Learning Intentions
We are learning to:
Key vocabulary / structures
pronoun reference
conjunctions of reason (because)
adjectives
paragraph
| Key Competencies |
Thinking Using Language Symbols & Texts |
| Principles and values |
Learning to Learn Diversity Respect |
‘My Family Treasure’
Resources:
Preparing for writing
Disappearing definition (5 mins warm up)
Teacher goes through the disappearing definition with students.
One definition of ‘treasure’ for classroom use:
Treasure is a precious or valuable object. It is often an heirloom that is handed down from past generations.
Teacher uses a model text
Teacher: writes a model text using the Resource 4 - Treasure model text (PDF 41KB) describing her/his own family treasure and presents this to the students. What have I told the reader about in this description? What sorts of words have I used in my description? How have I organised my description?
Teacher: models annotating the text, referring to the language features. For example:
Give copies of the model text to students to annotate and discuss individually, in pairs or threes.
Students annotate the text in the same way as modelled, noting the organisation of ideas and language features.
Teacher: collects in work and uses 2-3 examples to discuss with the class, summarising what students have noticed.
Reflection
1 -2 -3 written reflection task on written descriptions:
Published on: 09 Jan 2018
