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| M | Introduce "Pond Web". Discuss front cover, predict content, read story. Discuss the distinction between fact and fiction. Compare with "Sebastian's Waddle". (TLW 13) | Focus on the last page, ask children to re-write the page as a list with commas. Enlarge text to A3 ask children to replace full stops with commas to form a list. (SLW 4.) | A)Use Animal Fact File either on-screen or printed out ( See Literacy Links) to write a non-chronological report, based on one animal. (TLW 21) | B)Commas - Print out last page of story. Ask children to write list using commas as modelled in sentence level work. Extension - compose own list, e.g. shopping list. (SLW 4) | C) Commas | D)Handwriting activity - to practice and reinforce four basic joins - eg. "wh" linked to questioning words. (WLW 12) | E)Handwriting activity | Share lists and discuss the need to change capital letters to lower case when using commas. (Groups B) |
| Tu | Re-read text, model and encourage children to use expression appropriate to punctuation, with particular attention to questions in text. (SLW 1) | Use enlarged text from book, ask children to highlight key words. Use these to build a class topic word. (WLW 9 &TLW 19) | E As above - each group to focus on a different animal. | A Commas | B Key words - Using printed text or text on screen to highlight/underline keywords in story. | C Key words | D Commas | Share Key words and discuss nouns. Group C |
| W | Use underlined keywords
in text to focus on definitions and make simple notes with teacher as
scribe.(TLW 19)  Click here to see a teacher's diary of this activity. |
Work with children to devise questions from the scribed notes. Revise question words e.g. What, where, who, why and add question marks. (SLW 6) | D " | E Commas | A Handwriting activity | B Handwriting activity | C Handwriting activity | Read and compare the Fact files written by groups D & E. |
| Th | Re-read big book
text, introducing and identifying synonyms on each page eg. spish and
splash. (WLW 10) Click here to see a teacher's diary of this activity. |
Brainstorm other synonyms eg. wet/damp. Record and use as a synonym word bank. (WLW 10) | C " | D Synonyms - Use a range of books and dictionaries to brainstorm synonyms as a whole group activity. | E Keywords | A Synonyms | B Synonyms | Share brain stormed synonyms. Group A |
| F | Introduce children to the authors of the book. Read information and listen to the authors saying hello! (The authors can be found next to the front cover of "Pond Web".)(TLW 5) | Teacher to scribe a simple evaluation of "Pond Web", focusing on sentence construction and appropriate punctuation. (TLW 12 & SLW 5) | B " | C Synonyms | D Key words | E Synonyms | A Key words | Share the collection of fact files produced through the week. Evaluate their effectiveness and establish whether they meets their objectives. |
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