Year 1 - 2
These detailed lesson plans are designed to show how you can use the tools to encourage your children to write. They are a starting point and we hope they will inspire you to think of your own ideas.
Our emphasis is on creativity and our tools are designed to be open ended rather than prescriptive. Hence, rather than providing you with a huge gallery the children are encouraged to create their own pictures or find the images they want from the web.
As a way of assessing children's work the lesson plans suggest blogging, which enables both teacher and peer assessment as well as being a great way of sharing work with parents and carers. It also gives the children audience and purpose. You can also use j2review to assess any of the work created with these tools.
Learning objectives
Sequence a sentence to form a short narrative. Re-read what they have written to check it makes sense.
Learning outcomes
All children: will produce an image of themselves with their name written on the image. Most children: will produce an image of themselves with a simple sentence to accompany their image. Some children: will produce an image of themselves with a few simple sentences describing themselves.
Learning objectives
Write narratives about personal experiences. Encapsulating what they want to say, sentence by sentence. Use expanded noun phrases to describe and specify.
Learning outcomes
All children: will produce an image of themselves and write a simple sentence to accompany their image. Most children: will produce an image of themselves with a few simple sentences describing themselves and things they enjoy in and out of school. Some children: will produce an image of themselves with more complex sentences describing themselves and things they enjoy in and out of school.
Learning objectives
Use technology purposefully to create, organise, store, manipulate and retrieve digital content.
Learning outcomes
All children: will create a simple animation using a given space background and star images. Most children: will create a simple animation, designing their own space background and star images. Some children: will create a more complex animation that has a rocket moving across the sky.
Learning objectives
Use technology purposefully to create, organise, store, manipulate and retrieve digital content.
Learning outcomes
All children: will create a simple snowy day animation, designing their own background and snowy images. Most children: will create an animated snow scene depicting a child disappearing under the snow. Some children: will create a more complex snowy day animation using their own ideas.
Learning objectives
Use technology purposefully to create, organise, store, manipulate and retrieve digital content.
Learning outcomes
All children: will create a simple animation using a given image and the onion skin concept. Most children: will create a simple animation that moves smoothly, using the onion skin. Some children: will create a more complex animation that has multiple vehicles moving smoothly across a background.
Learning objectives
Use technology purposefully to create, organise, store, manipulate and retrieve digital content.
Learning outcomes
All children: will create a simple animation of the Titanic using the onion skin concept. Most children: will create a simple animation of the Titanic that moves smoothly, using the onion skin. Some children: will create a more complex animation of the Titanic with splashes and people or life boats in the water.
Learning objectives
To sequence sentences to form short narratives. To re-read what they have written to check that it makes sense.
Learning outcomes
All children: will have written a simple sentence about ‘The Tiger Who Came to Tea’. Most children: will have written a sentence about the beginning, middle and end of ‘The Tiger Who Came to Tea’. Some children: will have written a detailed recount of ‘The Tiger Who Came to Tea’ using many pages.
Learning objectives
To write a narrative about the experiences of others. To write about real events.
Learning outcomes
All children: will create an animate and write mix writing a few simple sentences about the Titanic. Most children: will create an animate and write mix with a clear and ordered narrative about the Titanic. Some children: will create an animate and write mix with a detailed narrative about the Titanic, including connectives and expanded noun phrases.
Learning objectives
To write for different purposes.
Learning outcomes
All children: will produce a poster with a picture of the ship, a main heading and some simple text. Most children: will produce a poster with a picture of the ship, a main heading, subheadings and some text. Some children: will produce a poster with a picture of the ship, a main heading, subheadings and detailed text encouraging people to buy a ticket.
Year 3 - 4
These detailed lesson plans are designed to show how you can use the tools to encourage your children to write. They are a starting point and we hope they will inspire you to think of your own ideas.
Our emphasis is on creativity and our tools are designed to be open ended rather than prescriptive. Hence, rather than providing you with a huge gallery the children are encouraged to create their own pictures or find the images they want from the web.
As a way of assessing children's work the lesson plans suggest blogging, which enables both teacher and peer assessment as well as being a great way of sharing work with parents and carers. It also gives the children audience and purpose. You can also use j2review to assess any of the work created with these tools.
Learning objectives
Write narratives about personal experiences. Encapsulating what they want to say, sentence by sentence. Use expanded noun phrases to describe and specify.
Learning outcomes
All children: will produce an image of themselves and write a simple sentence to accompany their image. Most children: will produce an image of themselves with a few simple sentences describing themselves and things they enjoy in and out of school. Some children: will produce an image of themselves with more complex sentences describing themselves and things they enjoy in and out of school.
Learning objectives
Create non narrative texts, using organisational devices.
Learning outcomes
All children: will use j2e5 to create at least two of the following features for an information text: headings, labelled diagrams, pictures, fact boxes, animation features. Most children: will use j2e5 to create some of the following features for an information text: headings, labelled diagrams, maps, fact boxes, animation features. Some children: will use j2e5 to create all of the following features for an information text: headings, subheadings, labelled diagrams, fact boxes, animations, layered texts and pictures.
Learning objectives
Record and retrieve information from non fiction texts. In non narrative writing use simple organisational devices.
Learning outcomes
All children: will design and create a simple information text using at least two of the following features: headings, subheadings, labelled diagrams, maps, fact boxes. They will also use one animation feature. Most children: will create an information text using some of the following features: headings, subheadings, labelled diagrams, maps, fact boxes. They will use at least two animation features. Some children: will create a well designed and animated information text using most of the following features: headings, subheadings, labelled diagrams, maps, fact boxes.
Learning objectives
Assessing the effectiveness of their own and others’ writing and suggesting improvements. Proposing changes to grammar and vocabulary to improve consistency, including the accurate use of pronouns in sentences. Proofread for spelling and punctuation errors.
Learning outcomes
All children: will have commented on another child’s work and made a change to improve their own work. Most children: will have commented on other children’s work giving one aspect they like and one thing that could be improved. They will have made some improvements to their own work. Some children: will have commented on other children’s work giving precise and clear feedback about aspects that they like and one thing that could be improved. They will have made some improvements to their own work.
Year 5 - 6
These detailed lesson plans are designed to show how you can use the tools to encourage your children to write. They are a starting point and we hope they will inspire you to think of your own ideas.
Our emphasis is on creativity and our tools are designed to be open ended rather than prescriptive. Hence, rather than providing you with a huge gallery the children are encouraged to create their own pictures or find the images they want from the web.
As a way of assessing children's work the lesson plans suggest blogging, which enables both teacher and peer assessment as well as being a great way of sharing work with parents and carers. It also gives the children audience and purpose. You can also use j2review to assess any of the work created with these tools.
Learning objectives
To identify the audience for and purpose of the writing. To select appropriate grammar and vocabulary, understanding how such choices can change and enhance meaning.
Learning outcomes
All children: will create an advert which is clear, bold and uses some persuasive language. Most children: will create an advert using some of the following features: rhetorical questions, superlatives, a catchy slogan, emotive language and bold text. Some children: will create an advert using all of the following features: rhetorical questions, superlatives, a catchy slogan, emotive language and bold text.
Learning objectives
Identifying the audience for and purpose of the writing, selecting the appropriate form and using other similar writing as models for their own. Using further organisational and presentational devices to structure text and to guide the reader. Noting and developing initial ideas, drawing on reading and research where necessary.
Learning outcomes
All children: will create an information leaflet giving basic details about the planet Pandora. Most children: will use j2e5 to create some of the following features for an information text: headings, labelled diagrams, maps, fact boxes, animation features. Some children: will use j2e5 to create all of the following features for an information text: headings, subheadings, labelled diagrams, fact boxes, animations, layered texts and pictures.