html

http://genre-texts.blogspot.co.nz/2012/11/overview-of-narrative-text.html

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About Me - Blog Update

Monday 20th -Thursday 23rd Oct Reflection

Teacher Notes:

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Walt: write an interesting cybersmart 'About Me.'

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• Remind the kids that when they are writing their blurbs they need to think about a number of important things. Emphasise:
• Different to everyone else's blurb! So all about what makes you special, different and the person who you are!
• Short and sharp! Grab the attention of our audience and make them want to read more.
• Cybersmart!
• Cybersmart Review:
• As a whole class discuss and complete Personal & Private Information. Focus on ensuring students understand that their blogs are read by all sorts of people and some information should NOT be given to everyone.

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• Direct students to make a copy of the Planning and Writing doc, put folder and add to learning log.
• Model filling in Planning and Writing doc with students. Focus ensuring students plan first by only writing notes.
• Send students to write their All about Me for their blog.
• As a whole class review students writing and discuss Cybersmart for each one.

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