What do we need to
Be able to id a verb before we can teach cap & full stop.
Go back and teach verbs
No more tha 2 verbs per sentence
Information report
In intro we need a linking sentence
Structure goes from macro to micro
You cannot add personal I me etc
Write a topic sentence
Eggs -shell - yolk - white / start each paragraph with the shell (micro)
Number colour size shape texture position doing
We want mostly short succinct sentences. Topic sentences
Avoid personal pronouns
Concluding statements are not needed in an information report
Each micro have a diagram or visual literacy
Underline the core sentence b4 you had a pic. Find a highly relevant pic to go with statement.
Noun, pronoun, pronoun, noun. Michael, he, he, Michael
Teach them explicitly how to succeed
Start with a game of the 7 rules. Give me a colour sentence? Start with themselves first
We need to know our describe sentences first
Then a toy next
Then a visual object
Narrative
3 characters only
4 series of events.
For each character do a bubble map
4 clauses and phrases of consequence. Suddenly, all of a sudden, b4 he knew what was happening etc
Explain what they are going to see
Romeo. Title
Romeo is 7 yrs old. Number
Romeo has blonde hair. Colour
Romeo can play rugby doing
Romeo is in room 9 position
Romeo he he Romeo
Gave out materials write the title
Speak a number sentence then write it.
Next is colour sentence remember our pattern. Romeo he, he, Romeo
Doing sentence next. He can play rugby
What was the job of the last sentence. Position. What was the pattern? Romeo is in room 9
What is the pattern - read me your colour sentence etc.
Meet Toby. What are we going to come up with first
Number sentence Toby has 4 legs
He is multi coloured.
He can bark
Toby lives with Mr Graham
Box with 1234 in boxes if have title put tick in box 1
Pattern Toby he he Toby tick in box 2
Position sentence tick in box 3
Colour sentence tick in box 4
Go back to Romeo
Title tick in box 1
Pattern in place tick box 2
Check position sentence tick box 3
Tick in box 4 if cap at beg of each sentence.
Read me the two titles
Read me the two position sentences
Read me the two colour sentences
To go to recount put in time connective sentences.
Need to have a relationship with kids
Need to be able to link to past lesson
Need to know where they were on learning continuum
Capable of adding a new perspectives
Add supplementary sentences eg Romeo is 7 yrs old. When he was 3 he moved from Wellington.
This was a very fast paced workshop and I find that I will need to do further reading in order to teach it well. I have tried to use this model over a couple of weeks in class and have found it is worthwhile for a report and the children can now write in this pattern of Title, number, colour, position and pattern quite readily and they enjoy being able to use the assessment 4 box tick system. Also quite powerful is that the children get the opportunity to fix it so that they can tick it. So that in itself is a form of self editing which will lead on to being able to identify the next steps themselves.
My next steps are to investigate how to expand those simple sentences and to be able to add detail. i will do this by discussions with Yvonne (RTLit), other tchrs that attended and by looking at PD that Stephen Graham has on the web.
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